\n Alan Penny brought his time as captain of Kidderminster Golf Club to an end in style by hitting the hole-in-one of his 40-year golf career.\n<\/p>\n
\n According to the club’s resident professional Patrick Smith, Alan’s incredible feat makes him the first Kidderminster Golf Club captain to hit a hole-in-one in ‘at least’ 35 years.\n<\/p>\n
\n “In a lovely twist of fate, I managed to achieve my first ever hole\u2011in\u2011one after 40 years of playing,” Alan said.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Our club professional believes I may be the only serving Captain at the club in at least 35 years to do so, which made the day even more memorable.”\n<\/p>\n
\n During his year as captain, which concluded on Monday, March 23, Alan, with the support of his wife Tricia and his fellow Kidderminster Golf Club members, led a number of fundraising events in aid of gynaecological cancers charity, The Eve Appeal.\n<\/p>\n
\n This charity is a cause close to Alan’s heart after his daughter Sophie was rushed to the hospital in June 2022 and diagnosed with Mucinous Ovarian Cancer, a rare form of the disease, at the age of just 25.\n<\/p>\n
\n Thankfully, due to successful surgery, she was able to make a full recovery.\n<\/p>\n
\n Over the past 12 months, Alan helped raise \u00a314,559 for the charity.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It\u2019s a cause I feel strongly about, and I wanted to use my year to bring people together while raising funds for the vital work they do.\n<\/p>\n
\n “With the support of my wife, Tricia, and the enthusiasm of our members and friends, we organised a full programme of events throughout the year.\n<\/p>\n
\n “These included race nights, raffles, a Family Fun Day, a Motown evening, a New Year\u2019s Eve party, a quiz night, a sponsored walk, and a charity golf day. Alongside our regular club draw, these activities helped us raise a total of \u00a314,559.42.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I\u2019m very proud of what we\u2019ve achieved together and grateful for the generosity and spirit shown by the club community.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alan Penny brought his time as captain of Kidderminster Golf Club to an end in style by hitting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-502726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}