The Weir gig didn't fit with Rod for a variety of reasons that are known, I guess, to him. He certainly came recommended (by Ben Crenshaw). We're down to six architects in the process now -- and should have a sense of the four being interviewed in the short term. I consider a couple of them to be friends -- so I really have no idea who will get the gig and it won't be my decision anyway. Suffice to say that all four are really strong designers with great backgrounds that would fit with Mike's goals for the firm. I think the desire is to find a designer who can establish a specific look and aesthetic that is unique to Weir's courses.
Here's what I wrote on Geoff's site:
1) There are actually more than 30 designers working in Canada, especially if you count associates at firms that are very capable of doing their own courses if given the chance.
2) We approached many of them. One goal -- though not the overriding one -- is to find a designer whose style isn't defined in the public's mind, a designer who can develop courses with Mike that are unique to the partnership. Our hope is the designer will work just with Weir Golf Design.
3) Those interested designers (and there were more than a dozen) were asked to submit plans, routings, marketing, working with Mike, etc. based on a site in BC. The panel, with Mike's involvement, narrowed that group to four or five (it hasn't been determined). Those remaining architects will come in for one-on-one interviews with Mike in November and he'll decide who he is most comfortable with. All the architects are very capable of doing good work, and a couple have done outstanding work in Canada already.
4) Rod Whitman, who I have tons of respect for, did not participate in the process.
5) A lot of the selection process was based on the selection of a designer for the Castle Course at St. Andrews. It is almost like an RFP, with the goal of each designer showing us their best ideas.
6) The hope is we'll create a unique firm with which Mike is going to do far more than just cut ribbons and attend media days. He wants to learn the business and bring his insight to it. And he is a big fan of classic golf design, so I expect that should translate into his work.
Robert's comments obviously eliminate Rod W. since he didn't apply, but also gave me some reason to think we might know who Weir might pick... 
Someone told me they thought Rod was one of the best golf minds in the golf construction/design biz. If so, other than for marketing a big pro name, why would he need that sort of association?