The launch of 2012 is exciting for many reasons. For you avid players out there, this means you finally get to test your luck against the new courses and new features while trying out the new clubs and balls, all the while winning new clothing. Yes, “new” is the obvious theme here.

For me, Golden Tee’s YouTube gopher, this means a new era of Golden Tee Great Shots officially gets underway. Over the coming weeks and months I will watch hours upon hours of Golden Tee Great Shots on YouTube and enjoy every second.

This process has already begun, and in the first 24 hours of the Golden Tee 2012 lifespan we saw some absolutely ridiculous shots on the new courses. We also saw our first super albatross – aka a hole-in-one on a par-5 – on Royal Cove. Boy, that was fast.

Here are a handful of the early 2012 highlights, and we promise to feature many of them as their hit. Tune into the Golden Tee Facebook Page to see the latest, and be sure to share your 2012 moments here as well.