Caven, I have actually read through all of the threads concering TallAcePaul's rankings, and I have to say he's put in a lot of effort to create those rankings. It is a very tough task to find a ranking system that really works.
Tibbets, the way WGT conducts its tournaments is not very professional. It's one round where everybody plays separately at any point throughout an entire week or even a whole month. I prefer the multiplay tournaments because I get second chances when I mess up. What would really fix all this is having tournaments where you have to play four rounds with a cut after two rounds. For instance, in the first round I shoot a 76 but then I shoot a 70 in the second round and I make the cut. Tounaments like that are multiplays because even if you shoot a bad first round you're not out of contention.
Another issue that's brought up a lot is tiers. Not everybody in Master tier deserves to be there, and entering it is way too easy (been discussed thousands of times). Everybody is right when they say that people who are masters but average 69 don't really deserve to be playing tournaments against top-notch players like Tibbets. This can be discussed in a trillion different threads, but I won't go into huge detail with it here. Just know that this is another thing to worry about when trying to create an accurate ranking system.
Dorkfeatures actually came up with a very good idea, having a minimum number of rounds played per week (as not to have egotistical players not post bad rounds and not move down the rankings), and to do so by looking at how they shoot in certain tournaments. What would be hard to decide is which ones to use. Single-play tournaments are the most perferable because they most resemble professional tournaments. But multiplay tournaments are also useful because they make up for the lack of multiple rounds in one tournament. One type of tournament that can't be used is entry-fee tournaments because a lot of players lack the resources to play.
However you could make an argument that entry-fee tournaments should be allowed because they do bring out the best in all players and they're very accurate. But it's not fair that some people can help their averages by playing in these tournaments as well while others don't have that opportunity.
Still another issue is that people can just play any ranked round and affect their averages. Theoretically, you could say to people who want to participate fully in the ranking system that they can only play practice rounds except for when they play in the tournaments. That's something, however, that should be debated by the players who do join the ranking system.
All this, however, brings me back to my orginal logic for creating a basic system: just use the players' scoring averages. It's something that can be controlled a lot easier because the tournaments on WGT are not very professional. What I actually hope to do in the end is start a tour that will give out prizes and possibly even money and stuff that will have more professional tournaments and will bring out the best players on WGT. Keep the input coming guys! Thank you.