I’m glad you took a more long term view of tournament ranking. If you had gone present day only, there are only three tournament levels:

(1) Anything Tiger is playing in
(2) Anything Phil is plaing in minus Tiger
(3) Everything else

Haha, I think that about sums up what many of the golf media cares about

Since ranking PGA Tournaments is entirely subjective, I’ve derived a system that is as subjective as possible. It is derived from my rationale on how closely I will pay attention to a PGA Tour event. It’s as good as any.

Here is my system—every event starts with 100 points. Tournament points are allocated or deducted according to the following criteria:

Major: +50
Major that rhymes with “Lasters”: +50
Major that likely will include a couple of charming ramblings by Peter Alliss? +25
Tournament that’s opposite a Major: -50
Sponsored or associated with a true legend of golf: +5
Sponsored by a former member of N’Sync: -10
The 72nd hole is played at 11PM or 4AM: -20
The 72nd hole is played in front of a multicolored lighthouse: +15
The event is in Dallas: +5
The event is an old school clambake or rowdy gathering: +15
The event is 5 rounds: -15
The event is sponsored by a car or corrective lens that only old people like: -5
The event is sponsored by a bank/investment/insurance company that I’ll never have the minimum balance to set up an account in: -5
The event is sponsored where I have an investment account: +5 (Thank you RBC!)
The event is during NCAA college football season: -100

This is the resulting infallible ranked list of greatness.

1) Masters…200
2) The Open Championship…175
T3) US Open…150
PGA Championship
T5) Verizon Heritage…115
Pebble Beach Pro-Am
T7) Byron Nelson Championship…110
FBR Open
T9) Bob Hope Classic…105
Arnold Palmer Invitational
Colonial
Memorial
RBC Canadian Open
…skip a couple…
T35) Mayakoba, Puerto Rico Open, US Bank, Reno-Tahoe…50
39) Justin Timberlake Open…5
T40) Everything else in the fall not listed…0
46) Deutsche Bank Championship…-5
47) HSBC Champions…-25