Niall,
I have tried playing around the Road Hole Bunker to get to a flag at the back of the green, and the line is usually just left of the ridge (on the box tee for the 18th hole) then you chip and putt up to the flag, or two putts from off the green. It can work, but its hard to execute when your drive is on the right side of the fairway.
And as regards the 2nd hole, yes, that play looks on. There's more than one way to skin a cat (as the saying goes).
Frank,
There is beauty in symmetry too. And Nature has symmetry. Look at people – two arms, two legs, two ears, and those who work with models will tell you beauty in the human face has everything to do with symmetry.
And as for bouquets. Last time I bought flowers it was 12 roses. They didn't offer 11 or 13.
Scott