Mike,
The green is drivable and the reward comes with a high risk, that is taking over the very deep fronting bunker with a bunker and Ardmore Avenue right behind the green.
The easy pitch you refer to is from the center or from the right; it is not so from the left.
I prefer a 3 wood to the right or a 7 wood in the center. But you can hit everything from a 5 iron to driver depending upon your game at that time in the round.
I wouldn't say it is a great par 4 but it is a very good one. Don't you think it has a very nice scoring spectrum? How often have you played the hole? What are your scores? Play it safe and it is probably no more than a bogey. Take a chance and it can easily be an other.
Weakest hole on the course? Mike, don't you know there are no weakest holes on that course? I think the 8th is an awesome short par 4 with a difficult line of play to figure out on the tee (without help that is) and a difficult approach.
I think the 12th at Rolling Green is an excellent short par 4 as is Huntingdon Valley A-4 and C-5. I'd also include the 2nd and 10th at Brookline, the 15th at Kittansett, 3rd at Atlantic City CC, the 2nd at Lehigh and Lancaster, the 10th at the Creek, the and the 2nd, 8th, 12th and 17th at Pine Valley.