Limiting URLS in the HTML Sitemap?

[JamesO]

So I started making a sitemap for our new golf site, which has quite a few "low level" pages (about 100 for the golf courses that exist in the area, and then about 50 for course architects), etc etc.

My question/open discussion is simple.  In a sitemap that already has about 50 links, should we include these other low level 150 links?  Of course, the link to the "Golf Courses" is there, along with a link to the "Course Architects" MAIN pages (which, subdivides on THOSE pages.)

I have read the limit is around 150 links on the sitemap.html page and while it would be nice to rank long tail for the Golf Courses.

All in all, our site architecture itself is easily crawlable as well. So the main question is just to include ALL the links or just the main ones?

Thoughts?

[AlanBleiweiss]

If search bots can find the lowest level pages easily enough by other on-site links, then the only real question I would consider has to do with usability - can you present the site map in a way visually that is not overwhelming or confusing to site visitors, if those are included?  Or alternately, by eliminating them, would someone using that site map be annoyed if those are not included?

The SEO value of such links on a site map page are ultimately insignificant at best.

[JamesO]

That was my thought process as well. Thanks Alan!