Updated: January 31, 2012, 8:24 AM ET

2012 Golf Power Rankings: January

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To put these power rankings together, I considered several factors. I looked at players who had earned the most points in the Official World Golf Ranking in 2012. I also looked at scoring average, top-10s and wins from this season and the last quarter of 2011.

And because the ranking should be a good forecast of which players will play well in the future, I examined how players performed in upcoming events in past years. -- Farrell Evans