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Tom_Doak

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Re: GCA's Next 50 section has been replaced by 147 Custodians of the Game
« Reply #175 on: February 18, 2023, 06:37:23 AM »
Since several have  asked...the following 14 are new to #150:
Kawana -Fuji   # 10  Japan
Cap Rock         #28  NE
Prairie Dunes   #42  KS
Toronto           #50  Canada
Pikewood Natl #58  WV
Tokyo GC        #65  Japan
Yokohama-W   #90  Japan
Erin Hills         #99  WI
Colorado GC   #128 CO
Blue Mound    #135 WI
Camden CC    #140 SC
Pine Hills        #143  WI
Sunningdale CC  #144  NY
Rockaway Hunting #150  NY


and the following 13
 were dropped from the 149 list:


Dismal River-Red     #92  NE
Royal Melb-East       #114  Australia
Highland Links         #124  Canada
Prouts Neck            #127   ME
Cedar Rapids          #130  IA
National-Moonah     #131  Australia
Roy Ashdown Forest #132 England
Lost Farm               #139  Australia
Liphook                  #145  England
St Emillion              #146  France
Rustic Canyon         #147  CA
Fano                       #148  Denmark
Rhode island CC      #149  RI


The pointlessness of trying to rank 150 courses in exact order is emphasized by the yearly changes.  Besides the last five courses dropping off, there are several edits much higher up, and I am pretty sure Ran did not visit Highlands Links or Royal Melbourne East this past year.  If the order was correct last year that wouldn’t happen. 


The truth is there is no such thing as a correct order, but when you look behind the curtain you start to see soft quotas in play.  A new course in Nebraska or Canada is added, and just by coincidence, another drops off from the same places.

Thomas Dai

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Re: GCA's Next 50 section has been replaced by 147 Custodians of the Game
« Reply #176 on: February 18, 2023, 07:30:45 AM »
I’d prefer to see an alphabetical order or even reverse alphabetical while having the same number as there have been Opens still seems a valid approach.
Not picking on any particular clubs or courses but regarding some dropping off and others being added, well, firstly it’s Rans list not ours and secondly, the ethos of clubs and courses changes and if a certain club or courses ethos for some reason no longer coincides with Rans criteria then fair play if it falls off. Similarly if a club or course changes its ethos reverting to be in line with Rans criteria then adding it seems valid.
We must also remember the words of the prelude to Rans listing.
Atb

Sean_A

  • Karma: +0/-0
Re: GCA's Next 50 section has been replaced by 147 Custodians of the Game
« Reply #177 on: February 18, 2023, 08:25:58 AM »
Since several have  asked...the following 14 are new to #150:
Kawana -Fuji   # 10  Japan
Cap Rock         #28  NE
Prairie Dunes   #42  KS
Toronto           #50  Canada
Pikewood Natl #58  WV
Tokyo GC        #65  Japan
Yokohama-W   #90  Japan
Erin Hills         #99  WI
Colorado GC   #128 CO
Blue Mound    #135 WI
Camden CC    #140 SC
Pine Hills        #143  WI
Sunningdale CC  #144  NY
Rockaway Hunting #150  NY


and the following 13
 were dropped from the 149 list:


Dismal River-Red     #92  NE
Royal Melb-East       #114  Australia
Highland Links         #124  Canada
Prouts Neck            #127   ME
Cedar Rapids          #130  IA
National-Moonah     #131  Australia
Roy Ashdown Forest #132 England
Lost Farm               #139  Australia
Liphook                  #145  England
St Emillion              #146  France
Rustic Canyon         #147  CA
Fano                       #148  Denmark
Rhode island CC      #149  RI

Cheers Paul.

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