Prostate Most cancers UK, who ship The Large 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 Large 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 may have a person prize winner, plus cumulative factors going in the direction of an general Order of Advantage 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 Large Golf Race Winter Shoot-Out by visiting a Trackman indoor simulator anyplace throughout the nation.
1 in 8 males get prostate most cancers within the UK – the most typical most cancers in males – which can 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 avoid wasting males’s lives and we’re hoping this partnership with Trackman will permit us to succeed in extra golfers and maintain our golf supporters engaged by means of the winter,” mentioned Seren Evans, Head of Occasions and Group Fundraising at Prostate Most cancers UK.
“We wish to encourage as many golfers as potential to become involved with The Large Golf Race subsequent summer season and lift cash to fund lifesaving analysis to cease males dying from prostate most cancers.
“We’re actually excited to see how Trackman may also help us lengthen The Large Golf Race into the digital golf world and maintain our summer season 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 can be playable on the Trackman VG3 (Digital Golf 3) software program, the industry-leading graphics engine that makes indoor golf much more sensible and enjoyable.
“We’re delighted to have partnered with Prostate Most cancers UK to push The Large Golf Race message by means of our expertise and we look ahead to 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 menace.
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 Large Golf Race challenges gamers to tackle the 36, 72 or 100-holes throughout the longer, sunnier days to lift cash for life-saving analysis.
Greater than 2,800 golfers took half this 12 months, 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 Large Golf Race in 2025.
The UK’s greatest golf fundraiser has additionally just lately been included in The Huge High-25 – a listing of probably the most profitable charity-owned mass participation occasions – for the second consecutive 12 months, and is the one golf problem to make the record. Climbing to seventeenth spot from 19th in 2023, The Large Golf Race joins the likes of Race for Life and Movember within the prime 25.
To participate in The Large Golf Race Winter Shoot-Out and be in with an opportunity of successful the prizes on supply, golfers must 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 data on The Large Golf Race Winter Shoot Out go to prostatecanceruk.org/wintershootout.
