Maybe we, as a group, don't have the money and connections to see these places enough.
Capt. Kirk,
Truth aside, how dare ye cast doubt on the supremacy on the GCA consensus?!!!
We collectively know all that is golf course worthiness.
Based on my own humble sense of self-supremacy, my opinion of the list is that...
I can only judge the list based on the courses I have played within it as follows:
13 Sand Hills G.C.
14 Pacific Dunes
26 The Olympic Club (Lake)
31 Riviera C.C.
33 Bandon Dunes
51 Spyglass Hill Golf Course
72 Montery Peninsula C.C. (Shore)
80 Bandon Trails
I'd personally reorder those courses from best to less as:
Sand Hills, Pacific Dunes, Bandon Trails, Bandon Dunes, MPCC Shore, Riviera, Spyglass, Olympic (Lake)
From my mini-list, Ballyneal certainly ranks ahead of Bandon Dunes if not Sand Hills. It is surely a top 100 track. Pasatiempo belongs as well, without doubt.