Titleist supports Children in Need

Children in Need auction supported by Titleist raises £375,000

Titleist supports BBC Children in Need
Titleist supports BBC Children in Need
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Fergus Bisset
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Four winners in a one-off charity auction that raised almost £375,000 for the BBC’s Children in Need received the tour pro treatment in an amazing day at the Titleist National Fitting Centre.

Four winners in a one-off charity auction that raised almost £375,000 for the BBC’s Children in Need received the tour pro treatment in an amazing day at the Titleist National Fitting Centre.

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Steve Fessey, Simon Hassell, David Barral and Geoff Mortimer came out as the highest bidders for the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show's “Super Swing Package.”

The incredible prize included a full fitting session for Titleist golf balls and clubs, then a fitting for FootJoy golf shoes and apparel at FootJoy’s European Headquarters.

The winning bidders will have the chance to trial their equipment on the biggest stage when they participate in the BMW PGA Championship Pro-Am at Wentworth in May.

During the week each winner will visit the Radio 2 studios before playing a warm-up round at Sunningdale. They’ll receive luxury accommodation, hospitality and transfers to Wentworth. In the pro-am they’ll play golf with either Graeme McDowell or Luke Donald and the Breakfast Show’s Chris Evans or Vassos Alexander.

“I’ve always wanted to be a professional golfer, so what greater opportunity than this,” said winner David Barral. “To donate to an incredible cause and have the chance to be fitted by the team at Titleist and FootJoy today ahead of playing with one of the best players in the world at the BMW PGA Championship… I can’t wait for Wentworth.”

The BBC Super Swing Package Auction raised £374,008 for Children in Need.

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Fergus Bisset
Fergus Bisset
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Fergus is Golf Monthly's resident expert on the history of the game and has written extensively on that subject. He has also worked with Golf Monthly to produce a podcast series. Called 18 Majors: The Golf History Show it offers new and in-depth perspectives on some of the most important moments in golf's long history. You can find all the details about it here.

He is a golf obsessive and 1-handicapper. Growing up in the North East of Scotland, golf runs through his veins and his passion for the sport was bolstered during his time at St Andrews university studying history. He went on to earn a post graduate diploma from the London School of Journalism. Fergus has worked for Golf Monthly since 2004 and has written two books on the game; "Great Golf Debates" together with Jezz Ellwood of Golf Monthly and the history section of "The Ultimate Golf Book" together with Neil Tappin , also of Golf Monthly.

Fergus once shanked a ball from just over Granny Clark's Wynd on the 18th of the Old Course that struck the St Andrews Golf Club and rebounded into the Valley of Sin, from where he saved par. Who says there's no golfing god?

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