Golf Digest's newest course rankings have been released from the vaults. I've been eating these things up since I was probably 12 years old. These days, I look at them with a grain of salt of course. But nonetheless, it valiantly succeeds in sparking debate.

Northern Michigan is my favorite golf destination due to its mix of beauty, abundance and value. The panelists at Golf Digest seem to back me up in their Top 100 Public courses (We don't spend much time on the private clubs here at my equal opportunity blog). Seven courses in the Wolverine State check into the Top 40 alone, with nine total on the list.

#10 - Arcadia Bluffs
#14 - Tullymore G.C.
#20 - Forest Dunes
#23 - Bay Harbor
#35 - Black Lake
#37 - Shepherd's Hollow
$40 - Red Hawk
#54 - Gailes Course at Lakewood Shores
#91 - Eagle Eye

All these courses are under $200 and most are under or around $100. Two courses that could have definitely made it in are Tom Doak's Black Forest and Mike Devries' Greywalls, which I haven't played yet personally but everyone I talk to raves about it. I'm also surprised nothing from Treetops made it in, I think all the courses there are pretty great.

South Carolina also checks in strong (but fewer in the top 50) with nine of their own. Caledonia was given the shaft at #86. This should be at least a Top 50 in my opinion and higher than the Dunes Club (#28).

The whole entire state of California had six (losers).

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