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Kerry-London golf day goes international for fundraiser
TEE OFF: Eoghan Cronin from Aghadoe with members of the MP Moran team at a previous Kerry Association London Golf Day.
By Sean Moriarty
The Kerry Association London’s (KAL) annual golf day, organised this year to raise funds for the Seámus O’Brien Fund, will run to a new format this year to overcome international travel restrictions and crowd gathering rules.
The annual event, which raises money for Irish and London charities, is set to take place at Aldenham Golf Club, Watford tomorrow (Friday).
This year’s event will raise funds for Seámus O’Brien, the Firies man who lost a leg in an industrial accident in 2018. He lived in London for a few years and played Gaelic Football with the Kingdom Kerry Gaels, a club that has strong ties to the Kerry Association London.
The KAL’s golf outing is always well attended by Kerry people living in London or by local golfers who travel over to make a weekend of it.
Ongoing travel restrictions and crowd gathering rules had put the success of the event in jeopardy so they have extended the event's scope and will accept entries from any golf course in the world over from September 18 to 25.
Golfers are free to nominate their own golf club, pay the appropriate green fee locally and then enter the KAL tournament online.
“We have decided to make the event international and already we have people playing in Kerry, Scotland and America, and we haven’t even got started yet,” KAL’s Dermot O’Grady said. “With everyone spreading the word we can make history by holding the first world-wide golf day, for a laugh and a great cause. We’re hoping that no matter where you are, Ceann Sibeál, Wentworth, Emirates Golf Club or Augusta, we will all be playing for the same goal and the spirit of the day will be with us all.”
HOW IT WORKS
Purchase your ticket through eventbrite: http://bit.ly/KALInternational - £100 per team of 4.
Choose your team and play any course you wish either on September 18 itself in conjunction with the London event, or during the time frame (18 – 25).
You may choose to play your home course or make an adventurous day out of it and try a course you’ve never played before. WhatsApp your Score Card directly to (085)1782833.
The winning teams will be announced on Saturday, September 25.