By Casey O'Connor
On Sunday Stanthorpe Sporters golf returned to the course for their weekly Sunday morning nine-hole event.
The first game of the New Year found with the group playing the back nine.
The mid-forties was a popular gross score for quite a few players, so the handicaps came into play.
In the end it was Angelo Maugeri who had the honour of scoring the first Sporters win in 2022 with a nett 23 after he nailed a few good putts. Runner up went with to a cut of the cards. John Rawlings edged out Dick Hilton who had to settle for the run down after both players returned nett 29.
Matt Waterworth had the best gross score of 40, a score that could easily have been lower had a couple of putts dropped instead of sitting on the edge of the cup.
There were two pin shots on offer but the only one claimed and that was at 12. Terry Byrnes hit a great tee shot to claim the ball on offer.
The new three putt tin was well in use after the game with players fining themselves 50c for each three-putt hole. The new tin was nice and light before the round but rattled quite a bit by the end of the day.
Sporters golf is on again this Sunday morning with the front nine in play.Tee off is from 7.30am and there is an open invitation to everyone, skilled and unskilled to come and try.
