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2007-08 EXCEPTIONAL DRIVER CHAMPIONSHIP

DAY TWO RECAP FOR

THURSDAY, JUNE 12

Casey Fowles racked up the top score in the winner’s bracket on Thursday as the 2007-08 Exceptional Driver Championship Presented by Golf Mesquite Nevada continued at the Palms GC in Mesquite, Nevada.

Fowles, who hails from nearby Washington, Utah, led a group of 25 competitors who will join a like number from Wednesday’s opening day for Friday morning’s Round 5. Play begins at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time.

Eight hitters will advance to Saturday, and the match-play portion of Long Drivers of America’s accurate driving contest for amateur golfers.

The last man standing Saturday evening will claim a $100,000 winner-take-all first prize and the title "Most Exceptional Driver of the Golf Ball in North America."

Fowles, 23, a +2 handicapper whose home course is Coral Canyon in St. George (Utah), posted a two-set total of 96 points to capture Group N, the last of the day. A total of 140 competitors, winners of regional qualifying events across North America, qualified for the EDC finals.

Other group winners on Thursday included Vincent Johnson (Group H, 80 points); Dave Gourno (Group B, 76 points); Jeff Underbrink (Group J, 59 points); Justin James (Group K, 67 points); Brad Habenicht (Group L, 69 points); Rick Dimick (Group M, 76 points).

The Exceptional Driver Championship Presented by Golf Mesquite Nevada will be taped by the Golf Channel for a premiere in late August.

Also on tap for Friday’s card at the Palms GC is LDA’s 2008 Desert Duel, a professional long drive event. Play in the women’s and senior divisions will take place in the afternoon and early evening. Open division hitters will be in action on Saturday.

THURSDAY EDC LEADERBOARD

TOP TWO-SET TOTALS:

Daniel Thogmartin, 111 (Round Three)

James Rankin, 98 (Round Three)

Casey Fowles, 96 (Round One)

Chris Sauer, 88 (Round Three)

Roger Bowen, 85 (Round Three)

A.J. Doherty, 84 (Round Three)

Greg Whittemore, 84 (Round Three)

Vincent Johnson, 80 (Round One)

Chris Powell, 79 (Round One)

Daniel Eskew, 78 (Round One)

Dave Gourno, 76 (Round One)

Rick Dimick, 76 (Round One)

James Nelson, 76 (Round Three)

Wayne Beck, 76 (Round Three)

Justin Linnington, 75 (Round One)

James Baker, 75 (Round One)

TOP ONE-SET TOTALS:

A.J. Doherty, 72 (First set, Round Three)

Danny Seman, 67 (First set, Round One)

Brett Hermann, 61 (First set, Round Three)

James Rankin, 60 (First set, Round Three)

Casey Fowles, 59 (First set, Round One)

Daniel Thogmartin, 59 (Second set, Round Three)

Roger Bowen, 57 (First set, Round Three)

Kevin Stewart, 55 (First set, Round Three)

Alex Theodore, 54 (First Set, Round Three)

Daniel Eskew, 53 (Second set, Round One)

James Nelson, 53 (Second set, Round Three)

Chris Powell, 52 (Second set, Round One)

Daniel Thogmartin, 52 (First set, Round Three)

Denny Kopko, 52 (First set, Round Three)

Wayne Beck, 48 (First set, Round Three)

Rick Dimick, 46 (First set, Round One)

Dave Gourno, 44 (Second set, Round One)

A.J. Doherty, 43 (Second set, Round One)

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DAY ONE RECAP FOR
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11

Paul Koszarek posted the highest scores on opening day of the 2007-08 Exceptional Driver Championship Presented by Golf Mesquite Nevada.

Koszarek led a group of 25 competitors who remain in the running for the $100,000 winner-take-all first prize in Long Drivers of America’s accurate driving contest for amateur golfers.

Koszarek, a geotechnical engineer from Waterford, Wisconsin, who boasts a +1.3 handicap index, had the day’s best two-set total of 107 points. That captured Group C and moved him into Round 5 on Friday morning at the Palms GC in Mesquite.

Other group winners on Wednesday included Jeff Stewart (Group A, 59 points); Lee Marels (Group B, 70 points); Brandon Reeves (Group D, 80 points); John Kandaris (Group E, 66 points); Kyle Elliott (Group F, 77 points)and Melvin Guary (Group G, 82 points).

The second half of the EDC field – another 70 winners of EDC local qualifying events conducted across North America – undergo elimination rounds on Thursday at the Palms GC.

Fifty hitters who advance to Round 5 will face off beginning on Friday morning, with the top eight earning a spot in the match-play rounds on Saturday evening.

The Exceptional Driver Championship Presented by Golf Mesquite, Nevada will be taped by the Golf Channel for a premiere showing in late August.

Conditions at the Palms GC on Wednesday were firm and fast, with drives gaining 15-25 yards of distance as Pinnacle balls rolled out. Expect more of the same on Thursday as temperatures climb into the triple digits.

WEDNESDAY LEADERBOARD

TOP TWO-SET TOTALS:
Paul Koszarek, 107 (Round One)
Kyle Kraemer, 92 (Round Three)
Jason Gunning, 91 (Round Three)
Mike Tominc, 90 (Round Three)
Bobby Andrews, 88 (Round Three)
Mike Walker, 85 (Round Three)
Melvin Guary, 82 (Round One)
Brandon Reeves, 80 (Round One)

TOP ONE-SET TOTALS:
Paul Koszarek, 67 (First set, Round One)
Mike Tominc, 64 (First set, Round Three)
Keith Garvine, 56 (First set, Round Three)
Nathan Sanders, 55 (First set, Round Three)
Kyle Kraemer, 54 (First set, Round Three)
Bobby Andrews, 52 (First set, Round Three)
David Dover, 51 (Second set, Round One)
Jason Gunning, 51 (First set, Round Three)

Follow all the EDC action and results and learn more about Long Drivers of America’s power golf events here at www.longdrivers.com.