Augusta National is No. 1 again in Golf Digest's biennial ranking of "America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses," beating out Pine Valley Golf Club by a fraction of a point.

The most peculiar change about this year's list is the title. Because of a tie for 100th place between two South Carolina resorts (Harbour Town and Ocean Forest) there actually are 101 courses on the list.

Augusta National has been No. 1 on the last two lists. The only other time in the last decade that Pine Valley didn't top the list was in 2001, when Pebble Beach beat out the private New Jersey club.

Of the nine courses not in the previous ranking, the highest-rated was The Alotian Club in Arkansas at No. 14.

Golf Digest has produced "America's 100 Greatest" list since 1966. The package, which also includes the 100 best public courses and a ranking for each state, appears in the May issue of the magazine, which will be available from April 5.