Caitlin Stevens Shines in Ladies Club Championship After Marathon Golf Challenge

It’s been quite a summer for Caitlin Stevens, who has gone from completing a gruelling 24-hour charity golf marathon to being crowned the 2025 Ladies Club Champion – and all in the space of a single week.

In only her second year as a member of Badgemore Park, Caitlin played superbly to lift the title, carding a first-round 84 followed by an 87 on day two, finishing an impressive seven shots clear of the competition.

Understandably, she was over the moon afterwards. “I’m so happy with the win of the Ladies Club Championship!” she said with a huge smile. “Having just finished my 24-hour charity event, my body was feeling quite exhausted, so I’m incredibly pleased I managed to play well for the club champs. Since I started playing I’ve loved golf more and more after each round. She went on to thank Lady Captain Ruth Cassidy, and competition organiser, Lesley Shaw as well as highlighting the efforts of the greenkeepers – “thank you to Ruth and Lesley for the amazing organisation of the event, and to the Greenkeepers for ensuring the course was in pristine condition.”

What makes Caitlin’s victory even more remarkable is what she put her body through just a few days earlier.

On Thursday, July 31st at 5pm, Caitlin teed off on a challenge most of us would never dream of – 24 hours of continuous golf, in aid of Project 90/10.

The charity is set up for the public benefit to educate, raise awareness and protect children from child sexual abuse. Its educational programmes, created by a team of professionals, encourage young people to understand the importance of healthy relationships, what trust really means, and how to recognise when to question, speak out, and who to speak to. The programmes are delivered directly to safeguarding teams, parents, and guardians.

Caitlin’s determination to support such a worthy cause was evident, “when Emma-Jane came out with her story, that’s when I was coming out with mine and we clicked and she supported me and has been there for me when I have needed her.

I know how to deal with it but, for other kids who then go on to be adults, they can really struggle with it in different ways. That’s why it’s really important to give the resources at the early stages so we can try and make a change.

It’s something that no one wants to talk about. Everyone feels uncomfortable and it shouldn’t be. It’s one of the most important things to talk about because it happens silently.”

By the time Caitlin walked off the course at 5pm on Friday, August 1st, she had played an incredible 135 holes.

She started brightly with a four-ball 18-hole round, but the real test came in the middle of the night. Armed with glow-in-the-dark golf balls, wrapped in four layers, and with friends and family keeping her spirits up by blasting Stormzy tracks, Caitlin battled the cold, wind, and sheer fatigue.

“I was excited to get into the night golf because I’d never played it before,” she laughed. “But after two hours, I wanted it to be light again – I was counting down the hours! It was freezing, the wind picked up, and even though I had everyone with me, the course felt so big and empty.

“When the sun started to rise, I kept looking up as the sky slowly got bluer. All I wanted was for it to get warmer so I could finally peel off a few layers and start playing proper golf again.”

After all that, lifting the Ladies Club Championship trophy just a few days later felt like the perfect ending to a remarkable week.