Three nice designs from California that would make nice template holes:
In theory, the 10th at Riviera could be replicated, as long as you could tee off a bit downhill.
The 13th at Stanford University (430 yards with five staggered bunkers) is a great simple design for flat ground.
Another Riviera template is the gull wing green on the par 3 14th hole.
Agreed on the Riviera template, although a green that size might get beat up on course that does a lot of rounds.
I love the 8th at Augusta as a template hole, the 3rd at CommonGround has that flavor. Love the green set as a valley between two berms and the playing angles that result.
I think the 16th at Cypress could be easily duplicated in terms of strategy but certainly not in setting. It's essentially an ultra short Cape hole listed as a Par 3 but really it's a 3.5. While you probably wouldn't have the Pacific at your disposal you could use a pond, a lake, a marsh, or even just a "sea" of tall grass as the carry hazard.
One of the pluses of 17 TPC is that it can be put in anywhere where there's a pond, and it won't take up much room relative to the rest of the course. Maybe it's a good hole for tight properties?