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The Tour has either postponed or cancelled
events scheduled between March and May. The British Open has
been scrapped this year while the other three majors, the
Masters, PGA Championship and U.S. Open, have all been put back.
Fleetwood has five European Tour victories, including last
year's Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa, and has earned
more than 18 million euros ($19.53 million) in prize money
during his career, the European Tour website showed.
Finnis, who has worked with the English golfer since 2016, said
on Twitter on Tuesday he was selling 1,000 raffle tickets at 10
pounds each with all proceeds going to benefit caddies.
The prizes included flags from Europe's Ryder Cup team, a hat
autographed by Fleetwood and tournament caddie bibs.
Four hours after launching the drive he tweeted again saying it
had already met its target.
"Please no more donations," he wrote. "Unreal from the golf
world 1,000 tickets sold in four hours, £10k donations!!!
"Was expecting it to take a lot longer!!! Thank you to all that
donated."
Finnis said https://www.gofundme.com/f/euro-caddies?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link-tip&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet
on the GoFundMe Page he set up for the drive that it was a
"tough time for everyone".
"Some caddies will really be feeling this, with families and
possibly no wages for three months so auctioning what I can to
help them out," he added.
"Me and my family struggled early on in my caddying career, so I
know how hard it is at times and especially now."
(Reporting by Simon Jennings in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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