Brian Fitzpatrick is looking forward to spending one of the longest days of the year on the golf course, and raising money in the process.
Fitzpatrick and his friend Kris Carley of Carnduff will play in the Longest Day of Golf on June 22 at the TS&M Woodlawn Golf Course. They will play golf from dawn until dusk in an effort to support Kidsport Saskatchewan.
“I’ve been in touch with Kidsport, and they’re going to send some flags down that I can put on the golf cart, so that people know it’s me going around that day,” said Fitzpatrick.
A GoFundMe page that was started for the Longest Day of Golf says they have raised more than $1,100 of his $1,500 goal. But Fitzpatrick pointed out he has received some private donations that have pushed him about the $1,600 mark.
He’s still looking for donations in the final days before the Longest Day of Golf.
Carley came on board because he wanted to help out. He’s going to be basing his donation on how he performs that day.
For every par or worse that Carley has, he will donate $1. He will also donate $2 per birdie and $10 per eagle. It could be a sizable donation for Carley, who has golfed at the provincial level in the past.
Carley will donate the same amount for every birdie or eagle Fitzpatrick records during the day.
Fitzpatrick said they should be able to start golfing at about 4:30 a.m., and they’ll play until they can’t see at night. He hopes they can complete five full rounds of golf, or 90 holes, but Carley hopes they can finish at least 100 holes.
The fundraiser will proceed regardless of the weather, and the only thing that will stop them is a thunderstorm that would interrupt play on the course.
“The only thing I’m hoping for is it’s not 60 kilometre per hour winds,” said Fitzpatrick. “It can be 35 degrees and that would be fine. We would just drink a lot of water. It could even rain, but that doesn’t matter to me. But the wind would make it really hard to do.” Â
He said he has been playing pretty well this year. Fitzpatrick estimates he has had 12-15 rounds thus far, and he even played 36 holes in one day. His muscles felt pretty good after two rounds in one day.
