Joel, The course's turf is most playable. There are some high spots, where the heat of July-mid August was too much for some of the young'ins, and they gave up. However, the season is now ripe for grass growing,(cooler temps) and every day sees new sprigs popping up.
The superintendent, Dave Hensley, has worked extremely hard and will be very busy during this ideal growing season. Top-dressing mostly, but some seeding too, all in preparation for next spring.
With the sandy profile, even if one's ball is on a brown patch, it sits up and is very playable.
We played Saturday on a wet canvas, but the ball would still roll-out considerably. Especially with lower trajectories. Granted, it's not the optimal firmness yet, but it will be. Of that I am confident.
BTW, It was Mr. Coore, who showed a most adept touch, and practically carried the two time Masters winner. I personally witnessed a shot of his, on 13, that finished two inches from the hole, from about 45 yards out. All that, after having missed his drive right, played for position on the left, chipping to a back center pin. His chip needed to just carry the mid green hump, which it did, and trickled the 20+ feet to the cup. He then sunk an 18 footer on 14. But proved human on fifteen with a three jack from 90'.