A wealthy magistrate has teed off as controversy continues to swirl after he fought to strip his dead fiancée's grieving mother of her daughter's super payout.
Grandfather-of-eight Rod Higgins, 70, sported a beanie with a large pom pom while having a hit with friends in his home town of Shepparton in country Victoria on Saturday.
Mr Higgins has become one of Australia's most infamous lawmen after receiving the $180,000 super and life insurance payout intended for Ashleigh Petrie's struggling mum.
The controversy has even sparked disquiet at his local club, with claims that some 'disgusted' members want his membership revoked.
Rodney Higgins (pictured) is living a tee-rrific lifestyle after cashing in on his dead fiancée's $180,000 superannuation fund
Miss Petrie,23, excitedly accepted and called him 'the love of her life' after he proposed to her in Fiji in 2019. The couple is pictured together just weeks before her untimely death
The Rocketman heats up on the course as he loses the beanie for a black cowboy hat
A source told Daily Mail Australia that some members of his local club - including a close former ally - wanted him kicked out in a sign of 'local feeling against him', although the club's regulations did not allow it.
Shepparton Golf Club general manager Russ Powell said he was unaware of any the proposals to revoke Mr Higgins' membership.
Ms Petrie was just 23 when she was struck by a vehicle and killed on Metung Road near Lakes Entrance in eastern Victoria in October 2019.
She had been engaged to marry Mr Higgins, who reportedly made a grab for her super payout within 24-hours of her death.
On Saturday, Mr Higgins looked every inch the wealthy lawman as he whizzed about Shepparton Golf Course in his sporty red golf cart.
Ms Petrie posted this picture (right) on Instagram just days before her death at the age of 23
A vehicle to be proud of: Rod Higgins enjoyed a hot of golf on Saturday amid the controversy over his late fiancée's super money
The flash cart looked in much better shape than the vehicle he had arrived at the course in earlier.
The magistrate clutched a set of keys that was attached to a giant 'R' key chain.
Mr Higgins was later seen getting about the course in the same yellow jumper Daily Mail Australia had pictured him in days earlier.
Later in the day Mr Higgins replaced the striped beanie with a black cowboy hat more befitting of a lawman.
The man formerly known as 'Rocketman Rod' might have plenty of time for golf in the coming months as speculation mounts his retirement plans have been thrown into disarray.
Daily Mail Australia revealed last week Mr Higgins faces being overlooked for a lucrative post-retirement gig that would have netted him as much as his super payout each and every year for at least a decade.
The magistrate has just weeks to serve out before going into retirement.
Magistrate Rod Higgins takes time out for a bite while out having a weekend swing in his favourite lemon-coloured jumper
Magistrate Rodney Higgins referred to himself as Rod Rocketman in online profile obtained by Daily Mail Australia
Mr Higgins and Ms Petrie had been living together in Mirboo North, four hours from Shepparton in northern Victoria, when tragedy struck.
Her death sparked an outpouring of emotion and anger at the fact her relationship was made public shortly before her death.
Sources have claimed Mr Higgins had asked Ms Petrie's family to destroy her phone shortly after she was killed.
He was later accused of performing a 'bizarre' eulogy at her funeral which left already shocked mourners beside themselves with anger.
Mr Higgins had been living with the 23-year-old for about 12 weeks when she was hit and killed by the car.
He remains employed as a
