The fairways are as close to pre-watering system playing characteristics as possible, I think. We're talking serious hard fairways; UK links-type stuff.
50-60 yards of roll downwind on FLAT ground (e.g. #10); 100+ yards of roll very likely on downhill fairways (e.g. #'s 11 & 17). You can see the ball bounce quite a bit higher than before on many tee shots (e.g. #'s 1 & 3).
Turf is VERY tight and rather brown (but not burned out); wedges with any bounce at all are problematic on chips and pitches.
The news about this is that much of MacDonald's original strategy is back into play. The ball can run off into all kinds of trouble, or into those great cross bunkers. Makes playing the course downwind MUCH more challenging.
Green surfaces are also firm and fast but no more than usual. The huge difference is off the tee and in front of the greens.
The course hasn't played this way since the early 1960's I'm sure. CBM would have to be pleased.
Also, what few trees remained have been removed - it looks great.