189 Holes of Golf in One Day!
11 Courses..1 day..65km/40miles..no buggies permitted – only walking/running..& carrying their clubs while playing to the rules of golf..No problem for these guys, especially when it’s to raise money for three incredible charities. What’s the name of the event?
Graeme Dawson and Angus Watson of Fairmont St Andrews plus Gary Davidson and Alastair Love yesterday set a new world record for the fastest ever fourball round at the Old Course at St Andrews, completing it in 1 hour 1 minute and 15 seconds (just barely beating the previous record of 1 hour 4 minutes and 25 seconds)! The new record was set upon finishing play at the Old Course, which made up only 1 of the 11 courses played in and around the St Andrews area. The group teed off at 3:15AM yesterday morning and finally reached their goal of playing 189 holes of golf in one day when they finished the last hole at 11:40PM last night. Courses played included:
- Kingsbarns Golf Links
- The Balgove
- The Old Course
- The Eden
- The Strathtyrum
- The Dukes
- The Torrance
- The Kittocks
- The Castle
- The Jubilee
- The New
What an achievement! It was truly an amazing day, as remarkable support from the whole town as well as from the courses was shown to take excellent care of the group’s needs, which wasn’t limited to helping get other golfers out of their way!
Money raised from the event will be donated to three charities:
- The Scottish Disability Golf Partnership
- HCPT – The Pilgrimage Trust
- Cancer Research UK
The fundraising target was £6,000.00; thus far, a spectacular £7,245.00 has already been raised! The Home of Golf was host yesterday to the footsteps, and a lot of them, of these four champions for their success both on and off the golf course. To set a new world record is excellent, but to excel in philanthropy by supporting such great causes is no less than Extraordinary. Congratulations from PerryGolf!
You can better get to know Graeme, Angus, Gary, and Alastair and learn more about the event by clicking St Andrews 189 Hole Challenge.
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We know, this has to be good. It’s a long way to Australia.
You’ll play two of Dr. Alister MacKenzie’s most important four layouts; Royal Melbourne which is GOLF Magazine’s world 13 and New South Wales ranked 34 (pictured left). You’ll play the club that put Tom Doak on the map, in Tasmanian, at Barnbougle Dunes ranked 41. Next door at Barnbougle Lost Farm we’ve got world 82 by Coore & Crenshaw. Royal Melbourne neighbor Yarra Yarra is a founding member of the famed Sandbelt clubs whose design was shaped heavily by Dr. MacKenzie. We’ll see Doak’s work again at St Andrews Beach found in the heart of the Mornington Peninsula’s Cups Country.
