beggsy
Journeyman Pro
as title i am lloking for any info off anyone has done it i and my playing partner are looking into doing it this summer but not sure where to start all help is really appreciated cheers beggsy
help needed for four rounds in a day charity challenge
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Aztecs27
Money List Winner
IF you're talking about the "Longest Day" challenge for Macmillan Cancer Care, someone on here did it last year I'm sure they can help.
Also, if anyone is doing this and needs an extra to make up a 2/3/4 ball, I would be very interested. It's a cause very close to me.
Also, if anyone is doing this and needs an extra to make up a 2/3/4 ball, I would be very interested. It's a cause very close to me.
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
do you mean the longest day challenge? planning on doing it this year myself if my knee holds up
http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Fundraising/Golfevents/LongestDayGolf/LongestDayGolfChallenge.aspx
http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Fundraising/Golfevents/LongestDayGolf/LongestDayGolfChallenge.aspx
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
I did the Longest Day last year with Pieman, HTL and HawkeyeMS. Very early start at 4.30 but the club (Royal Ascot) were great and gave us courtesy for the dat, made sure people knew we were doing it so let us through and publicised it on their website. We had a potential problem with a 9 hole shotgun social event going off at 6 as were doing the front 9 of the last round but we got to the 9th at five to and after a frank and honest exchange of opinions with the group waiting to tee off that hole who were a) not going to let us play at all b) play from the yellows we rattled off the backs anyway and no problem at all from there on in.
The Macmillan site has a lot of information and I'd probably be up for doing it again (Ascot have already said they'd be happy to stage it again) if anyone locally is up for it. I was looking at the possibility of doing 4 different courses in a day but need to work out the logisitcs a bit first.
The Macmillan site has a lot of information and I'd probably be up for doing it again (Ascot have already said they'd be happy to stage it again) if anyone locally is up for it. I was looking at the possibility of doing 4 different courses in a day but need to work out the logisitcs a bit first.
idTommo
Club Champion
same as aztecs, if you need any more players im willing to come along, Leeds is only a couple of hours away
NWJocko
Tour Winner
This is something i'd be interested in doing aswell, anyone doing it in north west anywhere? If not could make it to leeds without any problems if u need players
HawkeyeMS
Ryder Cup Winner
It was an early start for sure but I really enjoyed it. My dodgy knees started to ache for the last nine holes.
I would recommend choosing somewhere that isn't too demanding, Ascot is flat which helped. Take a few changes of clothes, having a dirty great hole in the groin region of your shorts is an option that HTL went with but I'm not sure it's entirely necessary.
We played on a Friday to avoid the weekend crowds and toyed with the idea of doing it over different courses but decided the traffic in our area would make logistics impossible.
We played 2 rounds consecutively then stopped for a well earned breakfast of champions and then played the final two rounds. We finished just before 8pm.
Don't waste too much time looking for lost balls either, probably best not to use the ProV1's.
I'm definitely up for doing it again this year
I would recommend choosing somewhere that isn't too demanding, Ascot is flat which helped. Take a few changes of clothes, having a dirty great hole in the groin region of your shorts is an option that HTL went with but I'm not sure it's entirely necessary.
We played on a Friday to avoid the weekend crowds and toyed with the idea of doing it over different courses but decided the traffic in our area would make logistics impossible.
We played 2 rounds consecutively then stopped for a well earned breakfast of champions and then played the final two rounds. We finished just before 8pm.
Don't waste too much time looking for lost balls either, probably best not to use the ProV1's.
I'm definitely up for doing it again this year
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Yes, really enjoyed it too - great day, great company, great cause! Think I am right in saying that over the 72 holes, Hawkeye and I just edged out Homer and HTL 1 up.....not that I contributed much mind!
Top half of me is up for doing it again, not too sure about the bottom half, but am sure I can talk them into it!!
Top half of me is up for doing it again, not too sure about the bottom half, but am sure I can talk them into it!!
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Actually think my partner was Homer (sorry mate!!!!) In which case I definitely didn't contribute!!!
The_LHC
Head Pro
I quite fancy Captain Molesworth's Challenge, Molesworth was a Victorian golfer and member of Royal North Devon, who made a bet with his peers that he could play 6 rounds at RND in one day at an average of less than 120 (this was probably when 120 was a reasonable score, given the equipment). Not only that but he also walked the 4 miles from his home to the course, carrying his clubs, before he started, just before dawn.
All was going well until the 6th round, when he had a shocker, bringing his average over the 120 required. So he went out AGAIN, for a 7th round, played much better and picked the best 6 out of the 7 rounds to produce his average of less than 120. The people he'd made the bet with were so incensed at this they took him to the local magistrate to get a ruling on whether or not they had to pay up. The magistrate decided that, as the terms of the original bet never specified that ONLY 6 rounds could be played, Captain Molesworth was entitled to play an extra round and choose the 6 best rounds for his average!
Now RND is completely flat but even so, 7 rounds in one day, carrying your own bag! He played by himself obviously but that's some going, I'd need to do some serious training to try that, I'm screwed if I play 36 holes in one day! I'd love to give it a go if I were fit enough though, at 6653 yards off the whites, 7 rounds is nearly 26 and a half miles!
All was going well until the 6th round, when he had a shocker, bringing his average over the 120 required. So he went out AGAIN, for a 7th round, played much better and picked the best 6 out of the 7 rounds to produce his average of less than 120. The people he'd made the bet with were so incensed at this they took him to the local magistrate to get a ruling on whether or not they had to pay up. The magistrate decided that, as the terms of the original bet never specified that ONLY 6 rounds could be played, Captain Molesworth was entitled to play an extra round and choose the 6 best rounds for his average!
Now RND is completely flat but even so, 7 rounds in one day, carrying your own bag! He played by himself obviously but that's some going, I'd need to do some serious training to try that, I'm screwed if I play 36 holes in one day! I'd love to give it a go if I were fit enough though, at 6653 yards off the whites, 7 rounds is nearly 26 and a half miles!
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
I seem to remember losing the overall match over the 72 holes on the last and you can't ask for a better way of it working out than that. I seem to remember romping the stableford event with 39, 37, 35, and 35
HawkeyeMS
Ryder Cup Winner
HTL and I definately lost and I think it was 2 down. I seem to remember we were 2 down before the match started on the 3rd tee as Homer had already won the 1st two holes and that was how it finished.
The fact no-one can really remember shows that we were more concerned with getting to the end than the match score!
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