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FORE THE KIDS!
LDA’S 2010 TEXAS SHOOTOUT CONCLUDES AT
TROPHY CLUB CC ON FRIDAY NIGHT, APRIL 30
ROANOKE, TEXAS (March 24, 2010) — The top names in professional long drive, including two-time RE/MAX world champion Jamie Sadlowski, are headed to the Dallas/Fort Worth area on April 29-30 for LDA’s 2010 Texas Shootout.
The Texas Shootout is the second of four stops on the LDA circuit in 2010. Carl Wolter, the 2002 RE/MAX world long drive champion and 2009 Texas Shootout winner, is also expected in the field.
After elimination rounds on Thursday at City Pointe Golf Center in Dallas (Stemmons Freeway @ I635) the top eight open division qualifiers will go head-to-head at Trophy Club CC (west of D/FW International Airport on Highway 114) on Friday evening, April 30.
The open division finals, which take place under the lights around 8:30 p.m., are centerpiece of an evening of family entertainment that includes a celebrity long drive contest, trick shot show, club demo day and live music.
Admission is free.
LDA’s 2010 Texas Shootout gets underway on Thursday, April 29 at City Pointe Driving Range in Dallas with elimination rounds and finals in LDA’s senior (45+) division.
Kyle Sawyer of Bossier City, La., is defending champion. The senior division field is expected to include reigning RE/MAX senior world champion Bobby Wilson, a Waco native, as well as three-time RE/MAX world champion Sean “The Beast” Fister.
Open division elimination rounds follow immediately after the senior division finals on Thursday and extend throughout the afternoon until the final eight remain.
The schedule of events for the 2010 Texas Shooutout:
Thursday, April 29
City Pointe Driving Range, Dallas
Senior Division Elimination Rounds
Senior Division Match-Play Finals
Open Division Elimination Rounds
Friday, April 30
Trophy Club Country Club, Trophy Club
Adams Golf Demo Day (5-7p)
Media Celebrity Long Drive
LDA Trick Shot Exhibition
Open Division Quarters, Semis, Finals
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FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steve Wiley, 888-233-4654 or
Russ Pate, 817-891-4547
LDA, LAUGHLIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL TEAM UP FOR 2010 TENNESSEE SHOOTOUT
ROANOKE, TEXAS (March 19, 2010) – Long Drivers of America (LDA) today announced it has joined forces with Laughlin Memorial Hospital in Greeneville, Tennessee for a golf tournament/power golf event benefiting the LHM Educational Scholarship Fund.
LDA’s 2010 Tennessee Shootout, set for June 11-12, will be the third of LDA’s members-only power golf events in 2010, following the Desert Launch in March and Texas Shootout in April.
LDA members will compete in the Tenth Annual Laughlin Memorial Hospital Pro/Am Golf Tournament on Friday, June 11, then square off in an LDA-sanctioned competition, the Tennessee Shootout, on Saturday, June 12. Greeneville Federal Bank is the primary sponsor for the Tennessee Shootout portion of the event.
Top finishers at the Tennessee Shootout earn exemptions to the 2010 RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship powered by Dick’s Sporting G
oods, plus prize money.
Both the pro-am tournament and long drive competition take place at Graybsurg Hills Golf Course in Greeneville. In addition, the site will host a local qualifier for the 2010 RE/MAX WLDC on Friday afternoon, after the conclusion of the pro-am.
“Bart Hartsell, Laughlin Memorial Hospital and entire Greeneville community over the past decade have built one of the best-known and most-respected tournaments on the long drive calendar,” said Art Sellinger, LDA’s chief executive officer. “We are honored for the LDA to become affiliated with an event that has raised a tremendous amount of charitable dollars and also filled a critical medical need in the community. When conversations began about the possibility of LDA teaming with Laughlin, our response in the affirmative was immediate. We’re delighted to be involved.”
To register for the 2010 Tennessee Shootout, LDA members must contact Betty Weemes at Laughlin (423) 787-5117 or via email at bettyweemes@lmhcare.org.
The field for LDA’s 2010 Tennessee Shootout will be capped at 48 open division competitors.
LDA memberships may be obtained by calling LDA headquarters (888) 233-4654 or by joining online at www.longdrivers.com.
Entry fees for LDA’s 2010 Tennessee Shootout are $500 if paid by May 28, $600 thereafter.
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