The Big Golf Challenge FAQs

If you’re not sure if the weather will cause sunburn or skin damage, check the Met Office UV forecast.  

Please remember to use plenty of sunscreen with SPF 15+ and a 4 or 5 star rating, which will sufficiently protect your skin. Apply everywhere, not just to exposed skin, and apply each time you play a round of golf. 

For more information, visit cruk.org/sun

• Hydrate before, during and after your rounds..  

• Alcohol, antidepressants, antihistamines and other medicines have dehydrating effects. Using them before you play can make you need the toilet, increasing your risk of dehydration.  

• Try to play an early tee time on hotter days 

• Wear light-coloured clothes to reflect the sun’s rays, avoid tight or heavy clothes and switch to thinner socks.  

• Wear sunscreen and if you’re sensitive to insect bites, make sure to use some insect repellent.  

• Remember to listen to your body and don’t push yourself If you’re feeling fatigued or dizzy. Stop to rest and if urgent, seek medical attention.  

• Heel dig for 1 minute – To do heel digs, place alternate heels to the front, keeping the front foot pointing up, and punch out with each heel dig. Keep a slight bend in the supporting leg.   

• Knee lifts for 30 seconds - To do knee lifts, stand tall and bring up alternate knees to touch the opposite hand. Keep your abs tight and back straight. Keep a slight bend in the supporting leg.   

• Shoulder rolls for two sets of 10 repetitions – For shoulder rolls, keep marching on the spot. Roll your shoulders forwards 5 times and backwards 5 times. Let your arms hang loose by your sides.   

• Knee bends for 10 repetitions – To do knee bends, stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and your hands stretched out. Lower yourself no more than 10cm by bending your knees. Come up and repeat.   

Read more NHS information and guidance on these warm-ups.     

Supporters raise money by challenging themselves to play 36, 54, or 72 holes of golf in one day within the month of August. 

Once you’ve signed up, join the Facebook Group dedicated to this challenge and click 'Join Group'. Once you're in, you can complete a form to get your free golf tees, get tips for completing your challenge, be inspired by other fundraisers and find out anything you want to know. 

Yes! If you don’t have Facebook, you can set up a Cancer Research UK online Giving Page and collect sponsorship for your Big Golf Challenge.  

There is no entry fee for this challenge, but we do ask that you fundraise for Cancer Research UK through your online Giving Page. All donations to the page will automatically be sent to us.  

While we encourage everyone to complete this challenge within the month of August, this is a personal challenge and you can start and finish at a time that’s convenient for you. We recommend setting a goal of 36, 54, or 72 holes of golf on one day within the  month but you can continue the challenge into September.   

The only thing that matters is that you try your best to complete as much of the challenge as you can. Whether that’s completing 36, 54, or 72 holes on one day in August or not, the money that you raise will allow us to keep funding life-saving research. Whatever you manage to achieve, we can’t thank you enough.     

We trust you! You don’t need to provide evidence that you’ve completed the challenge to us, but your friends and family will want some updates. Make sure you keep them posted on your progress and share videos and photos in August– the more updates the better. Supporters who regularly post their progress raise 40% more on average.  

We recommend you connect your Giving Page to Fitbit or Strava so you can track your rounds automatically.  

Please note: With Strava there is sometimes a 48-hour lag in the data being updated. If your rounds still aren't showing, disconnect and reconnect to do a hard reset and this will add any rounds already on your Strava account.  

Absolutely! If you’ve set up a Giving Page, it’ll remain active so your supporters can continue to donate for as long as you want to keep going.

Complete this form to receive your free golf tees in the post. Once completed, please allow 15 working days for it to arrive.  

If you haven’t received your golf tees after this time, please contact supporter.services@cancer.org.uk. 

Sending out your golf tees comes at a cost to us, so please only order one set of golf tees per fundraiser to make sure as much money as possible goes towards our life-saving work.  

You’ll be sent a certificate in your completion email at the end of your challenge. You can also access downloadable digital badges to shout about your achievement on social media. 

Unfortunately, medals would cost us a significant amount, so we won’t be sending these out so we can spend more on our life-saving work.  

Yes, under-18s can take part in this challenge, but we don’t market to them and any third-party platform forums (such as Facebook forums) are only available to people over 18.  

If under-18s are taking part, their parent or guardian must consent to the child’s participation, supervise the challenge and accept responsibility for complying with the challenge rules. If a child wants to raise money online and/or join a forum, the child’s parent or guardian must register for an online fundraising page and/or join the forum on the child’s behalf.  

You can register up to 10 people for each ticket at time. The person making the booking must enter the correct details for each participant. If this isn’t possible, we recommend making individual bookings to ensure we have the correct email addresses for all supporters. Each participant in your team will receive their own online Giving Page to take on the challenge and raise money together.  

Here’s how:  

1. Have one member of your team sign up for the the Big Golf Challenge in August so you each have your own online Giving Page.  The lead booker will need to add the individual details of their team members. 

2. Once everyone is signed up, they can log into their account.  

3. Hit the 'Create new team' button and follow the instructions.  

4. Once you've created your team, you can send the team page URL to friends and family so they can join too!  

Find more information about setting up a team. 

Once you’ve set up your team, you can either split up your holes between the group or you can all complete the holes individually across the month. 

Using our online Fundraising Platform is the easiest way to raise money. You will receive an online Giving Page once you’ve registered here: https://events.cancerresearchuk.org/N25UGGW01/registration 

You can then share the page with your friends and family to gather sponsorship for your challenge.   

We don’t set a fundraising target for participants, but we recommend that supporters set themselves a reasonable target of raising £150 or more.  

We have plenty of fundraising materials and ideas to help you raise life-saving donations. Visit our fundraising hub for everything you need for your challenge.

You can use our sponsorship form to raise money rather than using an online Giving Page. Simply download the form, print it off and record all your collected or pledged sponsorships. Once you’ve completed your fundraising, please send the form with a cheque to:    

The Big Golf Challenge in August, Cancer Research UK, PO BOX 1561, Oxford, OX4 9GZ  

This challenge is a fundraising initiative specifically developed by us, therefore all money raised must go solely to Cancer Research UK.     

Gift Aid is a tax relief allowing UK charities to reclaim an extra 25% on every eligible donation made by a UK taxpayer. This means Cancer Research UK can claim an extra 25p for every £1 donated, without it costing you or your sponsors an extra penny. For a donation to be eligible for Gift Aid, sponsors need to fill out the sponsorship form following the instructions at the top of the page.