Dave,
The reason I brought it up was twofold. First I have consistently heard people return from FH and claim that it is the best course they have played or one of the top two on the east end of long island etc. That being said, I was actually asking what the process was in ranking courses and trying to figure out how it was ranked in the state and no in the top 100.
Second, as I stated earlier, I believe that the rankings can have a direct correlation to people's enjoyment of courses. For example, I went to Bandon, and everyone knew that Pacific Dunes was the highest ranked course. Based on the rankings, everyone wanted extra tee times at Pacific Dunes and coincidentally, each of these golfers who play a lot but do not neccessarily log onto GCA, ranked the course at Bandon in the same order as Golf DIgest. Now could that mean that Golf DIgest was right on the mark? Of course, but could it also mean that average golfers take cues from rankings? Of course. Now, if golfers are taking cues from rankings, in my opinion, there is a need to get it correct.
I guess my point is, if the rankings are flawed for some reason, it matters. And I thought FH was a good course to use to delve into the system