Foggy start hit and miss for sporters

Stanthorpe Sporters never quite know what to expect on an early Sunday morning on the Stanthorpe golf course and last week was no different.

By Casey O'Connor

Stanthorpe Sporters never quite know what to expect on an early Sunday morning on the Stanthorpe golf course and last week was no different.

Golfers faced a thick fog as their prepared to tee off for Sunday Sporters.

Needless to say, teeing off was a hit and miss affair.

To many the drill will be very familiar – hit the ball and hope it goes up the fairway.

Fortunately, most of the field were able to negotiate this successfully and by the time they reached the second tee, the fog had lifted replaced by a clear and warm morning.

Mick Irwin returned the best score of the day.

Making full use of his handicap Irwin returned a nett score of 21.

Good enough to ensure he grabbed the chocolates ahead of runner up John Rawlings, nett 22. Terry Roser collected the run down prize with nett 24.

Only the one pin shot for the day, that at the par three third hole.

Terry Roser was confident after his ball landed a short distance from the hole.

Following group, however, resulted in Brendon Barker being even closer to the hole to claim the pin.

Unfortunately, Brendon missed the birdie putt but birdied the next hole, the hardest on the nine on his way to best gross score of 37 on the day.

Next Sunday is the back nine in play. All golfers are welcome to come and play.

Tee off from 7.30am to 8am depending on the weather conditions at the time.