Finnis hits his £10,000 target via GoFundMe pageCaddie Billy Foster is auctioning Ryder Cup flags for NHSA GoFundMe page set up by Tommy Fleetwood’s caddie aimed at alleviating hardship for bagmen on the European Tour during the coronavirus crisis has raised £10,000 in less than a day.
Ian Finnis, whose wife Rachel Brown-Finnis is a former
England goalkeeper, devised the admirable plan of providing emergency funding for his fellow caddies during golf’s indefinite suspension. Finnis distributed 1,000 raffle tickets, at a cost of £10 each, to people who donated. Prizes include signed flags by the European Ryder Cup team and Rory McIlroy, a hat autographed by Fleetwood, tournament caddie bibs and an online
golf psychology session. The move was an instant hit with the golf fraternity; £10,000 was collected in just seven hours on Tuesday from around 460 donors. One anonymously contributed £500. “Unreal from the golf world,” tweeted Finnis.