Blanket of white delays play

The fairways and greens at the Stanthorpe Golf course were covered in a blanket of white last Sunday morning when Sporters arrived for their weekly round of golf as the thermometer plummeted to around the minus three mark.

Unsurprisingly play was on the back nine was delayed until a little bit of green colour returned to the golf course. Glancing through the score cards it appears that many of the players used the first few holes to warm up a little for the rest of the day.

Terry Byrnes returned the winning score of nett 29. Margie Locke was declared the runner up after finished two back on nett 39 countback. Matt Burgess carded the lowest round of the day with a gross score of 41.

Par three specialist and the day’s winner, Terry Byrnes missed out on the pin shot but repeated his effort of a few weeks earlier. In a practice round following the competition he once again managed to find the pin at the third hole, scoring another hole in one. This time he had witnesses and photographic evidence, so it had to be true. Unfortunately, the only reward was personal satisfaction as it was during “social play.”

Sporters play the front nine next Sunday with tee off from 8am.

Naturally this is subject to change depending on the level of ice encounter they encounter when they arrive and how keen Jack Frost is to hang around.