I heard an interesting story today:As many of you may already know, the relocation of the clubhouse at Stanley Thompson's Banff Springs course in Alberta (1927) a few years back resulted in a renumbering of the holes. Now (fairly) recent "renovation" work by Les Furber has resulted in a strange situation on the greens. It seems after years and years of fungicide application up there in the Rockies, the greens had built up an abnormal level of Mercury in them. In turn, they were having trouble growing grass, and the decision was made to rebuild them. However, it is illegal in Canada to transport toxic materials through National Parks (and Banff is in a National Park). So there was no way to dispose of the contaminated soil.Furber's answer was to rebuilt the greens on top of the existing greens. Sixteen (16) inches above the level of the originals in fact. Now, aside from the additional depth of the greenside bunkers, the green surfaces are actually raised 16 inches higher than the level of the fairways. Playing the ball onto the greens via the ground has change, I imagine?Has anyone seen the course since the Furber renovation? My source also mentioned that a few fairway bunkers were relocated from there original positions to that "magical" 240-260 yards distance from the tee as well!!! Which is believable considering Furber recently professed his dislike for random bunkering schemes in an interview appearing at golf.com.