ATTENTION REGIONAL COMPETITORSAlternate
competitors from Regional Championships will be announced September 17,
2010 at the completion of regional qualifying. Alternates are chosen
from various regions based on participation ratios. Do
not call the LDA and ask this question as we WILL NOT speculate on
which regions the alternates will be pulled from or how many will be
pulled. If
you have competed in a regional championship and not qualified to this
point we recommend either try in a different region or enter the "Last
Chance" qualifier in Mesquite Nevada during the Championship
fortnight. The last chance registration will be from Friday, Sept. 17 to Friday, Oct. 1 and the cost is $300.
HOTEL INFO FOR WORLD FINALS
The host hotels for this year’s event are the CasaBlanca Resort & Casino and the Virgin River Resort. At the Virgin River, all of the rooms were renovated this year. Our contract room rate is $39.98 per night. At the CasaBlanca our contracted rate is $89.98 per night. All rates are subject to 12% sales tax. You may reserve additional rooms based on availability.
To make reservations, please follow the steps on the following page:
1. Go to http://www.itsmesquite.com/longdrive/ 2. Click on the property you wish to stay. 3. Put in your arrival date and how many nights you will be staying (You do not need to put in a special offer or group code). 4. Pick type of room 5. Fill in required fields and your online reservation is complete
If you have any questions please feel free to contact Christian Adderson at 888-711-4653 Ext. 51.
FIELDS SET FOR RE/MAX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OPENING ACT
SUPER SENIORS, GRAND CHAMPIONS, LEGENDS BATTLE FOR WORLD LONG DRIVE TITLES ON OCTOBER 29, 2010
ROANOKE, TEXAS (July 28, 2010) – Long Drivers of America (LDA) today announced the fields and prize money for the Super Seniors, Grand Champions, and Legends Divisions of the 2010 RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship powered by Dick’s Sporting Goods.
World championships will be decided in those three divisions at Mesquite Sports and Event Complex in Mesquite, Nevada on Friday, October 29.
Fifty elite long drivers will vie for the $20,000 first prize in the Super Seniors Division (ages 50 and up). LDA Hall of Fame member Bobby Wilson, a native Texan and resident of North Little Rock, Arkansas, is defending champion.
The Super Seniors field consists of: Roy Alminas; Greg Basom, Daryl Braniff, Dutch Briel, Terry Bryant, James DeCaire, Scott DeCandia, Pat Dempsey, John DiGioia, Mike Gorton, Brad Habenicht, Nick Herrera, Don Hihn, Jesper Hostrup, Doug Huffman, Gerry James, Mark Kane and Stew Kirkland;
Also, John Kikes, Greg Kyte, Steve Llewellyn, Stuart Lubbert, Paul Marrick, James Mattingly, Terry McLachlan, Ed Mendrala, Ray Meyer, Frank Miller, George Moisoff, Steven Moroney, Pierre Nadeau, Mike O’Barsky and Randy Potts;
And Dan Robinson, Mark Rodrigues, Curtis Rollins, George Schmidt, Tim Sharkey, Kim Shearburn, Neil Simpson, Frank Soloman, Bob Sturner, Michael Sykes, Charlie Thomas, Rick Tijerina, Dennis Trammell, Tim Tucker, Greg Walker, Charlie Williams and Wilson.
Thirty-six competitors will be seeking a $10,000 first prize in the Grand Champions Division (ages 55 and up). LDA Hall of Fame member Mike Gorton, a native Californian and resident of Erie, Colorado, is defending champion.
The Grand Champions field consists of: Tim Beyer, John Boyle, David Brinker, Terry Bryant, Pete DeBoer, Bill Droege, Mike File, Bobby Furnatter, Gorton, Jim Hackert, John Hood, Michael Hooper, Doug Huffman and Miguel Jaime;
Also, Mike Kiefer, John Kikes, Randy Kroshus, James Mantell, John Marlatt, Gary Melvin, Doug Miller, Gary Miller, Les Muramoto, Mike O’Barsky, Brad Pearsall and Benjamin Ponciano;
And Thomas Proben, Dick Rodgers, Mark Rodrigues, Ed Sanchez, Ivan Sanders, Kim Shearburn, Rick Tijerina, Rick Twist, Donald Vollman and Johnny Voshell.
