FOR those unsure what to do with their Good Friday, how about a spot of golf?

The fundraising Good Friday Golf Day will hit off at 8.30am on April 7 at the Heywood Golf Club.

The annual event will include a raffle open to enter all day and a charity auction to start after the game’s finished, with a variety of donated goods from locals.

It is $30 per person or $120 per team of four and people are strictly not allowed to bring their own alcohol – but delicious food and drink will be available.

“As soon as the last person hands their card in for the day, and we get the results processed, and we do presentations for the winners, then we will start the auction straightaway,” Heywood Golf Club member Phyl Prescott said.

“It’s a huge day.

“I'll be out here probably about seven o'clock in the morning, and probably won't leave until 11 o'clock at night.”

Proceeds will go to the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday appeal, as they do every year.

The annual event was first introduced by a few Heywood Golf Club members 18 years ago and has since managed to raise roughly $160,000 for the Royal Children’s Hospital so far.

Members of the Heywood Golf Club continue to arrange the event annually after the passing of the main organiser Wendy Rogers.

Two years ago, Mrs Rogers passed away from cancer, and then the reins were handed to Ms Prescott, who was only relatively new to Heywood.  

Heywood Golf Club member Betty Koenig said Mrs Rogers had put a lot of work into it.

Their goal for this year is to reach $6000 with the help of the raffle and auction.

Approximately 140 players can participate in the game of golf and socialise.

Ms Koenig said she finds a lot of young ones will play earlier in the morning so they can head off somewhere else for the day, but others will stay for the auction.

“The auction’s a big money-maker for the Royal Children's Hospital and over the last couple of years we’ve raised around the $6000 mark,” she said.

“We try to do things that are not too expensive for people, but you can't help it when it's an auction.

“If you've got two blokes here want the same thing? It's good for us.

“It's always been a worthy thing that people will help with and donate to.

“A lot of people have been connected to the Royal Children's Hospital over the years, I had a granddaughter who went there when she was a baby and she's 43 now.”

Tee booking can be done through www.bookatee.com.au for those interested and raffle tickets will be $3 to $5 on the day.