As crazy ideas for charity challenges go this was right up there. Rather than doing a normal 18-hole round, 36 or 54-hole day to raise money, Genelle and I decided to try and do something different and play one hole at 18 different courses. It was golf meets Wacky Races, but for a very worthy cause: SANDS, the stillborn and neonatal death society which is a charity close to our hearts having both experienced baby loss.
Mike Harris and Genelle Aldred teamed up to raise money for Sands
(Image credit: Tom Miles)
Read on and watch the video to see how the day went and if you want to donate and support the work SANDS does then you can make a contribution at our fundraising page.
The plan was to start at 5am at Hampstead Golf Club. The route would then take us around a number of North London courses before heading out to Hertfordshire and looping back to finish at Mill Hill, Genelle’s home club, hopefully before dusk.
We plotted the route meticulously trying to find courses as close to each other as possible and a route that avoided rush hours and school run traffic.
We’d allowed 30 minutes at each club to get out of the car – driven by photographer/videographer/snacks maestro, Tom Miles – and on to the tee, play one hole, walk back to the car and head off to the next course. Driving times were calculated, a bit of contingency built in and fingers were crossed.
The Shire London designed by Seve Ballesteros was one of the 18 courses visited
(Image credit: Tom Miles)
Golf For Sands Charity Challenge Schedule – July 13, 2023
05.00 – Hampstead
05:45 – Highgate
06:30 – Muswell Hill
07:30 – North Middlesex
08:40 – Bush Hill Park
09:40 – Enfield
10:30 – Crews Hill
11:30 – Hadley Wood
12:20 – Old Fold Manor
13:15 – The Shire London
14:10 – Dyrham Park
15:15 – Brookmans Park
16:15 – Essendon (New)
16:45 – Essendon (Old)
17.45 – Mill Green
18.45 – Welwyn Garden City
19.40 – Mid Herts
20.45 – Mill Hill
On paper the schedule looked like it would work, but what we couldn’t account for was traffic and we knew any delays would have knock-on effects and risk us turning up late at clubs that had all kindly agreed to keep tees as clear as possible at the estimated arrival times – no…
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