My name is Lonán Collins and I am a first year Business and Law student in UCD.
Over the next three moths I will be annoying all of you good citizens of the world in my quest to raise €1000 for the extremely worthy cause of Temple Street Children's Hospital.
Before Christmas I will be playing the Worlds Longest Golf Hole (Unofficial) and I'm asking people to guess the number of shots I take. I will play up and over a mountain in south Kerry, it's around 8.5 km in length and will take 6 hours or so to complete.
Any one who donates more than €2 gets one guess and you can Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/lonan.collins ), tweet ( @LonanCollins ) or tell me your guess in person. There will be a prize (currently unfinalised) for the closest guess or correct answer and in the event of two or more people having the same answer, the first registered answer will be taken as the winning entry.
You can donate in through this profile or give money to me personally. And I will keep this profile up to date with regards the event.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Lonán.
The world's longest golf hole!
Posted: over 5 years ago
On the 19th of December (weather permitting) I will play the worlds longest golf hole! It is an 8.5 kilometre distance hole that goes up and over a mountain in south Kerry. This will certainly be a challenge given the near freezing conditions and the full brunt of the North Atlantic wind that is expected but it's all in the name of temple street. More details to follow.
Weather watch.
Posted: over 5 years ago
Ideally I would have played the "worlds longest golf hole" on the 19th of this month but unfortunately the entire country is being bombarded with storms at the moment. So for the next three weeks I will be on weather watch waiting for a day with weather is relatively calm. Of course it is suppose to be a challenge but it is important that no one is put in danger.
Worlds longest golf hole
Posted: over 5 years ago
So i'm still alive after 8.5 km and 6 and a half hours later. More photos and things to follow.
The competition is to guess the number of golf shots taken from one side of the mountain to the other. For a guess to count you must donateat least €2 to my 100 minds profile: https://people.100minds.org/37
The first prize for closest guess to the number of shots I took is a two nights stay and an evening meal in the killarney heights hotel, http://www.killarneyheights.ie/
The second prize is a four ball at dooks golf club. http://www.dooks.com/
End of project
Posted: over 5 years ago
At the conclusion of this great project I have some figures for you;
2028 -The amount in euro I raised for my 100 minds project
135,500 -And rising, the amount overall raised by all members of the 100minds team
182 -The number of shots it took me to golf from one side of a mountain to another in my 100minds challenge
19 -The number of golf balls we list along the way (here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mizYV3pnuhY )
60 -The number of generous individuals and companies who supported me with their donations
100 minds was truly a great initiative to be part of, upon entering I had more than a few reservations but just by working my network of people I discovered that, A.There was no need to be worried about failure or not collecting enough and B.People are really very generous
To sign off I would like to thank and congratulate Declan Egan on a fantastic inaugural year for 100minds, my mentor Aoife Byrne as well as any others who were involved in the background work and of course all of you who donated
Míle buíochas Lonán
