This topic is probably a bit premature, as the outing at Lederach isn't for a few weeks yet, but I thought it might be timely anyway, given some of the recent discussions here.
A frequent topic here concerns whether seriously undulating and/or sloped greens still have a place in golf today, or whether 1) New courses have to keep any internal slope at some miminal angle to accommodate modern green speeds and more importantly, 2) Classic courses often need to have their most severe contours reduced and neutered to remain playable or to facilitate multiple hole locations with modern green speeds.
For those of you attending I'll be curious to hear your thoughts afterwards. Lederach has some of the most severely undulating greens I've seen this side of The Old Course and yet at least when I played, they remain very playable simply because the speeds are kept reasonable and consistent with the design.
Isn't this simply part of what we should mean when we use the term "maintenance meld"? Why isn't this simple solution employed more often? Have we all become hostage to the "Mine is bigger" Stimp-meter mentality? Is there anything as problematic to good and interesting design than this fast-greens mindset, which seems to have become at least as harmful as the "7000+ yard, Championship Course " mentality which became pervasive during the Trent Jones era?