Ryan:
As for your three pics, I'd say:
-- the first one looks like Dye is channeling Lanford/Moreau (whose Indiana courses he played as a youth) with that sharp falloff. It looks like a neat feature, particularly in how it's disguised from the fairway.
-- the second looks interesting, in an odd, unique, one-of-a-kind way. I'd have to play it to get a sense of whether I liked it, but at first glance, it's not totally off-putting (and a look he uses a lot at Blackwolf Run in Wisconsin).
-- the third is really jarring, and quite ugly, in terms of being at odds with the rest of the natural look of the course. But then again, I hate approach shots over water fronting a green, so that's my bias.