Here's the rub: we wouldn't be having this thread discussion if David Fay, USGA, and Rees hadn't cauldroned their witches' brew to return BPB to the public eye. The thread conversation we would be having would be akin to Has anyone played that Tillinghast muni? or, What a shame that BPB is in such sh!t shape.
I don't know what the greens were like before they had their Pilates adjustment, but any additional undulations, slopes, etc., would have rendered them unfit for tour speeds (which is not germane to the intent of many on GCA) and ultimately, they would have been squashed.
Who knows how challenging it would be to get something done in the NYS state park system these days? Unless the pros were to complain about the greens (lord knows the daily public is not) it would not get a mention in an article.