Thirty-one competitors, including several former world champions, will compete for a $9,000 first prize in the Legends Division (ages 60 and up). The Legends field consists of:
Obie Anderson, Rick Barry, Buzz Burger, Ralph Calise, Bryon Christiansen, Steve Clement, Dennis DeAngelis, Bill Droege, Ron Dyer, Frank Elo and Steve Griffith;
Also, Howard Hankey, Andrew Hanzlik, Michael Hooper, Fred Hooter, Joe Lester, Jim Liska, Joe LoVerde, John Marshall, Joe McCubbin, Doug Miller, Les Muramoto, Larry Nagy and John Rennie;
And Tim Shannon, Dixon Spear, Sam Turner, Donald Vollman, Don Wilburn, Dale Wolfrom and Dave Zajac Sr.
Legends Division competitors Barry, Griffith, Hooper, Hooter and Miller have cumulatively amassed multiple RE/MAX WLDC titles in the Senior, Super Seniors and Grand Champions Divisions.
Elimination rounds in the Legends Division and Grand Champions Division begin on Wednesday, October 27; elimination rounds in the Super Seniors Division begin on Thursday, October 28.
Other critical RE/MAX WLDC dates include last-chance qualifying for Open Division hitters on Oct. 30 and 31; last-chance qualifying for Senior Division (45 and up) hitters on Oct. 30; finals of the 2010 Military Long Drive Championship presented by 7UP on Nov. 3; championship night for the Open Division and Senior Division on Friday, Nov. 5.
A complete list of activities associated with the 2010 RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship powered by Dick’s Sporting Goods is available at www.longdrivers.com.
2010 OFFICIAL PRIZE MONEY
OPEN DIVISION
- 1st - $150,000
- 2nd - $70,000
- 3rd – 4th - $20,000 (40K)
- 5th – 8th - $10,000 (40K)
- 9th – 12th - $4,000 (16K)
- 13th – 15th - $2,000 (6K)
DIVISION TOTAL: $322,000
SENIOR DIVISION
- 1st - $50,000
- 2nd - $14,000
- 3rd – 4th - $7,000 (14K)
- 5th – 8th - $2,500 (10K)
DIVISION TOTAL: $88,000
SUPER SENIOR DIVISION
- 1st - $20,000
- 2nd - $7,000
- 3rd – 4th - $3,500 (7K)
- 5th – 8th - $1,500 (6K)
DIVISION TOTAL: $40,000
GRAND CHAMPIONS DIVISION
- 1st - $10,000
- 2nd - $5,000
- 3rd – 4th - $2,500 (5K)
DIVISION TOTAL: $20,000
LEGENDS DIVISION
- 1st - $9,000
- 2nd - $4,000
- 3rd – 4th - $2,500 (5K)
DIVISION TOTAL: $18,000
Total Purse: $488,000
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Long Drivers of America (888) 233-4654 or Russ Pate (817) 819-4547 2010 EXEMPT COMPETITOR LIST OPEN DIVISION 1) Top 24 from 2009 World Finals 2) LDA Hall of Fame 3) Past Champions since 2005 4) LDA Exemption 5) Sponsor Exemption 6) 2009 LDA Tour Winner 7) Top 5 from 2010 Diamond in the Desert Classic 8) Top 3 non-exempt from 2010 Desert Launch 9) 2009 Military Long Drive Champion 10) International Special Exemption 11) Top 3 competitors from 2010 Texas Shootout 12) Top 2 competitors from 2010 Tennessee Shootout 13) Top 2 non-exempt from 2010 Desert Duel 14) Dick’s Sporting Goods Exemption CATEGORY 1 Jamie Sadlowski Jerimie Montgomery Mick Yelovich Zac Adams Jason Zuback Carl Wolter Jeff Gavin Ryan Louw Mark