Fundraising tips

• Let’s not forget the obvious; Nearest the pin, Longest Drive, Beat the pro challenges and Mulligans are great ways to increase your fundraising on the day. Or give each four ball a different colour ball and see how far they can get round the course without losing it.

• Alternatively, run a “hit the green” competition - everyone who makes the green off the tee wins a prize. Charge £10 and give more people a chance of winning a small prize.
  
  
• Play the sharks and camels game! Every golfer pays £1 if you go in the water or the bunker, or teams pay £20 up front to do either as many times as possible for the nominated 'Donation party' hole or bunker.
• Host a raffle or auction and ask local businesses, your club and friends to donate prizes. Announce the winners over dinner. Think about who is attending and whether a raffle or auction would work best.
  
  
• Or bundle it all up - ask everyone for a £20 donation (or your chosen amount) at the registration desk covering entry into competitions on the holes, mulligans and the raffle so it’s all covered at the start.

• Use the putting green - players with the lowest score win prize / or the player with the highest number of ones for that round.
• One very long putt across the green, especially if it has a slope, which has to be holed in one.
• String putting competition - map our crazy golf-like holes on your putting green; if you hit the string or go over it, go back to the start of the hole - lowest total wins. 

Chipping competition (pay to enter)

• Three attempts to chip into a smallish circle/hoop at a fixed distance

Other competitions (pay to enter)

• Add a fundraising element to your weekly or month medal comp
• Longest drive (teeing off on a par 5)
• Straightest drive (mark out a line from the tee - nearest wins)

Evening events

• Host a quiz or dinner in your club 
• Silent auction for big prizes. Ask any club within a reasonable driving distance for a free round of golf for 4 players for a prize
• Heads or tails game

8th hole sponsorship

• 1 in 8 men get prostate cancer. Ask a local business or club member if they will sponsor the 8th hole and align their business, your event and Prostate Cancer UK for the day. And create a special flag raising awareness of the most common cancer in men to your members and visitors during your year.

Host Prostate Cancer UK "Man of Men" badges at your club

• Ask your PGA Professional if they can host them in their shop. Prostate Cancer UK is an official charity partner of The PGA so there may be different ways your club's professional can support your year.

Different golfing formats

• We can't always rely on the British weather can we? The answer to that question is 'Definitely not' so why not consider an indoor challenge in the winter or when it's raining if your club has a driving range or indoor facilities to take a marathon golfing challenge featuring the most epic courses across the world?
  
  
• Host a Big Golf Race event at your club; either a small crowd of members playing 36, 72 or 100 holes in a day, or get a bigger team together to take on multiple rounds of golf to increase your fundraising for the year.