“Golf’s Ironman,” Scottsdale resident Bob Kurtz, will attempt to become the first person in golf to score their age or lower both right-handed and left-handed on the same day.
Kurtz is 81 years old and practices daily to achieve this goal at the Both Sides Charity Challenge, according to a press release.
The event will kick off with Scottsdale Mayor David Ortega at 12 p.m. on Monday, April 24 at Ancala Country Club located at 11700 E. Via Linda in Scottsdale.
Contributions will benefit homeless families served by Family Promise of Greater Phoenix and A New Leaf.
As a Guinness World Records multiple titleholder, Kurtz holds the “Golf’s Ironman” title in addition to seven marathon golf world records, the release stated.
He plays fast, including a feat in 2011 when he played an 1,850 holes (102 rounds) in a week at a course in Alabama, which was ratified by the Guinness Book of World Records. That number calculates at 14.5 rounds of 18 holes a day. He was 70 years old at the time.
He is also proud that during his 70th year, he shot his age seven times in one day, playing 10 rounds, with the best round of 67.
A former sportscaster and part of CNN’s first sports broadcasting team, Kurtz began his pursuit of world records while pastor at St. John’s Evangelical Protestant Church in Cullman, Alabama. He has not slowed down in his 80s and his passion for helping vulnerable children and their families has only grown through his 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charity Ministries to Children, according to the release.
He raised over $10,000 for homeless families last Mother’s Day at Ancala Country Club by hitting 1,000 drives in one day.
Anyone interested in supporting this fundraising effort can contribute online at golfsironman.com.
Making Taxes Count, LLC, under the umbrella of Ministries to Children, is a newly designated Qualifying Charitable Organization, meaning you can donate $400 as a single filer or $800 for a couple filing jointly and reduce your state tax bill payable in 2024 by an equal amount, using your Arizona charitable tax credit to improve lives of at-risk children and their families.
