Jay asked:
"the swale at 15 is almost imperceptible...as in nowhere near a swale like Yale, Forsgate, etc...even the knoll's is much more pronounces. You can see in my picture that its just a gentle rise, but no dip. Did you find out it was a biarritz through writings?"
the swale was probably deeper but there is such a drainage problem there I think they "shallowed" it .... (nice word: "Shallowed" - hah) .......................... how did I figure it out? it's a Biarritz - modified to fit the land (so much for the "template-gang"
) - they built a Biarritz on every 18-hole course, it was the par-3 with the 200-plus yardage
JF: "How about 14? You have a huge bunker complex that must be carried to a punchbowl green. brian silva taught me those are the hall marks of an Alps and has built several like that. Were you able to glean that from articles from back in the day?"
OK, if that's what you were "taught" - fine .... but that's a great version of an elevated, two-level Punchbowl with the Lion's Mouth guarding the green
You asked about 12:
Banks labeled it a Hog's Back hole in an article he wrote about the course ...................... however it has a Road Hole green complex (some of it removed by your afore-mentioned archie) and on the green there is a "Maiden" feature in the back section
Where did I learn all this?? background: (a dry cleaner for 45 years .....
