No, Pebble is in my Top 10. I just liked Merion and Pine Valley that much. Pebble was wonderful but I felt like once I played it it was a little bit, "been there done that."
Merion I found to be a lot like what I expected. I think it is a wonderful golf course and even a better golf club. I would love to be a member of Merion and go play it as my home course. I loved playing it and loved just hanging around. That said, I found that Merion is quite short and the ball has passed Merion by. I found the greens to be a blast to play - but, I don't know how they are going to host the US Open there as #12 and #15 seemed to have little to no pinable locations. After watching the Open at PB, I am worried that the USGA will ruin Merion for the open. I hope I'm wrong.
Pine Valley - what else is there to say but it's the best golf course I've ever played and ever seen in any form. It is hard, it is well suited to today's game and it has withstood the test of time. Everything about it is perfect in my estimation. It was actually a little more challenging than I thought it would be but a whole lot more fair than I thought, ie, there is plenty of room to hit it.
I played very very well at Merion (77 from back) and atrocious at PV (86 and 87).....and usually my score unfortunately finds a way to dicitate my enjoyment of the course .... for Pine Valley, that obviously was not the case. In fact, looking back, I think I was looking around too much to really spend time hitting the golf ball.
So, I hope I answered your question.