Uni golfers to go extra 874 miles in charity challenge

A group of young golfers are about to go the extra mile for charity… well, 874 miles in fact.

Next Saturday (February 3), the golf team at the University of St Andrews will attempt to drive the length of the UK – 874 miles – in just 12 hours.

To break that down into golf talk, it’s A LOT of yards. To be precise, the total yardage is 1,538,240. It can’t be possible, can it? Well, the team believes so – and this is how they’re going to do it.

With the help of the team’s partners at St Andrews Indoor Golf Centre, which has three bays loaded with a Trackman and Skytrack system, there will be two members in each bay for an hour, rotating after every drive.

The team have worked out they’ll need to hit 6,153 drives of a length of 250 yards or more to reach the target within 12 hours, which is no mean feat, meaning they’ll have to hit three drives per minute.

After an hour, another two team members come in and the rotation continues. It’s certainly a big ask, but team member Charlie Slater told bunkered.co.uk that the charitable aspect of the challenge – where they are hoping to raise £5,000 – will keep them going.