At 4.20am on Tuesday the 14th July, 6 Professional Golfers (John Tolliday and Craig Howell from Dale Hill, Andrew Wild and Neil Granville from Sandford Springs and Graham Green and Charlie Hayes from the Leaderboard Driving Range) teed off for 18 holes at The Oxfordshire Golf Club on their quest to complete 99 holes of golf over the 4 centres that belong to the Leaderboard group.
Tolliday and Howell took the early lead with a level par round (playing Better Ball) completing the Oxfordshire in just under 2 hours, but whilst they set the pace in score they could not keep up with the speed of the other two groups.
Following The Oxfordshire was a 50 minute drive to the next centre, Sandford Springs Golf club, Reading, for a further 27 holes. Scores were fairly close but the Dale hill boys managed to extend their lead by a couple of shots by producing a score of 1 under for the 27 holes.
A further 2 hour drive around the M25 gave a welcome rest for the players as they made their way to Chart Hills Golf club, Kent. Completion of this 18 holes would be well over the half way mark.
John and Craig managed to shoot a score of 2 under par for Chart Hills, extending their lead by a further few shots.
Home turf was in sight after a 30 minute drive to Dale Hill, East Sussex for John and Craig where they were to complete a further 36 holes around the Ian Woosnam Course shooting a level par round, and finally the Dale Hill Course with a 2 under par score to complete the 99 holes in 5 under par.
Many members supported the players over the final 18 holes and there was a great atmosphere around the course and clubhouse to follow.
The Dale Hill boys managed to win the challenge with the Leaderboard Driving range in 2nd place and the Sandford Springs team coming in 3rd place, although it has to be said the Sandford team would have quite easily won a prize for completing in the least amount of time.
With the support of all the sponsors Dale Hill Managed to raise just over £3200 which will be split evenly between the Dale Hill Captains charities, Multiple Sclerosis and Muscular Dystrophy. A BIG THANK YOU to everyone concerned in the day for your sponsorship and support at the event.
The players all thoroughly enjoyed the day finishing around 9pm, and are now trying to work out how they can top the challenge for next year