At well over 1,000ft above sea level, Bolton Golf Club should be a hotbed of extreme weather phenomena and accompanying difficult turf conditions. But if anything is bothering Head Greenkeeper Richard Banning, 36, it is quite the opposite issue: decreasingly severe weather year-on-year. Thankfully, he and his team have worked hard over the last 18 months to turn around the negative effects of the mild air. Jake Barrow reports
I’d say that I’ve learnt a good amount from every head greenkeeper that I’ve worked under, and been inspired by them all