Tom,
At MV no. 14, it is excluded because it is so foolish...
Ok fair enough ... at the 3rd on ANGC, very few pros at the Masters (as is my observation over the years) hit driver. There is no forced carry. I guess the half lob wedge bunt is too hard to hit off the irregular fairway to a target that small with so much stimp speed and punishing fall-offs.
But at the 2 courses of yours I am familiar with, the short par 4's do not EXCLUDE driver.
At Riverfront (I recognize the course was designed and built prior to the Pro V1 and the 460 cc driver), you eliminated the very issue I discuss. The 7th and 17th qualify as the short par 4's that could be driven by somebody (not me). I have played with a guy who was hole high on 7 once. He, being that far out of position, struggled to make a 4 to the easiest flagstick location. No water on 7, but at 17 the wetlands creep in from the right and trees to the left (the tightest driving hole on the course), but no forced carry and no automatic elimination of the driver. Yes, a little crazy to pull out the big stick there. The 10th hole at Riverfront is drivable from the white tees with room to miss left but not right.
At Beechtree (RIP), the 3rd and 11th have no water or forced carries. At the 3rd, the player needs to read the sloping terrain and aim to the left letting the slope bring it back right. At the 11th, a very long precise right to left shot is required that dodges all the really deep bunkers (as I remember). There was no bale out at no. 3 because the hole is straight. The crooked tee shots on these 2 holes do not carry any greater penalty than the bad tee shot on any other hole at Beechtree.
Penalty for the wayward shot or the preception of such was my complaint at MV no.14.