From Ran's GCA review of Shoreacres:
"Sixth hole, 190 yards; A shorter than usual Biarritz hole that has both the front and back halves as green. The green itself is eighty-three yards long and features a two foot swale approximately in the middle. The Club has not always maintained the front half as putting surface. Interestingly enough, all the greens at Shoreacres have an original cinder base and when Tim Davis went to reclaim the front half, there was no cinder. Perhaps Raynor never intended the front half to be green but the hole is infinitely more interesting because it is."
Wayne:
Do you think a Biarritz has more interest with the front half maintained at green heighth if the approach is generally flat, vs. Yale, where the tee (from what I've seen in pictures) is elevated above the landing area? Shoreacres, for one, appears to have a teeing area at about the same level as the green, and I can definitely see the appeal of keeping both parts of the green at green heighth (pre- and post-swale) because tee shots (broadly speaking) wouldn't be coming in as "hot" as they might with an elevated tee.