This is a tough hole but isn't that what we want. Admittedly I don't care much for the tricked up shots, BPB # 2 is another one, fire straight down the fairway and end up in the right rough, but that is a part of golf. You have to think your way around the course, sometimes you have to play a 3 wood, sometimes you lay up on a par 5.
Years ago, the USGA had a loose definition of what par a hole should be based upon the length. I can't remember the numbers today but I think it was under 250 was a par 3, from 251 to 470 was a par four and above that was a par 5. There are a few par 6's around as well. With the new drivers being so much longer, the US Open and other courses now routinely have par fours that reach over 500 yards, even in places like Pinehurst that are fairly flat. The victim of this seems to be the old par 5 holes, which now become a very long par four with a green that is often meant to be approached with a wedge, now it becomes a difficult par four with a 4 iron approach to a small green.
In WGT land we all want difficult courses and holes. The holes at the Olympic course are set up to the US Open, in terms of distance, same at BPB, STA, Oakmont, RSG, etc. That is why once in a while you get a Legend tee that is closer than the master tees, like hole 15 at BPB or 11 at STA. I enjoy the challenge and could care less about my average. I often find in WGT land that the average conscious players often quit when they have a bad round going and have a false average, those are the same guys who complain about losing to a lessor player
I'm hoping that the US Open at Merion this year will bring us one of the more difficult courses that we have on WGT.