Bushwillow’s greens took a while to recover from hollowtining at the end of January. They were slow but playable. However, yesterday proved a shocking experience as they have become blighted by a disease affecting the leafy part of the grass but not the roots. The first green was furry, and the second was a surreal sight. It resembled a leopard with brown spots on a green surface. A poor surface but puttable. We had been warned that three greens had been hollowtined again and replaced with temporary greens. And No 2 wasn’t one of them. The third and fourth greens looked worse than No 2. The first temporary green came at No 5. Disappointingly, it had been mown in a slapdash way. The fairway didn’t appear to have been cut so the temporary green was the height of the uncut fairway. The line drawn to demarcate the “green” was invisible from 50m away. Other than the ninth and 18th the greens were in various stages of ruination. Coupled with this the tee boxes are struggling. No 6 is playing short (121m) as the club is investigating the safety of the bridge to the tee box.