I enjoyed looking back at that list.
The most amazing part, to me, is that it was compiled right on the heels of the Great Recession, which pretty much halted new course development- yet only 12 years later, there are a ton of new courses showing up in such rankings! This 2009 list is pre-Old Mac, pre-Streamsong, pre-Cabot, pre-Tara Iti, pre-Ohoopee, and so on.
That’s pretty impressive, considering there have only been ~200 new courses opened in this time frame.