An interesting subject but I believe totally futile. It may help to sell magazines, but it is misleading to the average golfer. Just what use are they in their current form? Perhaps only as a basic topic for a debate?
Put together 10 groups of 10, 100, 1000 golfers, with identical check lists
then compare their final listings. My belief is that the end result is a complete compromise, as with all proportional representation systems which produce the winner from the basis of the lowest common dominator. The final list is generally always flawed.
My tastes are not mirrored by all at GCA, perhaps a few may have a similar views but certainly not the majority. Therefore, what would be the interest of a ranking list that I believed was flawed and not worth the paper it was written on in the first place.
Yet, I suppose, I would look to see if I agreed – thanks to basic human nature – then wonder how this, or that, course managed to get onto the list in the first place – before dismissing the list as not representing my choice. But would I buy a magazine for a list of rankings? – no, probably not, as I believe they are totally futile.
Well, that’s my opinion, but I will leave it to you guys to debate the issue further.