Preposterous. Golfweek the only rankings that matter? They are, most certainly, the only rankings that don't matter. The scores make no sense, in the way that the scores on the categories have no affect on the overall score...and clearly Mr. Klein fudges the numbers, as was pointed out in a very entertaining thread a few months ago. And who cares when a course was built. There are some extremely classical courses that have been built in the last 15 years, yes?
At least Golf Digest has a very large, diverse group of panelists and they fully disclose their data. So, anybody who wants to can see how things come out if we discount tradition or any other criterion we don't find relevant.
And, lastly, GOLF magazine at least attempts to give us a picture of the whole world. At the end of the day, it is the most thought provoking of all the lists and probably best reflects the kind of sentiments often expressed on this site.