A GOLF fan in remission from cancer hopes to have created a new world record in his bid to raise cash for the charity which helped him.

Nigel Wadey, head greenkeeper at Barnehurst Golf Course, decided to attempt to play 100 holes of golf at the nine-hole course in Mayplace Road East, Barnehurst, in the quickest time he could muster, in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.

Teeing off at 5am and with plenty of support, Mr Wadey 45, had already completed the first 37 holes by 8.20am.

With a refreshing wind blowing, players ahead of him waved him through while colleagues did his golf ball spotting.

He kept himself going on bananas, chocolate, a sandwich and lots of water and managed to limit himself to just one toilet break.

By 2.30pm his challenge was wrapped up, taking just nine-and-a-half hours and 394 strokes.

After coming off the course, Mr Wadey, who carried his own clubs, said: “Over the last nine holes I started to lose concentration because people were talking to me.

“But I feel as if I could just go out and play some more.”

Mr Wadey, of Welwyn Close, Blackfen, who is married with two grow-up sons, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2008.

Despite several operations and chemotherapy, he worked all the way through his treatment.

He finished his chemotherapy in October last year and is now in remission.

Mr Wadey is hoping to raise up to £700 and to have it recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as a world record, since no one else appears to have attempted it before.

He said: “I only lost two golf balls and my goal now is to win the course championship.”