Well, I am not going to jump into the fray of the hole-by-hole but I will comment on High Pointe.
I REALLY like the golf course a lot. Maybe it is because it is where I first met Tom and starting working with him (although very briefly at HP, as Tom stated) and that was the beginning of my formal development as a golf course architect. HP was a gas to play when it first opened, as the fescue was firm and hard and the greens were rolling slow enough to make them really fun. Unfortunately, most players didn't know what to make of the conditions, because it was different. So, being Americans, they rejected the concept and the spiral began.
Back to what I like about the course -- it has great variety in the look and play of shots throughout the golf course. Some people have said it has a dual personality due to the open front and wooded back, going so far as to say Tom copied Crystal Downs for that (by the way, the same has been said about Kingsley) and that leads some players to prefer one nine over the other. I think there are aspects of these courses that benefit from the difference, but I also don't think the nines are that drastically different in playability, shot values, or whatever you want to discuss. I don't hear people saying Cypress Point is at fault for having holes in trees, dunes, and headlands -- it is a great mix of holes and the flow of the course is phenomenal. Ditto for Crystal Downs.
Tom, the greens at HP are excellent, but I prefer your greens at Pacific Dunes -- they really seem to flow out of the landscape and HP's are more abrupt in some places, so I give the edge to Pacific there.
Finally, I seem to play very well at HP, although it has been a few years since I have been there. Maybe my familiarity with the course gives me an edge over other players in this respect and I enjoy it more because of that -- but I still really like the course 15 years later and that says something about a place.
Mike Cirba, you have seemingly volunteered to answer all the questions regarding this discussion -- maybe we should get a group up here to make for a great round table of discussion?