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Check out this article from the Army’s Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command (FMWRC) about Ryan Hixson, champion of the inaugural Military Long Drive Championship. Hixson defeated four other finalists in Mesquite, Nevada as well as more than 650 competitors from 25 qualifying sites at military installations around the country to earn the $10,000 first place prize and a surprise exemption into the 2008 RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship.
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|November 6th, 2007
It was an all-Military night in Mesquite on Thursday as the LDA hosted its first annual Military Long Drive Championship under the lights. The idea arose after Pinnacle Distance Team members Art Sellinger and Brian Pavlet visited the troops in Iraq last Thanksgiving. The event was won by U.S. Coast Guard AMN Ryan Hixson from Indiana who qualified at Taylor’s Creek Golf Course in Fort Stewart, GA. It was a patriotic, emotional and exciting evening right from the start. We’ll let the pictures tell the story. Check out the slideshow …
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|October 26th, 2007
The RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship is underway and we’ll be providing updates all week from the Palms Golf Club in Mesquite, Nevada. Check out the schedule of events below and come back soon for inside-the-ropes access to the world’s largest and most exciting long drive event. You can also get up to the minute results at www.longdrivers.com.
Monday, October 22
9:00 a.m. – 1:20 p.m. Women’s Division Qualifying
1:30 p.m. – 5:35 p.m. Grand Champions Division Qualifying
Tuesday, October 23
9:00 a.m. – 5:45 p.m. Super Senior Division Qualifying
Wednesday, October 24
8:00 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. Senior Division Qualifying
6:30 p.m. Women’s Division Semifinals; Women’s Division Finals
7:00 p.m. Grand Champions Division Semifinals; Grand Champions Division Finals
7:30 p.m. Super Senior Division Semifinals; Super Senior Division Finals
Thursday, October 25
9:00 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. Open Division Qualifying
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Military Long Drive Championship
Friday, October 26
9:00 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. Open Division Qualifying
Saturday, October 27
9:00 a.m. – 9:40 a.m. Senior Division Rounds 8-9
10:00 a.m. –12:10 p.m. Open Division Rounds 8-11
5:00 p.m. – 5:55 p.m. Senior Division Quarterfinals; Senior Division Semifinals; Senior Division Finals
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Open Division Quarterfinals; Open Division Semifinals; Open Division Finals
|October 21st, 2007
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|October 20th, 2007
For the first time, this year’s RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship in Mesquite, Nevada will include an inaugural Military Long Drive Championship. Thousands of active duty personnel from all services, including Reservists and National Guard, competed in qualifying rounds at 25 participating golf courses on Army installations in the United States. Congratulations to the five qualifiers who will compete in the finals Thursday night October 25 for a $10,000 top prize and bragging rights as the “armed forces’ biggest hitter.”
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Zone 1 Winner: Utah Army National Guard 1LT Jeremy Williams – Winning Drive 404 yards
Qualified at Cheyenne Shadows Golf Course (Fort Carson, CO)
Zone 2 Winner: U.S. Army SGT Bryan King – Winning Drive 381 yards
Qualified at The Courses at Clear Creek (Fort Hood, TX)
Zone 3 Winner: U.S. Air Force SSgt Carl Taylor – Winning Drive 384 yards
Qualified at Piney Valley Golf Course (Fort Leonard Wood, MO)
Zone 4 Winner: : U.S. Coast Guard AMN Ryan Hixson – Winning Drive 346 yards
Qualified at Taylor’s Creek Golf Course (Fort Stewart, GA)
Zone 5 Winner: U.S. Army SFC John Merritt II – Winning Drive 386 yards
Qualified at The Courses at Fort Meade, MD
|October 16th, 2007
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