The football season is over and there is a break from the major tennis events as well. The sports lovers are therefore focused on some important golf tournaments. The British Open, which is the third of the golfing majors begins next week and everybody who is somebody in golf will be participating. Online casino software providers have a fair number of golf themed slot machines for players to wager on alongside cheering their favorite pro for the championship title. This article recommends some of the best.

Microgaming lives up to its reputation as the premier software provider with the golf themed online slot game titled The Argyle Open. This game creates the ambience of a major championship. The symbols on the reels are The Argyle Open logo, four golf professionals, trophy, boots, glove, clubs, hole and flag. The Argyle Open logo is the wild symbol and because it appears stacked on reels it creates many winning combinations. The hole is the scatter symbol and it activates the Tournament Bonus game on the second screen. In this game players have to complete a hole in three strokes. First, the players tee off and their bonus depends on how far they hit the ball. The second stroke is taken on the fairway for another bonus. The third stroke is taken on the green and awards up to 20 free spins depending on how close to the hole the ball reaches. The free spins have a 5 times multiplier and can be retriggered. The Argyle Open can be played at all Microgaming online casinos like All Slots, Platinum Play, Spin Palace and River Belle.

The golf themed slot machine from software provider Playtech is titled Golden Tour. The golden golf balls substitute for other golf balls and also award the highest line payout. The other golf related symbols are boots, beer, clubs, flag and golf cart. In the Golden Tour slot machine, symbols pay right to left and also left to right and this leads to more frequent payouts. When three or more scatter symbols of the same kind appear anywhere on the reels the bonus round is activated. This game also simulates a golf round, but in a slightly different manner. Players select three different clubs for different parts of the hole and earn bonuses based on their performance. The highlight of the Golden Tour is the Playtech Dollar Ball Game, which can be activated with a $1 side bet. If all five numbers match in this lotto like game the player will win the progressive jackpot. Golden Tour can be played at Playtech online casinos like Mansion Casino and Omni Casino.

The Rival Gaming golf themed online slot machine The Back Nine belongs to its i-slots genre with interactive bonus games. The symbols are no different from other golf themed slots, but the execution is slicker. In the introductory clip a golfer is shown hitting a hole in one. When the reels spin, the backgrounds of the symbols become transparent and reveal a golf course. The flag is an expanding wild symbol. The male golfer activates the skill based bonus game. The first time the bonus game is triggered the player is taken to the first hole. Thereafter the software takes the player to the next hole in sequence. At each hole the player has to position the cursor correctly to get the ball into the hole in as few strokes as possible. The bonuses received depend on the number of strokes taken to complete the hole.