Play Golf Online With Golf Themed Pokies

Australians have had a fair bit of success at the golf majors. In the 1950s Peter Thomson ruled The Open Championship with four wins. The latest Australian to win a golf major was Adam Scott, who won The Masters in 2013. Before that Geoff Ogilvy won the US Open in 2006. Now as the PGA Championship 2015 is about to begin, Australian online casino players are heading to some classy golf themed online pokies. Microgaming and Playtech are the favourite online casino software providers in Australia and this article reviews a golf themed online pokie from each.

The Argyle Open online pokie from Microgaming brings to life a major golf championship. There are many thematic symbols on the reels and they include The Argyle Open crest, four golf pros, trophy, boots, glove, clubs, hole and flag. The Argyle Open crest is understandably the most important symbol. It is the wild symbol that appears stacked on reels. The best feature is the Tournament Bonus game on the second screen that triggered by the hole scatter symbol. You tee off with the first stroke and win a bonus that depends on how far you hit the golf ball. You then take the second stroke for a similar bonus. The third stroke is taken on the putting green. You will be awarded up to 20 free spins depending on how close the ball gets to the hole. The free spins have a payout multiplier of five times and the free spins can be retriggered.

Golden Tour is the golf themed online pokie from Playtech. It also has a number of golf themed icons as symbols on the reels. They include boots, beer, clubs, flag and golf cart. The golden golf ball is the wild symbol and it also awards the highest line payout. Australian players like this video pokie because symbols pay both right to left and left to right. Three or more scatter symbols appearing anywhere on the reels trigger the bonus round. As can be expected this second screen bonus game also simulates a golf round. Here you have to select three different clubs for different parts of the round and earn bonuses based on how the pro performs. Golden Tour incorporates the Playtech Dollar Ball game, which can be activated for an additional bet. You select five numbers and five numbers are randomly drawn while the reels spin. Your payouts depend on how many matching numbers you get. Five matches hit the progressive jackpot.