Anthony:
The original design submitted to the council [by the club's previous design consultant] had showed the green moved further left and lower toward the cliff edge. We walked that back as much as we could, because the more the green went into the triangle in the corner, the more impossible the hole would be in a tailwind . . . you would have had to carry the ball onto the green because of the cliff edge, and then somehow get it to stop before it ran up into the hillside behind the green.
So, you are correct, the green is only moved about 15 feet to the left of its old location, and it's about two feet lower than before. I don't think many people would have noticed the change if the work for the path itself wasn't so extensive, but the berming up of the path makes it look like we lowered the green more than we did. The green is indeed slightly larger; it is very exposed to the wind and salt water, so it isn't the easiest one to keep in good condition.
Recoveries from the right front of the green might be slightly easier than before, as we took one of the greenside bunkers away there, and if you play both short and right, you might be able to hit a reasonable chip shot onto the green. Pin high and right is still very difficult. Short left, as Jeff suggested, is no good . . . there is not a lot of room there and it's quite steep, so your ball will be in danger of going back down to the cliff edge. The left bunker is not a bad place to miss, but it's a hard place to get to: there is not as much room on that side as there used to be! [It had to be moved up the green, as you say, because with the green moving closer to the cliff there wasn't room for it at the front.]
All the credit should really go to Brian Schneider who did the work in October/November while we were working at The National.