Frequently Asked Questions

The Longest Day is the ultimate golf challenge designed to test your skill, strength, and stamina. The aim is to successfully complete your challenge from dawn to dusk and raise funds for Cancer Council’s research, prevention, and support services. 

72 holes is the ultimate challenge, but this year there are three golf challenges for you to choose from – pick the one you think will test your skill, strength and stamina.  

Challenge yourself to: 

 The Long Day - 36 holes (2 rounds) 

 The Longer Day - 54 holes (3 rounds) 

 The ultimate challenge: The Longest Day - 72 holes (4 rounds) 

It’s simple – on the longest day of the year (or another date in December), you’ll take on your golf challenge in one day to raise funds for Cancer Council.

The official day is Monday 13 December. However, you can hold your golf challenge anytime in December that suits best.

Yes. You can take on your golf challenge anytime in December or January, as long as it is approved by your chosen club. 

Ideally, choose a day when the golf course is as quiet as possible. We recommend avoiding competition days and liaising closely with your Club Manager/team captain to plan the day as thoroughly as possible.

Most golf clubs only allow members to play on their course. The clubs listed during registration are Host Clubs and are open to the public.

Check back for details on our 2021 Host Clubs soon. 

We also have lots of helpful resources on how to get your Club involved. Visit ‘Where to Play’ for more information. 

You’ll need to book directly with the club and then register on The Longest Day website. You can play at the club you are a member of or select from one of the generous Host Clubs.

Check back for details on our 2021 Host Clubs soon. 

Visit the ‘Where to Play’ page for some helpful resources and useful tips on how to get your Club on board! 

You don’t need to be a great athlete to play 36, 54 or 72 holes in a day. However, keep in mind that you will be moving all day. In the two to three months leading up to December, do regular moderate exercise such as walking, jogging, swimming or light gym work. 

Registrations will be open soon. Click here to register your interest for The Longest Day 2021 and we'll contact you when registrations open.

Team Captains invite their other team members via a social link (email, Facebook messenger or WhatsApp). Potential team members then follow the link to the team registration page.

Fundraising page will be created upon registration. You can log in and edit your details at any time.

No, it’s free to register. We just ask that you raise as much as you can to help people impacted by cancer.

When you register, simply hit the 'join a team' option, find your team and follow the steps to complete your registration.

The team may be private. Ask the team captain to share the ‘join my team’ link with you and follow the steps to complete your registration.

Yes of course. However, we recommend playing in pairs to hasten the play. Plus, whatever golf challenge you decide to take on, it’ll be more fun with mates! 

Yes. We encourage golfers of all levels to take on The Longest Day golf challenge. There are different challenge options to suit each level although the aim is to challenge yourself – go on, you can do it!

Anyone 18 years old and above can take part. Consult your doctor or physician before undertaking The Longest Day golf challenge.

Your club can get involved in three easy ways: 

1. Become a legendary Host Club – Open your club to non-members for the challenge and waive green fees.  
2. Challenge your team to enter – Think your staff are up to the challenge? Register a team, take on the challenge, and raise vital funds to help people impacted by cancer.
3. Be a Promoter – Put up our promotional posters and flyers in your Pro shop and around the Club and encourage your members to take on this incredible challenge. 

Check out our Clubs page for more information and get your club involved for 2021!  

Being a Host Clubs means you will waive all green fees for participants of The Longest Day. As a thank you for this generous offer, Cancer Council will list you on their website, promote your club to participants and through social channels and be there to support you.  

No problem at all. You can still promote The Longest Day to all of your members - they might like to get involved! 

The funds you raise through your Longest Day challenge go directly to Cancer Council to help fund our work to create a future free from cancer. To find out more, check out the How Your Fundraising Helps page.

Donations can be made through your fundraising page. Simply send the link to your friends, family and colleagues to sponsor your efforts. Cash donations can be collected and deposited into the Cancer Council bank account. Contact us for more details.

Yes, all donations of $2 or more are tax deductible

While you can fundraise by sharing your page URL on Facebook, we ask that you do not use Facebook's ‘Add a Donate Button’ or 'Create a Fundraiser'. This will process the donation through Facebook, and it won't appear on your Longest Day profile page. We will not be able to add this donation to your Longest Day fundraising.

72 holes should take no longer than 14 hours to complete. For the shorter distances, it will take you less time. Each round should take no more than 3.5 hours and will be quickened by playing in pairs.

If taking on 72 holes, we suggest you tee off as close to 5.30am or first light as possible. This will ensure you finish your challenge before dark. For the shorter distances, you can choose to start later in the day however we encourage you to be sun smart and take good care when out on the course.

Try and finish your golf challenge by dusk. If you are not close to completing the challenge by dusk, finish the round and end your challenge there.

Yes. We encourage players who cannot walk the entire way (36, 54 or 72 holes) to have a caddie, take a cart, or a combination thereof.?

The challenge is to individually complete 36, 54 or 72 holes in one day. Give it a go, you'll be surprised at how well you will do and feel great after completing your golf challenge!

Remember, playing using the Stableford method as recommended will assist in hastening play and some teams like to play in pairs to count the best score between them per hole before moving on. Good luck!?

Playing 36, 54 or 72 holes of golf will mean spending long hours in the heat of the day and exposed to the sun’s ultraviolet radiation.Check out our tips and recommendations on how to best look after yourself on the day. Remember to, slip, slop, slap, seek and slide. 

Yes. Taking regular breaks in shaded areas (if possible) throughout the day will ensure you stay hydrated and rested. If taking on 72 holes, try to complete three rounds before taking a longer break.

Stableford.

No official handicap is required, but making use of your most recent handicap may speed up play. If you don't have a handicap you can make use of the following handicaps recommended by our partners at Golf Australia.  

• Men play from allocated handicap of 36
• Women play from allocated handicap of 45

No worries at all, our partners at Golf Australia recommend the following for the purpose of pace of play and enjoying the day.  

• Men play from allocated handicap of 36
• Women play from allocated handicap of 45

Another way to help with the pace of play would be to simply set a maximum hole score before a player had to pick up their ball and move to the next hole – e.g. three over par for a hole (on a Par 4 then add 3 = maximum shots 7 before the ball is picked up). This would also be consistent with the above temporary handicaps.

If you are feeling unwell, then we ask you to stay home. Chat to your team and club to change your event day or alternatively you may need to withdraw from the challenge for this year.

The safety of all persons involved in The Longest Day is incredibly important to us. For the protection of all participants and staff, we ask you to adhere to all public health rules and regulations notified to you by your local, state, or federal government, other regulatory body, or the event venue: health.gov.au. In addition to this we ask that you follow these COVID safety measures: 

• Use the handwashing facilities that are available to you at your club regularly
• Maintain social distancing between participants

If you are registering for The Longest Day as part of a group, as the team captain, you are responsible for knowing the contact details of all attendees in your group. In the event you are contacted directly by the Government, including the Department of Health for the purposes of contact tracing, you must:  

1. make the contact details of your group available to the Government (if you have the consent of each group member to do so); or  
2. contact each member of your group, and request that they provide their contact details to the Government directly