We...Love Golf Design...built a three level Biarritz hole when we renovated Forest Oaks CC so the PGA Tour could continue to play the GGO there...about six years ago.
#2 is a reachable, slightly down hill par five that created a lot of interest with the players, but coming early in the round, it got little camera coverage.
We felt in that as most of the original Biarritz holes were designed for a long iron or wood approach, a reachable par five would accommodate this strategy, and the down hill nature encouraged a running shot into the green.
I forget if the swale was used for a pin position....but I think it was on a few occasions.
A pin in the back is always challenging, and a front pin is almost equally so because of the need to play short of the green to get a ball close.
A pin in the middle can be difficult if don't find yourself in the swale...... because it's hard to get your first put near the hole due to the fast down slopes.
Its an interesting hole.