Adam,
Big sore spot!
I used the same "Easter egg" analogy while we were building the Mines GC last year. Off to the side of one set of tees, in a sand dune setting, was this cool par three just laying there. I wanted to sneak a water line over to build a tee and a green, both out of sight from the tees but very easy to access. If you knew it was there, you played it. If not, you miss out on a great dunes hole.
My idea was shot down, or perhaps I didn't properly communicate it to the computer illiterates I had to work with!!!!!!
As Charlie Brown used to say, when Lucy snagged the ball out of the way:
AAAUUUGHHHH!!!!!!!
Joe