Prostate Most cancers UK, who ship The Massive Golf Race, the most important fundraiser in golf has partnered with pioneering golf software program firm Trackman, to offer golfers across the UK the possibility to participate in an revolutionary indoor digital golf problem this winter.
The Massive Golf Race Winter Shoot-Out begins on Wednesday 1st January, 2025 and is a 3 spherical, 9-hole, stroke play event going down on the entrance 9 of three iconic Main {golfing} venues – St Andrews, Evian Resort and Bethpage Black, additionally the host of the 2025 Ryder Cup.
Every spherical, open for a month at-a-time could have a person prize winner, plus cumulative factors going in the direction of an general Order of Benefit champion, who will win an award-winning Motocaddy M5 GPS electrical trolley and Dry-Collection bag,
Any golfer across the UK can participate in The Massive Golf Race Winter Shoot-Out by visiting a Trackman indoor simulator wherever throughout the nation.
1 in 8 males get prostate most cancers within the UK – the commonest most cancers in males – which might be highlighted on the 8th gap at every iconic course with an in-game closest to the pin with the winner awarded a dozen Titleist Professional V1 golf balls each month.
“We work in golf to save lots of males’s lives and we’re hoping this partnership with Trackman will permit us to succeed in extra golfers and preserve our golf supporters engaged via the winter,” mentioned Seren Evans, Head of Occasions and Neighborhood Fundraising at Prostate Most cancers UK.
“We wish to encourage as many golfers as attainable to become involved with The Massive Golf Race subsequent summer time and lift cash to fund lifesaving analysis to cease males dying from prostate most cancers.
“We’re actually excited to see how Trackman can assist us prolong The Massive Golf Race into the digital golf world and preserve our summer time fundraiser within the minds of the golf group. And with the ability to attain golfers throughout the globe is an added bonus!” she added
The free to enter event might be playable on the Trackman VG3 (Digital Golf 3) software program, the industry-leading graphics engine that makes indoor golf much more real looking and enjoyable.
“We’re delighted to have partnered with Prostate Most cancers UK to push The Massive Golf Race message via our expertise and we stay up for see the winter shoot-out event come to life,” mentioned Mike Lea, Regional Gross sales Director for Trackman within the UK, Eire and Center East.
“Sadly, it’s seemingly somebody in our lives has been affected by most cancers, and notably within the {golfing} group prostate most cancers is a really actual risk.
The statistics are astonishing – 1 in 8 males -so we’re eager to play our half in getting Prostate Most cancers UK’s message throughout the UK,” he added.
The Massive Golf Race challenges gamers to tackle the 36, 72 or 100-holes through the longer, sunnier days to boost cash for life-saving analysis.
Greater than 2,800 golfers took half this yr, elevating greater than £1m. This winter shoot-out problem is an extension to Prostate Most cancers UK’s work in golf and a pre-cursor to the launch of The Massive Golf Race in 2025.
The UK’s greatest golf fundraiser has additionally just lately been included in The Large Prime-25 – a listing of essentially the most profitable charity-owned mass participation occasions – for the second consecutive yr, and is the one golf problem to make the record. Climbing to seventeenth spot from 19th in 2023, The Massive Golf Race joins the likes of Race for Life and Movember within the high 25.
To participate in The Massive Golf Race Winter Shoot-Out and be in with an opportunity of successful the prizes on provide, golfers have to obtain the Trackman Golf app and register earlier than utilizing it to check in at any indoor location across the nation.
To search out all Trackman locators across the nation, go to https://www.trackman.com/locator.
For extra info on The Massive Golf Race Winter Shoot Out go to prostatecanceruk.org/wintershootout.
