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NETC Golf Coach Roger Mack participates in 100 Holes for HOPE

Roger Mack

Northeastern Technical College Golf Coach Roger Mack spent Monday on the course playing 100 holes.

Not because it was a beautiful day, though it was.

Not because it was a challenge, though the 63-year-old golf professional was feeling the burn around hole 75.

But, as part of a PGA Reach Carolinas Foundation's 100 Holes for HOPE (Helping Out Patriots Everywhere) fundraiser to connect veterans and active-duty military with the sport of golf.

Mack is a member PGA Reach Carolinas with a mission to raise $50,000 through its 100 Holes for Hope through Nov. 30; PGA Reach is a non-profit charitable foundation of PGA of America, which is a growing organization with 21 chapters in North and South Carolina. Mack was part of that effort, raising more than $1,200.

"All the money I'm raising will go to the Charlotte chapter," Mack said.

Quick math: one hundred holes of golf is about five and a half full 18 holes of golfing – lapping Marlboro Country Club nearly six times from 7:10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. with Mack's total game time at 6 hours and 28 minutes of actual play.

"One hundred holes of golf is a challenging amout. Most golfers would not play more than 36 in a day," he said.

Mack says the effort was more physically demanding than mental. To keep his pace, he skipped over his precision strategies to move the ball with fewer strokes.

"I wasn't sore. I felt like I was prepared to do something like this," said Mack, who is familiar with marathon golf playing 308 rounds in his younger days.

Keeping Mack's pace throughout the day was NETC Golfer Ethan Jones playing the role of driver, caddy, and moral support whipping Mack from hole to hole.

"I couldn't have done it without him," Mack said.

Mack's golfing career has spanned more than 30 years working as head golf professional at golf courses and tournament directors.

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