You missed my point. I could make my back yard unplayable or gimmicky if you will, with some creative mowing. That wouldn't make it the consensus #1 ranked course in the world. But most on the panel of voters, or anyone who hasn't been fortunate enough to play there in tournament conditions, has any idea just how difficult, and FAIR, the golf course really is. A golf course doesn't have to be good in order to shave the greens and put pins on slopes. Any local muni's fairways, greens and hole locations could be set up to be unplayable. I just think that this one, tee to green, is unsurpassed in testing a player's entire game. Tee to green. In addition to messing with a player's mind.
The courses you mentioned, both great ones. But I think Pine Valley, when set up for tournament play, by the club, not by the USGA, is the most complete, challenging and fairest test of golf in the world. Without the windmills.