Kyle...this may help you ...on main menu select STROKE PLAY...new window opens with the various courses available, so.... select the course you wish to play on...then to the right of that window near top top is game options, here you have a choice of Practice or RANKED type of play...SELECT RANKED.
#This `Ranked` is the type of stroke play that WGT uses to assess your progress for moving up through the tiers from hack to amateur to pro and so on.
You can play RANKED rounds as a single player or in a group and both count towards your average. After 100 ranked rounds in each tier you reach, you will progress up through the tiers as long as your `average` in each tier gets below the minimum required to progress to next higher tier.
When you reach a `new tier` you are rewarded with a few credits bonus from WGT
(which is not a lot by the way ...lol ) BUT your average is also re-set at each `new` tier you reach.
Hope that helps you understand a little better.
Kind regards...Kalliste.