Where on the list does the quality really start to noticeably drop?
Sean
I think our Top4 are most definitely World Top100 courses. Then 5 to 20 are pretty much our 2nd Tier and so on.
The quality starts to get more "open" from say 40 onwards IMO.
I agree with Andrew - there's at least 20-30 courses in GB&I that are World Top100 quality.
Kevin & Josh
This is what I meant. After 40 it seems as though the reason for listing a course (which is meant to be special no?) as top ... loses meaning except to make up numbers for a nice number like 50 or 100.
Yes, there probably are 20 or 30 world class courses in GB&I, but does that mean we need a top 100 list? I think the list would be more meaningful if it were more discerning and really got down to nuts n' bolts. That way, perhaps there can be some sort text to accompany each course without taking up too much space.
I always wondered why mags didn't have different categories (top 50, top 25 publics, top 10 under $50 or whatever), only one list for each year and throughout the year those courses are profiled in the mag. It works to spread out the coverage for more courses to fit all budgets/personalcircumstances and to end the dopey idea of the top 100 coming out every year when there aren't enough changes on the landscape to warrant it.
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