Mac,
Here is my experience with Bermuda. I haven't been to Streamsong, but they aren't the only game in town when it comes to striving for a certain playability on Bermuda. Don's maintenance meld at Wolf Point is the combination of several factors that I believe could be (but probably won't be) accepted by Bermuda courses.
1) Irrigation. The biggest piece. Don believes in--and I by association--in strong, brutish (some might say ugly?) turf. I've rarely seen any pictures of Wolf that look like the bermuda at say, Palmetto or Streamsong. I don't mean to speak for Don, but he wants the turf to be somewhat unhappy. In a perfect world, he would give them a large amount of water on an infrequent basis. This causes less green turf, with very strong and deep roots. He is cultivating a surface on which to play golf, NOT growing pretty, lush, green grass. However, no matter his efforts, rain can derail the plan (this is especially true in central Florida and southeast Texas where rain comes in heavy).
2) Ownership. Don isn't trying to impress customers. There aren't many magazines taking pictures. It isn't getting rated. All he has to do is present the best maintenance meld for the owner. And the owner wants a fun, practical, sustainable surface.
3) Topdressing/mowing. Bermuda takes a concerted effort to be firm and not "grabby." The biggest part of this is getting the surface to play with less friction, which means minimizing grain and increasing firmness. Both of these goals are accomplished with topdressing. And NOT just greens. To get surrounds to play with links characteristics, topdressing should be done in graduated applications around the green and approaches as well.
But this weekend at Chambers, I was reminded yet again that even the linksiest of bermudas can ever replicate fescue. So I would recommend that anyone looking for links golf in North America start FIRST with fescue on sand and then gradually branch out from there.