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I also point out, though, that the tastes on this site pretty well reflect those of the major golf mags, as shown in their ratings. i.e. while not many Fazios or RTJs appear in the world top 100 lists, a whole lot of Doak, C&C, MacKenzie, Old Tom etc. courses do. Without attempting a chicken/egg analysis, this site is tuned in to the 'experts,', such as they are.
Last I checked Fazio had more courses in the Golfweek Top 100 Modern than Doak and C&C combined. Looks like the group-think has more work to do.
Jud, in Golf Mag's world top 100 list (not just modern U.S.), Fazio has zero courses. Doak currently has five.
Golf Week splits up courses in so many categories, it makes the overall comparisons more jumbled. e.g. none of Tom's overseas courses appear on the modern list you cited, even though two of them are consensus world top 100. Even so, Tom has four of the top seven Golf Week moderns. i.e. four courses before Fazio makes the list. Add in Pete Dye and C&C and they make up 8 of the top 10 at Golf Week... and 14 of the top 20.
Just curious. Do you think Fazio's top courses are as good as Doak's best, or C&C's? e.g. Golf Week ranks Shadow Creek as Fazio's top course. Do you think it's as good as Pac Dunes, or Barnbougle, or Ballyneal, or Sand Hills or Friar's?
More generally do you think Fazio is as good an architect, or better than, Tom, Bill Coore or Pete Dye?