Your opinion is always welcome Jim! We are spoiled in Mass, at least if you have a few connections.
Our public golf is not that strong, and it seems dependent on whose marketing machine you believe...Pinehills, The Ranch, Red Tail. My votes lean more towards Taconic (public-ish), George Wright, Wachusett, etc.
I have played 135 of our 360ish courses in Mass, but I still have about 10 more to play before getting a full picture of the state's high-end offerings...I have never been to Nantucket for golf, nor have I played Belmont, Hyannisport, Blue Hill, Cohasset, or GreatHorse. I count Wianno, Woods Hole, Hatherly, Framingham, and a couple others as wish-list places too, but they are probably outside the top 20 in the state.