I've no doubt it is ideal to be closer to the water on 11 and 14 - and 1 - but who goes there? I hardly saw a player near the water, unless it was a rank mistake, like Day's opening drive. Even bailing out right on 14 still leaves a mid-iron in for nearly everyone - it would obviously be a different story if the wind was blowing, but then I would surmise they would just lay up and pitch across. Same with 4 - they all appeared to be smack in the middle of the fairway whenever I looked.
Well my player must have made three rank mistakes on 11 then - because he was within 10m of the right edge of the fairway three times - the perfect spot right in the go zone.
The tee shot placement on 14 is very important, particularly if using a hybrid or 3-wood off the tee and playing short of the bunker. Every 10m right of the lake is an extra club in. No-one was deliberately bailing out right on that shot. If hitting a driver, it isn't quite so important to go close to the lake (we were within a few paces of it on Saturday, which was admittedly a slight pull, but it left only 159 to the hole), but bailing out right generally leaves a downhill lie for the second. This isn't apparent on television.
When the wind is coming from the right, there is a real advantage to being down the left on 1. It means that the wedge approach can be hit against the breeze, rather than trying to fight it if playing from the right. Obviously not too many players go for it, but its certainly a consideration (although most players on Thursday afternoon would have played their second shots from the left side - it was howling from the right).