Within the recently released (and excellent) Chicago Golf Club history book The Prairie Raynor there is a section titled "The Journey to Firm & Fast" detailing the practices the club implemented from 1990-on to prioritize firm & fast turf.
Chicago was certainly ahead of their time in an era when Golf Digest was awarding conditioning points for "aesthetics" and rewarding wall-to-wall green playing surfaces.
CGC has led to a wonderful trend in Chicagoland of creating the firmest conditions possible. Clubs such as Shoreacres, Old Elm, and Glen View Club have followed suite and benefited from the practices immensely.
Which made me think, what are some of the best transformations in the US of previously perennially soggy playing conditions into firm & fast? And what are the practices implemented that helped them get there?