Bill,
You assume a lot when you compare my comments to modernization committess in the 1960s. I'm not saying "do away with Biarritz holes" and if Hackensack, as a Banks course, has a very manufactured look to the course, I would have been all in favor of restoring the Biarritz hole there to its original design.
This thread, though, started as an offshoot of a discussion about Old Macdonald and, after viewing photos of the Biarritz at Old Macdonald versus the one at Hackensack, I thought to myself, "gosh, I'm glad Doak, Urbina and company didn't build a Hackensack-like Biarritz at Old Macdonald" (no offense meant). I guess I'm in the camp that prefers holes that play well and are visually appealing.