One of our sages, Tom Doak, has been known to rank golf courses and we eagerly await the next installment.
What criteria would you use to evaluate golf course architects?
Most innovative? Most influential? Most majors/tour events played on his/her courses? Most consistent at a high level? Most cost-effective? Most ecological? Most inventive, given the restrictions of the age in which they worked, or are working? Most variety around the world?
These are not my criteria, but simply some suggestions to get your superior minds and experience into action.
How do you compare architects who have designed hundreds of courses with those who have done but one or two?