Golfer completes 72-hole marathon

Nick and clubmate Niall Doubleday have raised just shy of £850 for the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance after tackling four rounds of the challenging Stoke Rochford GC course, where they are members, back-to-back without a break.

The event was held in place of an annual golf day, hosted by the club, in memory of Chris Jones who died in a car crash on Christmas Day, 2012.

Coronavirus restrictions persuaded the Jones family to cancel this year’s event, but Nick and Niall came up with an alternative plan.

“Niall read about a 72-hole challenge on Facebook and emailed me, ‘shall we do this to raise money for the air ambulance?’” said Nick, who turned pro in May 2016.

“We went there just before 7am in the morning, as soon as we could see, and got round pretty quickly. We were done around 4pm.

Nick, who plies his trade on the EuroPro Tour, completed his challenge in an impressive 276 shots with a final round of three-under-par helping him to a gross total of four-under.

Four-handicapper Niall finished in 304 shots for a gross 24-over total.

You can donate at www.justgiving.com/fundraising/srgc72holechallenge