It's been a while since I've played at Dormie Club and the 14th is one of the holes that really stick out in the memory. The hole is further proof that architecture does not have to be that complicated. There was very little to work with across a broad continuous slope. Simply placing the green up towards the upper tree line with the one bunker creates all of the playing interest. The fall away nature of the green on a short hole opens up a lot of options if you got your drive high enough up the slope to play down the length of the green. If you ended up to the right you have a tricky uphill wedge over the bunker, especially to the back half of the green.
I can easily see that through repeated plays you would try to edge the drive further and further up the slope to the left looking for a birdie chance, until you miss too far left once to often. Thereafter resetting your target back to the right in order to take bogie out of play and restarting the process over again. I really like examples of seemingly simple architecture like this. It usually requires some slope and firmness to create the temptation for chasing the preferred angle.