\n 23-year-old Freddie Carradus, from Kendal, came up with the idea in May with his friend\u00a0Jake Quarry, 18,\u00a0and two cousins Billy Braithwaite, 20, and\u00a0Toby Braithwaite, 18.\n<\/p>\n
\n It comes after they saw an advertisement for Prostate Cancer UK who were inviting golfers to complete 56, 72 or 100-hole challenges as part of The Big Golf Race.\n<\/p>\n
\n They called around clubs in South Cumbria and eventually received a response from Bentham Golf Club.\n<\/p>\n
\n A date was eventually then set for July 24.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe weren\u2019t members and only one of us had played the course once before,\u201d Freddie said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cBentham were amazing and seemed really enthusiastic to help us.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe started at 3:15 am and played until around 7:00 pm. We had Lucozades, Red Bulls and electrolyte tablets to help us get through the day.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n (Image: Freddie Carradus on Bentham golf course at 3:15 am. Credit: Freddie Carradus) They played the first two rounds of 18 holes in a scramble and soon realised they wouldn\u2019t be able to finish before midnight if they didn\u2019t speed up play.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe played a couple of par 3s more than once,\u201d Freddie explained.\n<\/p>\n
\n (Image: Jake Quarry in a golf buggy. Credit: Freddie Carradus) \u201cIf we were ever stuck behind someone, we always repeated the hole. We found every way to play quicker.\n<\/p>\n
\n (Image: Freddie Carradus, Jake Querry, Billy Braithwaite and Toby Braithwaite play. Credit: Freddie Carradus) \u201cAround 4pm the course was a bit quieter\u00a0so we played the same three holes over and over again for around an hour.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIf we were playing our own ball the whole time, we\u2019d have never got round. We don\u2019t hit the fairway every time and we had to search for our balls quite a bit.\n<\/p>\n
\n (Image: Jake Querry (left), Billy Braithwait (middle) and Freddie Carradus (right). Credit: Freddie Carradus) \u201cThe lowest we went round in a scramble was four or five under.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The group then celebrated afterwards with a well-deserved pint of beer.\n<\/p>\n
\n (Image: Freddie Carradus (left), Toby Braithwait (middle), Jake Quarry (middle) & Billy Braithwait (right)) To date, they have raised \u00a31,110 for Prostate Cancer UK o help provide lifesaving research and better tests to diagnose men sooner.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe\u2019ve never had anyone affected my it,\u201d Freddie said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt was just the first challenge we saw so we signed up for it.\u201d\n<\/p>\n