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Whistling Straits Fescue Fairways

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Travis_Hood:
If I'm not mistaken, the fairways and greens at the Warren Course at Notre Dame were supposed to be Fescue.   C and C had the same ideas, but the turf couldn't withstand the traffic.  

Anthony_Nysse:
The turf at Warren Course was originally Fescue, but the powers that be had difficulty establishing it, so bent was used.

Matt Schulte:
It will be very interesting to see what happens between now and 2004 for the PGA Championship.  It is impossible to precisely control distances off fairways of that length.  I can only image the players responses if they left them that length.  

I agree, unfortunately, the (American) golfing public appreciates the  color of the turf more than they do how it actually plays, which truly is a shame.  

While we are on the subject of Whistling Straits, can anyone explain to me how hole #5 fits in with the rest of the design?  For a moment I thought I was at Sawgrass!

RJ_Daley:
My understanding, I could be wrong, is that in that area of the property there was some wetland issues and trading off between the county, the corps, and state resulting in mitigation and a restricted corridor in which they could work.  While #5 doesn't fit the rest of the design, it very well may play difficult from extreme back tees that I never heard anyone has used.  

Also, does anyone know if they have ruled out the idea of a composite course.  I feel a bit stupid for even asking because for starters, the turf is bent FWs on the Irish course and fescue FWs on the Straits.  I doubt if that has ever been done before for obvious good reason...

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