Tell me something Patrick, would the most important thing that can ultimately be done with a golf course be to make the membership happy with it and happy to play it?
If it is something other than that then why don't you tell us what that would be? 
TEPaul,
You and I both know that you can't make a "membership" happy. Nirvana at Golf/Country clubs isn't attainable.
And, the worst thing you can do is tell members how the green will be maintained and played in the future since those things are so dependent upon Mother Nature.
Shall we take the last two summers as perfect examples.
Had the new superintendent told the members that the golf course was going to play fast and firm in 2005 and 2006 they would have been bitterly disappointed and the superintedent would have lost his credibility.
And, no matter how appropriate and correct your intentions and deeds are, if money is involved, you'll always get dissent. You know that and I know that. So, making a "membership" happy may be akin to chasing a rainbow.
Most everyone agrees that the 12th hole was disfigured.
Even the club history book mentions it.
The aerial and ground level photos circa 1936 hang on almost every wall in the club house.
It's clear that the existing hole is out of context with the rest of the golf course.
If constructed, the intent is for the restored hole to play like all of the other holes, no different.
It will be maintained as it needs to be maintained, just like other greens on the golf course.
Since you've admitted to being a novice when it comes to agronomy, let me state that not all grass is maintained the same.
Some greens sit in shadows, some in sunlght, some low, some high, some pitched, some flat, some are old, some are new, some are buffeted by winds, others are protected from winds, and the superintendent must adjust his agronomic practices accordingly.
This can become dicey when a membership expects consistency through out the golf course, despite the fact that the greens are in different locations and may be subjected to different forces.
So, rather than announce how the green will play and be maintained, I'll trust the superintendent to figure that out, and, it may require additional $ and TLC for awhile, or into the future.
The superintendent knows how the club wants the golf course to play. Rather than telling the membership how a green, yet to be built, is going to play and be maintained, he's got his hands full trying to get the existing greens to play as everyone wants. He, along with his advisors will determine which maintainance practices will best accomplish that task. AND, those practices may change as the situation dictates.
Unless Superintendents are Kreskin or independently wealthy, I don't advise them to make predictions.