Monday, June 21 will be the longest day of 2021, and local Drumheller man Adam Messinger will be teeing off for the longest day of golf at Dinosaur Trail Golf and Country Club, all to help fundraise for the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada.
Messinger will tee off at 5:13 a.m. and finish his final game at sunset at 9:51 p.m. with the goal to play a total of six, non-stop 18-hole rounds of golf, totalling 108 holes.
“Since my mother passed away, I always knew I wanted to do something,” Messinger told the Mail.
Messinger’s mother, Margaret (Meg), was diagnosed with glioblastoma—a rare, fast-growing brain tumour—in 2017 and lost her battle in November 2018.
Although glioblastoma is a rare condition, Messinger says he personally knows of two others who have faced the same diagnosis as his mother. He hopes the fundraiser will help raise awareness and fund further research for the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada, all while playing a sport he is passionate about.
“I’m very passionate about golf, it’s something I’ve done my entire life, and I felt it was something I could do to bring awareness to (the Brain Tumour Foundation). And, we have a beautiful golf course,” Messinger said, adding people at the Dinosaur Trail Golf and Country Club have been wonderful in supporting and helping him, and he added Neil Dobell will be joining him on the course next week.
Messinger shares a normal round of golf normally takes approximately four hours to complete 18 holes and feels six games is a “good benchmark.” He will have some people to support him during his game and will only be taking quick breaks at the end of each round of 18 holes to eat, drink. “And maybe change shoes,” he joked.
The original fundraising goal was set at $2,000, though Messinger says the goal has since had to be increased to $2,500. As of Monday, June 14, Messinger’s fundraising goal has once again been increased, now to $4,000 and has received more than $2,400 in donations.
To make a donation or join Messinger’s fundraising team “Drivers of Awareness” visit:
https://btfc.akaraisin.com/ui/endbraintumours/p/fightglioblastoma#.YL1lEhuK5Lg.facebook
