Golf pro raises £2,000 for charities with 10th hole challenge
LA GRANDE MARE golf pro Alex Murrell raised almost £2,000 for a selection of Guernsey charities last week as he completed his challenge to play the 10th hole of the course 100 times in a day.
Mr Murrell’s initial target was to raise £1,000 to split between three different charities – the GSPCA, the Guernsey Alzheimer’s Association and the Guernsey Blind Association.
The PGA assistant professional set up the crowdfunding page in May and hit his fundraising goal almost three weeks before the day of his event.
‘I wanted to do give something back to the island, I have been here for three years now and I love living here,’ he said, after his day on the tee.
‘Guernsey has been so kind to me since I moved so I wanted to do something that would help Guernsey.
‘I am also a huge animal lover, I have two wonderful cats of my own so I chose the GSPCA as my charity. The ladies’ captain at the club picked the Guernsey Alzheimer’s Association and the men’s captain chose the Guernsey Blind Association, so that’s why there were the three.’
The club pro began his challenge at 8.30am and finished the 10th hole for the 100th time at about 5.30pm.
‘It was a really good day, the weather was nice and I was topped up with sun cream and water throughout so it all went well,’ he said.
‘I would love to do something like this again – the plan for me now is to try and do at least one fundraiser every year because I want to keep giving back to Guernsey.’
