GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS ENTRY ATTEMPT BY TURRIFF GOLFER

By ROBIN WILSON  

Turriff accountant Chris Colville, who works for Edinburgh-based accountants Johnstone Carmichael Chartered Accountants, will make a start over Ross shire's Invergordon Golf Club at noon on Thursday, July 5 and continue through to noon on the following Thursday, attempting to break the Guinness Book of Records entry for playing more than 1000 holes of golf in seven days.

The Guinness rules state that the golf course used must be over 6000 yards in length and Colville, pictured left, chose Invergordon as it meets the criteria at 6041 yards. He also believes it is  far enough north to provide him with sufficient summer daylight hours to complete eight rounds each day and achieve 1008 holes in his marathon seven-day challenge. 

He is not permitted to have a caddie but hopes there will be some people out on the golf course to help him find his golf balls as he must hole out on all of the holes.

His attempt is in aid of the charity Alzeimers Scotland and he has already received sponsorship from his employers and collected some donations from the golfers playing in the recent Dornoch Firth League  matches at Invergordon on the day he visited the course for the first time to see for himself what lies ahead and thank the Invergordon Club for the use of their course.

Chris has set up a website to allow friends and supporters contribute to his chosen charity. 

It is www.justgiving.com/chriscolville2012