I’m aiming to complete golf’s version of a marathon, The Monster Golf Challenge. 72 holes in one day.

I’m raising funds for OGCancerNI, a charity that means a lot to my family after a recent loss, and so I’m asking as many as possible to donate to this very worthwhile cause focused on raising awareness, understanding and education around oesophago-gastric cancer. Knowledge of symptoms and early diagnosis can save lives.

First tee-off will be 04:00 and I should finish around 22:30, with a few short breaks in between rounds I’ll be playing golf for about 18 hours.

The challenge takes place at Holtsmark Golf Club on Friday 14th June. According to Strava, my last few rounds played there were 12-14 km, meaning I’ll likely total somewhere between 50-60 km throughout the day, including some walking in between.

There’s a competitive element to this too, each round is played from different tees, 63, 58, 52 and 47. My current handicap index of 4.6 dictates I should shoot +8, +5, +1 and -1 based on the slope table. That means I’m allowed 301 shots total, so that’s my stretch goal (although I’ll be happy to just complete the challenge!) This is the 7th year Holtsmark Golf is running this tournament, and so far 119 golfers have completed it.

Throughout the day you can follow the event via the live scoreboard (https://www.golfbox.no/app_livescoring/tour/?language=2057#/competition/4334206/leaderboard), and I’ll do my best to update socials while I’m playing too!

You can sponsor a shot, a hole, a whole round or contribute as much or little as you like. I’m putting up €100 myself to get started and would love to reach a goal of €1800 = €25/hole or ~€6/shot.

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