Christiansen Bobby Bradley Jon Bjelland Tom Roskos Adam Lipinski Dane Renkert Kari Hyokki Steve Magan Ryan Hixson Allen McDougall Rock Hicks Viliami Tuaone Sean Fister Jason Eslinger Scott Smith Nyle Pruitt CATEGORY 2 Brian Pavlet Jason Zuback CATEGORY 3 Sean Fister (’05) Jason Zuback (’06) Mike Dobbyn (’07) Jamie Sadlowski (’08 & ‘09) CATEGORY 4 David Mobley CATEGORY 5 Danny Luirette CATEGORY 6 Carl Wolter Jeff Gavin CATEGORY 7 Carl Johan Hellstrom Dustin Merrill Landon Gentry Daniel Konyk Charlie Hamrick CATEGORY 8 Kevin Shook Corely Morley Jr. CATEGORY 9 Ryan Hixson CATEGORY 10 Mark Bylsma Adriaan van Rensburg CATEGORY 11 Alex DeVilling Patrick Hopper Steve Monroe CATEGORY 12 Kyle Blakely Kyle Mack CATEGORY 13
CATEGORY 14 2010 SENIOR DIVISION EXEMPTIONS 1) Top 12 from 2009 World Finals 2) LDA Hall of Fame 3) Past Champions since 2005 4) LDA Exemption 5) Sponsor Exemption 6) 2009 LDA Tour Winner 7) Top 3 non exempt from 2010 Diamond in the Desert Classic 8) Top competitor non exempt from 2010 Desert Launch 9) Top competitor from 2010 Texas Shootout 10) Top senior finishing competitor from 2010 Desert Duel 11) Dick’s Sporting Goods Exemption CATEGORY 1 Bobby Wilson Johan Tumba Dan Boever Gerry James Sean Fister Tom Celone Mike Gorton Stew Kirkland Mike Barbarossa Doug Penneman Pat Dempsey Greg Walker CATEGORY 2 Sean Fister CATEGORY 3 Gerry James (’05 & ’06) Frank Miller (’07) Dan Boever (’08) Bobby Wilson (’09) CATEGORY 4 Tom Garber CATEGORY 5 Vince Howell CATEGORY 6 Kyle Sawyer Bobby Wilson CATEGORY 7 Lonnie White Vince Ciurluini Jeff Williams CATEGORY 8 Tony Nilsson CATEGORY 9 Fred Trigg ALL OTHER DIVISION EXEMPTIONS ARE CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW FOR 2010.
2009 Alphabetical Competitor List OPEN DIVISION 1 Zac Adams 2 Winston Ahoy 3 Brooks Baldwin 4 Jeddy Baptiste 5 Robbie Biershank 6 Jon Bjelland 7 Kyle Blakely 8 Kevin Blenkhorn 9 Marcus Borman 10 Bobby Bradley 11 Cody Bryant 12 Clayton Burger 13 Tim Burke 14 Peter Carlborg 15 Tom Celone 16 Mark Christiansen 17 Vince Ciurluini 18 Landon Colling 19 Rynardt Combrink 20 Trevor Consavage 21 Jeff Critenden 22 Dan Depner 23 Alex Devilling 24 Mike Dobbyn 25 Marcus Edblad 26 Matt Eicholz 27 Jason Eslinger 28 Jeff Farley 29 Sean Fister 30 Jason Frey 31 Brian Friederichs 32 Jeff Gavin 33 Landon Gentry 34 DeWald Gouws 35 Ryan Gregnol 36 Fred Groth 37 Lance Guest 38 Dave Gureckis 39 Ben Hangartner 40 Tim Hanley 41 David Hedley 42 Rock Hicks 43 Derek Hines 44 Ryan Hixson 45 Tom Hollingworth 46 Patrick Hopper 47 James Horton 48 Ryan Horton 49 Vince Howell 50 Kari Hyokki 51 Scott Ionno 52 Justin James 53 Tyler Kellett 54 Tomislav Kralj 55 Craig Krause 56 Jon Land 57 Clay Lanigan 58 Eric Lastowka 59 John Lawson 60 Mikael Lindblom 61 Adam Lipinski 62 Brad Loomis 63 Ryan Louw 64 Kyle Mack 65 Steve Magan 66 Sean Malone 67 Chris Mason 68 Josh Matthies 69 Allen McDougall 70 Mitch McDowell 71 Dustin Merrill 72 Michael Michaelides 73 Joe Miller 74 Eddie Milligan 75 Charles