Evolution of SCOREGolf rankings from 2000-2018

[Wayne_Kozun]

Below are the top 30 courses in the SCORE 2000 rankings and their evolution over time.


Some of the courses that were highly thought of at that time have fallen way down or completely off of the list.  The most notable of these are Glen Abbey, Nicklaus North, Crowbush, King Valley, Angus Glen, Deerhurst, Fairview Mountain and Lake Joe.  Note that in 2000 Banff was not in the top 30 - it was down at 45, and Jasper was way down at 21.


 

Course[/t][/t][/t][/t][/t][/t]     2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 Highlands Links 1 2 5 7 4 6 6 7 7 8 The National Golf Club of Canada 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 St. George's G. & C. C. 3 1 3 2 3 2 2 5 5 5 Royal Montreal Blue 4 7 7 12 9 10 12 15 24 36 Hamilton G. & C. C. 5 9 1 3 2 3 3 3 6 7 Beacon Hall Golf Club 6 10 9 5 6 8 8 9 11 10 Capilano G. & C. C. 7 3 4 6 7 7 5 8 9 10 Glen Abbey Golf Club 8 13 21 13 19 29 43 55 85 67 Nicklaus North Golf Course 9 23 47 37 46 56 67 47 52 49 The Links at Crowbush Cove 10 6 8 10 8 12 16 14 33 39 Westmount G. & C. C. 11 14 22 18 17 14 15 12 13 13 King Valley Golf Club 12 27 35 28 39 42 52 66 NR 110 Victoria Golf Club 13 25 34 42 33 27 23 28 23 23 Angus Glen Golf Club 14 18 41 53 69 67 76 NR NR NR Devil's Pulpit 15 28 29 17 22 17 20 22 20 25 Deerhurst Golf Resort 16 30 42 30 50 48 58 70 75 NR Predator Ridge Golf Resort 17 16 25 32 65 59 70 25 22 28 Fairview Mountain Golf Club 18 42 86 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Royal Colwood Golf Club 19 22 17 27 16 26 31 26 27 27 Redtail Golf Course 20 5 14 20 24 34 30 37 36 30 Jasper Park Golf Club 21 11 11 8 5 4 4 4 3 2 Big Sky G. & C. C. 22 34 72 61 81 74 65 33 40 42 Wolf Creek Golf Resort 23 17 18 22 20 21 17 30 56 68 Shaughnessy G. & C. C. 24 24 24 9 12 13 21 11 15 18 Essex G. & C. C. 25 29 53 48 67 66 54 39 34 40 Heron Point Golf Links 26 31 60 52 73 65 66 73 96 99 Weston G. & C. C. 27 75 50 36 48 40 40 44 39 31 Toronto Golf Club 28 19 15 15 13 19 18 18 14 12 Lake Joseph Club 29 8 NR 86 NR NR NR NR NR NR Devil's Paintbrush 30 26 13 4 10 11 14 17 12 11

[Jeff_Mingay]

Very interesting, Wayne.


If my memory's correct, most of the other rankings have maintained a pretty consistent top-10 over the past decade and more. The dive so many notable courses have taken on the SCOREGolf ranking is remarkable; along with the jump courses like Jasper, Banff and Devil's Paintbrush have made. Jasper's is most impressive.

[Wayne_Kozun]

It is remarkable that some courses have been very stable despite the fact that they aren't in the top 10.  For example, Toronto GC has almost always been in the teens and Royal Colwood and Victoria GC have almost always been around 25.


I think there has also been the Canadian Open effect - the Abbey and Angus Glen were very highly ranked due to holding the Cdn Open.  Now that the rankers have become more sophisticated I think they can now see that hosting the PGA tour does not make a golf course great.  A similar effect probably helped Royal Montreal, although I haven't played it so I can't comment on where it belongs in the rankings.

[Tom_Doak]

Also, the renovation of Royal Montreal probably turned off some of its former fans, as even the holes they liked best from past Canadian Opens were changed.