What does this mean for the fescue fairways? I am under the impression that fescue cannot handle cart traffic. That is part of the reason why Sand Valley and Bandon are walking only. Will they have to reseed fairways?
If they can limit the cart traffic - x number of rounds per day - the fairways will still be fine. Kingsley allows carts, and hasn't suffered for it, but they don't do 20,000 rounds per year as Forest Dunes wants to.
The dreaded "keep it on the paths" is another poor option.
If neither works, they will eventually have to convert the fairways, but they don't plan to do so right away. That would be a loss, IMO. I just had an unsolicited note from the irrigation designer Mike Kuhn a couple of days ago, telling me how much fun he's had playing on a real fast and firm surface there.