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The prestige ranking
A composite of what it costs to get in, the scale of the operation, the club's age, and whether the course carries a named architect. The formula is published in full, and clubs with no cost data are excluded rather than guessed at.
| # | Club | Area | Type | Value | Confidence |
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How this is calculated
Forty points for the initiation fee on a log scale, because the market prices its own hierarchy better than we could. Thirty for the scale of the operation, from total revenue in the club's most recent Form 990. Fifteen for age, with anything founded before 1900 taking the full weight. Fifteen for a named course architect of consequence. Clubs with no sourced cost figure are left out rather than guessed at, which is why some famous names are missing.