Tom,
Here is the description:
"Each course that places in the top three on a panelist's ballot earns 100 points; spots 4-10 earn 85 points, followed by 11-25 (70 points), 26-50 (60 points), 51-75 (50 points), 76-100 (40 points), 101-150 (30 points), 151-200 (20 points), 201-250 (10 points) and 251+ (0 points)."
Maybe you can clarify. Do you classify courses into the 1-3, 4-10, 11-25, etc tiers (but not necessarily limited to how many you put in a tier, i.e. you could have 10 courses in the 11-25 tier), or do you rank all of the courses on your ballot and Joe then slices it into the different point buckets?
If it's the latter...assume two different panelists who have the same relative feelings about a given course. One has played 150 courses on the ballot and thinks its 75th overall. It would get 50 points. Another panelist has played 310 courses on the ballot has the same course ranked 155th. That course would get 20 points.
Again, I don't think it's an issue since most of the guys have played a ton of courses, but on the surface it looks a little odd.