The home hole green, from my perspective, is truly a Flynn. From the flanking bunkers to the sloping sectioned green, I feel as though it's the only place I felt a sense of GA.
IMO, The abortion is the penultimate hole.
Adam,
Have you seen it since the cross bunkers were reintroduced? If so, what is it that you still do not like about the hole?
I agree the version lacking cross bunkers was a pretty terrible hole. A dead-straight par 5 to an awkward island green. The cross bunkers have brought back interest to drives and second shots, and I think the island looks better now, as well.
I will say for me personally the look of the cross bunkers is still not ideal. Flynn's original plans for the hole, as well as a 30s-era photograph (both can be seen in the "Nature Faker" book) show a much scruffier looking area, more reminiscent of the Hell's Half Acre type of idea, albeit with an island of fairway. You had two sets of cross bunkers, but also some mounding, and it seems like the middle section of fairway was offset somewhat.
I much prefer that look overall, but understand it wouldn't totally fit with the golf course as it exists today. The Cherry Hills of Flynn's day was a much scruffier place. Not just due to the practices of the day, but also the way the creek flowed through the property with natural sand banks that really look wonderful in the plans for holes like 15, 13, and 12, among others. The creek cannot be restored to that condition due to flood concerns, so some of the natural sandy-dune look is simply not possible to restore, which is a shame. (The "short" 15th especially would be wonderful to see return, but it would be difficult to make work with today's restrictions on the creek.)