What I personally like and how this course stacks up in my list of 9-hole courses:

1) Holes with good risk/reward. Fair, but harsh punishment for bad decisions or execution. == C (The holes are so short that even a bad drive will never result in a 4)

2) Holes that have rewarding birdie opportunities for me. I throw 300' accurately, 360' max. == C- (Only one hole is remotely rewarding to get a deuce on)

3) More wooded than open - lots of variety of shots required caused by hole shape and topography == B (Good variety and good use of terrain and woods. This is the best aspect of this course design)

4) Natural beauty (Appalachian beauty preferred) and seclusion. == C+ (No feeling of seclusion. The beauty is maybe slighty above average)

5) Bonus points for multi-shot holes with defined landing zones, good risk/reward and multiple options to play them. == N/A

It's all about feeding the addiction, so I ranked this course subjectively based on my own "personal addiction factor". The grades above tell how well the course will draw me back to itself again and again and again. Since I have played a decent number of courses (125 18-hole, 64 9-hole as of mid 2009), my hope is that players/explorers who have similar addiction tastes will find my ratings list helpful as they choose courses to play and explore.

I fully expect others with different tastes/philosophies to disagree with me....that's the fun of things here. See my profile for my rating philosophy.