Phil,
As it was, it basically played as a monster par 3, but if it was a touch longer then not everyone would have gone for it, but I'm sure most would have been tempted. I remember watching guys in the foursomes back at the Belfry, laying up on 10 only for their opponents to have a go at the green. Sometimes they made it, sometimes they didn't. But certainly more exciting than them all going for it?
The trick would be to get the length right so that it wasn't only say two players (likley Bubba and Dustin as you suggest) who would go for it, but tempting Fisher or Westwood or whoever, but possibly not Donald or Zach Johnson, to have a go. This would have brought some tactics into it, especially in the foursomes, with the longer hitters probably wanting to play the odd numbers because of this hole?
Cheers,
James