{"id":49495,"date":"2026-08-12T19:02:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T19:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/49495\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T19:02:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T19:02:54","slug":"8-year-old-hudson-grey-pirie-from-kingston-completes-72-hole-golf-challenge-for-spread-a-smile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/49495\/","title":{"rendered":"8-year-old Hudson-Grey Pirie from Kingston completes 72-hole golf challenge for Spread a Smile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk\/news\/golfer-hudson-grey-pirie-8-to-tackle-72-holes-in-a-day-for-9473331\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hudson-Grey Pirie<\/a>, an eight-year-old golf-mad youngster from Kingston, has completed his challenge of playing 72 holes of golf in one day.<\/p>\n<p>Through the challenge \u2013 a remarkable feat, considering the pros normally do that over four days \u2013 Hudson-Grey is raising money for children\u2019s charity Spread a Smile, which supports children who are hospitalised.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 2265 3082\" alt=\"Hudson-Grey Pirie playing 72 holes at Bourn Golf and Country Club to raise money for children&#x2019;s charity Spread a Smile. Picture: Keith Heppell\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"JGQ4Z5JSH65O06L3FEKJ.jpg\" data-ar=\"0.73\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/JGQ4Z5JSH65O06L3FEKJ.jpg\" alt=\"Hudson-Grey Pirie playing 72 holes at Bourn Golf and Country Club to raise money for children&#x2019;s charity Spread a Smile. Picture: Keith Heppell\"\/>Hudson-Grey Pirie playing 72 holes at Bourn Golf and Country Club to raise money for children\u2019s charity Spread a Smile. Picture: Keith Heppell<\/p>\n<p>He chose to fundraise for that particular charity as it works with his middle brother, Kit.<\/p>\n<p>Hudson-Grey took on the daunting task at Bourn Golf and Country Club on Wednesday, 29 July.<\/p>\n<p>Hudson-Grey\u2019s mum, Harriet, said he completed the challenge in 14 hours, adding: \u201cIt was in 14 and a half hours with a half an hour break, so he did the whole thing in 14 hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was amazing; he just ploughed through it all day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He had raised \u00a33,126 for Spread a Smile by last week, with some donations still coming in.<\/p>\n<p>Harriet said Hudson-Grey was \u201cquite overwhelmed\u201d at having completed the 72 holes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s absolutely buzzing that he\u2019s done it and feeling so excited,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 3180 2200\" alt=\"Hudson-Grey Pirie plays 72 holes at Bourn Golf and Country Club for charity Picture: Keith Heppell\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"6RKGQ0C6CHYV1NFGPETC.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.45\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6RKGQ0C6CHYV1NFGPETC.jpg\" alt=\"Hudson-Grey Pirie plays 72 holes at Bourn Golf and Country Club for charity Picture: Keith Heppell\"\/>Hudson-Grey Pirie plays 72 holes at Bourn Golf and Country Club for charity Picture: Keith Heppell<\/p>\n<p>Hudson-Grey told the Cambridge Independent that the challenge was fun, that he \u201creally liked it\u201d \u2013 and that he \u201cloved doing it for the charity too\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Might he do another similar challenge in the future?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes,\u201d was the immediate and confident reply from the young sportsman who cites Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose as his favourite golfers, \u201c100 holes in a day instead of 72!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 3483 2009\" alt=\"Hudson-Grey Pirie playing 72 holes at Bourn Golf and Country Club to raise money for children&#x2019;s charity Spread a Smile. Picture: Keith Heppell\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"CR9Q7FVJ9S0R8U4I5KGR.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.73\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CR9Q7FVJ9S0R8U4I5KGR.jpg\" alt=\"Hudson-Grey Pirie playing 72 holes at Bourn Golf and Country Club to raise money for children&#x2019;s charity Spread a Smile. Picture: Keith Heppell\"\/>Hudson-Grey Pirie playing 72 holes at Bourn Golf and Country Club to raise money for children\u2019s charity Spread a Smile. Picture: Keith Heppell<\/p>\n<p>Harriet added: \u201cThe love and support everyone\u2019s put behind Hudson and the cause has been really special.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s made the whole thing even more special, with the people that have been inspired by him and been impressed by him\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the day, there were so many members going around the golf course and cheering him on, clapping him in at the 9th hole, clapping him out of it to the 10th hole, and the 18th\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was just a really special day, and as his mum and dad we\u2019re incredibly proud of him for doing it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s already planning the next one, so we\u2019re having to get behind another one in the making! We\u2019re just really proud and really grateful to everyone for supporting and getting behind him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hudson-Grey Pirie, an eight-year-old golf-mad youngster from Kingston, has completed his challenge of playing 72 holes of golf&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[19246,2222,44,1089],"class_list":["post-49495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-cambridge","tag-charity","tag-golf","tag-human-interest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}