Chris,
I know my limitations.
I hit my 2 and 3 iron fairly low, but, even my low ball flight has angles of incidence and refraction which prevent skipping a ball on the green from a highly elevated tee.
Any ball hit with a higher trajectory than my low ball flight would have worse results.
One of # 9 green's assets, the deep trough, prevents balls hit on the front tier from running to the back tier.
Putting from the front tier to the back tier is very difficult, hence, the likelihood of approach shots successfully negotiating that route is even less likely.
I'll try all types of shots on the range or during a practice round, when score doesn't count, with NO pressure, but, when playing for real, experimentation doesn't work and isn't the choice of prudent golfers.
The relation of the tees at The Creek, to the green, in terms of elevation differentials, inherently creates greater variety in the approach shot, and, there's a bail out area to the right on # 11 at The Creek. No such feature exists at # 9 at Yale.
I"ll ask you the same question I asked Geoff and others.
If you had to play those holes every day, which one would offer more variety and which would you prefer to play, day in and day out.
I think there's but one answer, and it isn't in CT.
I think # 9 at Yale is a great hole, I just think it's less dimensional that the 11th at The Creek, and, it suffers from the lack of good prevailing winds.