(I write this as one in the early stages of his appreciation of such holes.)
When playing courses utilizing template holes, do you prefer each example to come at a similar time during the round?
For example, the Redans I've played (Camargo and Angel's Crossing) have come on the back nine. I wonder whether the nature of that hole, where you don't necessarily see where your ball has finished until you get closer to the green, lends itself to later in a round. Perhaps more so in the midst of a tight match. On this note, I wish that C&C had designed Warren's 14th as a Redan. I suppose I could appreciate such a hole and its dynamics early in a round, but I'm not sure it works during the middle-third. I do like a front-nine Biarritz, though.
Both Road holes I've played (Camargo and Mt. Prospect) come at the 17th. That seems to fit with the original, although they each play as par-5s.
That said, the Short works wherever I find it.