Patrick-
Interestingly, in my mind's eye I was imagining the hole as a slight dogleg. One where the green sits at a bit of an angle to the tee, but sits straight in relation to the approach. I don't know why I imagined it this way, except that off the tee the player would be tasked with matching a particular distance with a particular line if he hoped to approach the green straight on.
John-
Having played North Berwick's 16th a handful of times, I've always enjoyed the approach...but felt like it would have been even more fun with a half wedge (or chipped hybrid, putter, 8 iron, etc.) rather than the mid iron that I remember typically playing. Maybe I've just been unlucky and haven't played #16 when its been blowing downwind.
-Stephen