"But then,at the top of the pyramid, you have a small-but-growing group of entrepreneurs in China who see that greening their business is not just a legal requirement, nor a responsible act to do.
VOA: standard.2010.02.24
The only way manual systems could work for a larger group would be through a pyramid-like mechanism, with small groups reporting their manually obtained results up the chain to more central tabulating authorities.
Moreover, since the pyramid of people who ever swing a three-wood is small in the global scheme, it is hard to argue that the best golfer in the world is really the best that mankind can offer.