By now, most of you have probably seen your Golden Tee World Ranking fluctuate from month to month and have hopefully improved since the feature launched last fall. Although Golden Tee 2012 is still the game of choice, a new calendar year has arrived and we hope you’ve set your Golden Tee goals high.

The top of the leaderboard certainly appears to have done this, and halfway through January the scores are absolutely blazing. Minnesota’s Chris Thorbrogger jumped out to a lead with a -28.80 average. Houston’s Mark Stenmark – a regular at the top of the leaderboard – is right on his heels with a score of -28.60. The rest of the top five is as follows, and with two weeks remaining it’s still anyone’s game.

If you haven’t gotten your rank this month, or any month for that matter, here’s what you need to do.

Play each 2012 course once (five games total) and you’ll get a leaderboard ranking. Your best game on each course will be averaged to give you an overall score. This means your ranking will improve throughout the month if you beat your monthly course best. At the end of the month we’ll reset the rankings and you’ll have a chance to beat your previous month’s score.

The green and red arrows on the GT World Rankings Leaderboard, which are now active as we enter the middle of January, showcase how your positioning has changed relative to the previous month.

To find yourself on the online leaderboard, simply type in your Persona ID, aka the number on the front of your Golden Tee Players Card, and you’ll be taken to the page where you’re currently ranked. If you are playing with a credit card or are unaware of your Persona ID you can find it on home page after logging into your web account. You’ll also be able to see your current ranking in the upper right corner of the payment screen once you check in.

We’ll see who comes out on top in the month of January. Stay tuned to Goldentee.com to see how it all shakes out, and be sure to play your five games in to join in!