Ogbourne Downs professional Andrew Kirk is organising a charity Am-Am on Friday June 13.

He held three similar tournaments at his previous club Merrist Wood in Surrey and raised a total of around £30,000.

He has already made a good start and more than half the holes have already been sponsored.

Kirk has been at the club just over a year, taking over from Colin Harraway whose contract was not renewed.

The day will be run like a Pro-Am but each team will contain four amateurs. Maximum handicap for men will be 28 and 36 for women. There will be prizes on every hole.

The cost is £120 each team to include a running buffet and evening entertainment. The charities to benefit are Prospect Foundation, Macmillan Nurses, British Heart Foundation and a breast cancer charity.

But unfortunately some people have not been as charitable to Kirk.

His first anniversary was ruined when thieves broke into his shop and removed goods valued at around £18,000.

Titleist and Taylor-made clubs and an electric trolley were among the top-of-the-range items that disappeared.