12:00a.m. 2nd December 2008

| By Nathan Woulfe

The guys playing the Australian PGA Championships at Coolum this week have four days to play 72 holes, with $1.5 million up for grabs.

Yesterday at Nambour Golf Club, 29-year-old Matthew Knudsen played 108 holes and didn’t earn a cent – at least not for himself.

Matt, from Mountain Creek, took to the first tee at 4.50am aiming to drive, chip and putt his way through a golfing ton to raise awareness and funds for prostate cancer.

He lost a close family friend to the disease almost a year ago, and has since been compelled to do what he can to raise awareness of the disease, which kills almost 3000 Australian men every year – roughly the same mortality as breast cancer.

With his brother Cameron caddying – in a cart while Matt walked – Matt tapped in on his 108th hole just before 4.30pm.

In doing so, he raised more than $6000 for prostate cancer research.

Shortly after closing out his sixth round of the day, Matt said he felt he had more holes in him – and would be back next year to add to his 108-hole tally.

“The legs are just a touch sore at the moment,” he laughed.

“People told me 100 wasn’t possible, told me I was crazy, but hey, is 108 close enough?

“I averaged about an hour for every nine holes – playing decent golf helped, not having to chase balls.”

Decent golf indeed – even after more than 11 hours of play, Matt shot a four-over par 72 in his final round.

Matt said he had plans of turning his individual marathon into a teams event.

He offered big thanks to his sponsors – Nambour on-course golf shop, Drummond Golf, Golf World and Big Blue Office – and Cameron, without whom Matt reckons he wouldn’t have made 72 holes.