What I personally like and how this course stacks up (from the longs):
1) Holes with good risk/reward -- B+ (The punishment on several of the holes is pretty appropriate for the level of inaccuracy of your throw. Miss early on these and you will be struggling to save par.)
2) Holes that have rewarding birdie opportunities -- B+ (Many are tight enough, although shortish, that achieving the perfect round on -9 is a challenge)
3) More wooded than open - lots of variety of shots required caused by hole shape and topography -- A (Great use of both - amazing really that there is so much variation on a 9 holer)
4) Natural beauty (Appalachian beauty preferred) and seclusion -- B- (The grove of woods that course plays through are pretty, but no seclusion from the downscale neighborhood the course is in)
5) Bonus amount 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 (115 18-hole, 50 9-hole as of early 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.