Curious what the actual architects here think.
Imagine a hole where there's maybe a 40-yard downslope that sends balls hit anywhere on it to about the same place. Dustin Johnson can fly it with the driver, but his ball lands and rolls out a few yards, while Jim Furyk lands his driver near the top of the hill and it rolls to the same place as Dustin Johnson's driver.
Or, Dustin can hit a 3-iron to the top of the hill and wind up in almost the same place as his tee shot. If it's at a non-PGA Tour course, adjust the players for the "longer hitting guys at the club" and "the shorter hitting guys at the club.
Is a hole like this considered "fair"? If not, does it really matter so long as this isn't a feature of too many holes on a single course? Is it "good design" or is the answer the same as to the first question: it's fine, so long as it's not repeated too often? What are the other positives (if any) and negatives to this?
The 10th at Augusta springs to mind, but it may not be quite the same, as it requires shape, and the slope is somewhat diagonal, so some players can still leave themselves back up too far, if I'm remembering correctly. Not everyone ends up in the same general area on 10.