A UK charity stream is taking Golf With Your Friends off-screen and turning it into an actual tournament, with the audience holding the reins. The event, called Golf With Your Friends Live!, turns the chaotic multiplayer mini-golf video game into a live competition where viewer donations release “Goodwill Wishes” or “Mischievous Wishes”, altering how the game unfolds on stage.
This show follows Make-A-Wish UK’s Overcooked! Live charity stream from 2025, an event the organisation calls “hugely successful and award-winning.”. That broadcast featured cooking mayhem; this one trades kitchens for hazards and putting. Comedian, presenter, actor and video game voice artist Inel Tomlinson hosts alongside actress, cosplayer and lover of all things nerdy AlicesPixels, who comes back to host after appearing in the earlier event.
The Wish Fundraisers Behind the Event
Donations, not government money, keep Make-A-Wish UK running. The charity came into existence in the UK in 1986, holding registered charity numbers 295672 for England and Wales and SC037479 for Scotland. Its purpose is straightforward: to give back to children what illness has taken from them.
Hospital stays, treatment and uncertainty tied up by critical illness can narrow down a child’s world. Make-A-Wish UK works to give back the freedom to choose, the courage to dream beyond diagnosis, and extra time with family. Right now, there are roughly 134,000 children in the UK living with critical illness who might qualify for a wish. That number fills over 11,000 Golf With Your Friends games at once. Every hour, another child gets diagnosed.
Who Is Playing and Hosting
A group of content creators, including TwoAngryGamers, CyborgAngel, Nikoheart and WorstPremadeEver, have signed up for a contest where they will fight to win the “prestigious” Make-A-Wish Cup. Viewers watching the stream have the power to give the competitors an edge, hinder them or change the rules of the game through the use of donations.
Donations keep coming in, and when milestones are reached, wishes that change how the game is played get triggered, letting viewers at home help shape funny and memorable moments across the stream.
The Teams Behind the Production
A number of people and firms have made the gathering feasible through their support, among them Rob Small (CEO of Miniclip), Mountain Pictures (Film Crew), Arena Media UK (Media Agency), Supernaut Studio (Creative Agency), and Shed Wilson from Boost Comms (Stage Manager). The sponsors behind it include Xsolla, Guillotine, Breddos and Patty & Bun.
A group of people from the video game business are giving their time to organize the event. The person leading the volunteers is Jinesha Ghandi, who serves as volunteer lead producer. Veronika Glova works as volunteer producer alongside her. Sally Kevan fills the role of TVG Events Games Industry Event Specialist, while Lauren Shotten handles the duties of Event Manager. Emily Britt brings years of experience as a games industry PR and events specialist. Sam Possible serves as a games marketing consultant at Jump Economy, and Paul Bondy is a game audio composer at InsideInfo.
How to Watch and Donate
The stream airs on Sunday, 20th September at 4pm BST / 11am EST / 8am PST on Tiltify. The link is https://tilt.fyi/LGKA70SRab.
The Tiltify link above allows viewers to send money at any time, not just during the broadcast window. That support shapes the first round before a single play begins. It matters because it establishes the pattern for how the game develops once the stream gets underway.
The Comparison Between Overcooked! Live and Golf With Your Friends Live
| Event | Year | Format | Hosts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overcooked! Live | 2025 | Cooking challenge | AlicesPixels |
| Golf With Your Friends Live | Not stated | Crowd-controlled mini golf | Inel Tomlinson, AlicesPixels |
What the comparison reveals is a shift from one genre to another within the organisation, yet the underlying format remains constant: a live, interactive gathering where the audience determines the course of events through their contributions.
The Sponsor List
- Xsolla
- Guillotine
- Breddos
- Patty & Bun
What the Organisers Say About the Event
The charity calls the event a means of bringing the spirit of the game into the real world. It explains that hospital stays, treatment and uncertainty can shrink a child’s world, and that restoring the chance to choose and dream beyond diagnosis is part of its work.
Viewers get to watch the effect of their contributions play out on the spot, amid the confusion of the match.
The Bottom Line
The streamers behind Golf With Your Friends have found a way to put the audience’s donations to work inside the game itself. The title is already built for raucous multiplayer sessions, and the setup turns that chaos into a direct link between the viewers and the match. Donations pay for wishes, while the crowd decides how the game unfolds.
Sunday’s appointment falls on the 20th of September, with the match set to begin at 4pm BST, which works out to 11am EST or 8am PST. Mark your calendars, round up your companions, and prepare yourselves for an evening where the game bends beneath the force of the assembled multitude.
See the video the story is built around at IGN.
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