J,
If you look at Neil's aerials of 1 & 9 on the other thread, you see they have some big greens with many pin positions. Thus it depends on the pins of the day, but your point is valid as that course is tough off the tee. The rough was full, but did not look rediculous to me, so it seems as if the USGA was tempting the longer hitters to go for the green on a mis-hit, but I really did not see too much play yesterday.
One thing that Kelly Moran pointed out to me one day is if you short-side yourself a WFW, you are dead as the contours of the bunkers make it impossible to hold a short side bunker recovery shot. Almost always a 2 putt or more.
I personally like to play The East more, but that probably has a high correlation to my skill level
See you Sunday.