Dick,
Mike Lee (Whistling), Troy Russell (Bandon) and I had lunch in San Diego in February. We try to get together whenever we are in the same area. The same was true of our get together last June at Whistling. It was NOT a consulting visit, we just get together to discuss problems and successes and other issues of dealing with fescue. There are so few of us growing fescue that we have to develop our own network of information. Corey from Sand Hills was also involved until he moved into ownership of his own course. I have not yet met the current Super there.
I was happy to hear from Mike that their spring overseed last year was very successful and the FW's were in great shape last fall. Hopefully they survived the winter well so he has a good starting point this spring.
We did not discuss course setup too much except for all of us hoping that the PGA would let him burn out the FW's the way they should be. Hoping for puffs of dust on every iron shot.
As to course set-up that is all dictated by the PGA, though I would imagine if Mr. Kohler wants something bad enough he has the pull to get it.