Mitchell 76 David Mobley 77 Steve Monroe 78 Jerimie Montgomery 79 Justin Moose 80 CJ Morley 81 Mike Moulton 82 J.D. Murkerson 83 Drew Nelson 84 Mark Noonan 85 Rob Oristaglio 86 Brian Pavlet 87 Tom Peppard 88 Andreas Persson 89 Robert Peterson 90 Jesse Pettersen 91 Josh Porter 92 Nyle Pruitt 93 Mike Purvine 94 Chase Ransom 95 Dane Renkert 96 Tom Roskos 97 Jamie Sadlowski 98 Antti Saleva 99 Johnny Schiano 100 Brian Schultz 101 Ryan Schultz 102 Tim Seegan 103 Kevin Shook 104 Joe Shuba 105 CJ Smith 106 Matt Smith 107 Scott Smith 108 Abel Soares III 109 Jerry Spence 110 Chad Spencer 111 Adam Stacey 112 Jason Stokes 113 Jeff Stoll 114 Cameron Swanson 115 Steve Thacker 116 Eric Thomas 117 Brandon Thompson 118 Jesse Thrasher 119 Juergen Trank 120 Viliami Tuaone 121 Hunter Twitty 122 Mike Watson 123 Brock Weber 124 Jeff Williams 125 Kyle Wilson 126 Jason Witczak 127 Carl Wolter 128 Mick Yelovich 129 Jeff Zmayefski 130 Jason Zuback 131 Australia 132 Australia 133 Canada 134 Canada 135 Canada 136 Japan 137 Japan 138 New Zealand 139 Last Chance Qualifier 140
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Last Chance Qualifier 2009 Alphabetical Competitor List SENIOR DIVISION 1 Mike Barbarossa 2 Greg Basom 3 Tim Beyer 4 Dan Boever 5 David Brinker 6 Craig Brown 7 Matt Brown 8 Tom Celone 9 TJ Chiesa 10 Vince Ciurluini 11 Jim Costlow 12 John Cyrus 13 Michael Dale 14 Pete DeBoer 15 James Decaire 16 Pat Dempsey 17 Alan Dobson 18 Ted Duggins 19 Jeff Elliott 20 Bruce Evans 21 Sean Fister 22 Tom Garber 23 Nayo Garcia 24 Steve Gill 25 Mike Gorton 26 Joe Hajduch 27 Michael Hambrick 28 Brian Harris 29 Barry Hay 30 Don Hihn 31 Marty Honea 32 Doug Huffman 33 Gerry James 34 Eric Jones 35 Stew Kirkland 36 Claude LeDuc 37 Steve Llewellyn 38 Edgar Lopez 39 James Mattingly 40 Paul Mette 41 Frank Miller 42 George Moisoff 43 Doug Penneman 44 Kenny Pruitt 45 Lynn Ray 46 Larry Saggese 47 Kyle Sawyer 48 Dan Scardina 49 George Schmidt 50 Rich Schuller 51 Jackie Sholar 52 Neil Simpson 53 Carl Smith 54 Paul Swisher 55 Charlie Thomas 56 Fred Trigg 57 Johan Tumba 58 Greg Walker 59 Mark Wamsley 60 Lonnie White 61 Bobby Wilson 62 Kevin Wolfe 63 Canada 64
Last Chance Qualifier SUPER SENIOR DIVISION 1 Rick Barry 2 David Brinker 3 Terry Bryant 4 Brooks Burnsed 5 Nelson Caron 6 Mike Cattanni 7 Marc Ceschin 8 Steve Collier 9 Pete DeBoer 10 Scott DeCandia 11 Pat Dempsey 12 Bill Droege 13 Ted Fostey 14 Bobby Furnatter 15 Mike Gorton 16 David Gourno 17 Dave Gravelle 18 Steve Griffith 19 Brad Habenicht 20 Don Hihn 21 Michael Hooper 22 Fred Hooter 23 Doug Huffman 24 Ray Hupp 25 Miguel Jaime 26 Don Kamps 27 John Kikes 28 Gary Melvin 29 Paul Mette 30 George Moisoff 31 Brad Pearsall 32 Randy Potts 33 Thomas Proeben 34 Mark Rodrigues 35 Matt Schulten 36 Rick Scott 37 Kim Shearburn 38 Dixon Spears 39 Fenton Taylor 40 Dennis Trammell 41 Tim Tucker 42 Johnny Voshell 43 Mike Warfel 44 Don Wilburn 45 Bobby Wilson 46 Dave Zajac 47
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