1-23 on my list are really the courses that I thought were the best of the best from the first time I laid eyes on them until now, no questions asked. 24-31 are a very easy "next group" for me but I could easily call them 4.5 if I wanted to reduce my 5 star percentage from 2% to 1.5%. The #32 spot was the only one that I really deliberated on a lot. Lemon Lake Gold is nice but it is definitely in a 3rd tier, in my opinion. These were the other courses that I gave real consideration to placing in that 32nd spot, which round out my top 40:
Keeley Park (McLeansville, North Carolina)
Warwick Park (Warwick, New York)
IDGC - Jim Warner Memorial (Appling, Georgia)
Trey Texas Ranch - Texas Twist (Mount Vernon, Texas)
Hobbs Farm Park (Carrollton, Georgia)
New London Technology Park (Forest, Virginia)
Blue Ribbon Pines (East Bethel, Minnesota)
The Canyons DGC @ Dellwood Park (Lockport, Illinois)
I would also add that the original Highbridge Gold would easily not just be a 5 star but would be in the top 10. And I imagine that once it's back to a well redesigned and organized 18 hole layout it will easily reclaim that positioning. The original front 9 is in the discussion for best 9 anywhere. When I played it, most of the original back 9 had become not great which is also why it was removed shortly thereafter.