David(s)
Agree diagonal lines is a concept that will always challenge and perhaps the best example of what I was going for.
As to blind shots, not sure. Surely out of favor for the most part. But even more, while a blind shot always plays blind, in any era, some say its only blind once.....and others say the advance of information technology renders the blind shot less effective at whatever it was supposed to be effective at.
As to short par 3 holes, I like them. I think I like the underlying design concept more - the half shot that requires judgment and a made up, rather than mechanical swing. In that sense, even with Pelz, et al, it may be even more challenging to golfers now than in the past, where they probably had to invent and improvise their swing more than now. Of course, on any longer hole, the smart golfer has the chance to lay up to avoid the half shot, making the short par 3 one of the best examples of the genre. It's not impossible, but its hard to get the approach shot to a limited area of 80-110 yards as the only place to play from.
As to Eden holes, I guess it's a classic, but as alluded to, I think the complimentary deep bunkers front and moderate bunker left of the Eden hole somehow morphed into "equal bunkers both side of each green" which I don't really understand and don't think is a great concept either. Guess we can't fault the original for mediocre copies, though.
Surprised, BTW, no one has said "wind."