Long Drive Champion Maurice Allen at World Long Drive Championship in Rochester, NY for the 2019 competition (photo: Eric Hardy)
(July 24, 2019)
The World Long Drive Tour heads up North for the inaugural ROC City Rumble at Home Team Sports Park in Rochester, NY. The Open, Masters, and Women’s division titles are up for grabs as well as Official World Long Drive rankings points. Tune in Wednesday, July 24th at 6PM ET on GOLF CHANNEL.
Troy Mullins
The eight men having advanced to Wednesday’s live telecast in the Open Division include the No. 6 ranked hitter in the world, Tim Burke (Orlando, Fla.), a two-time winner in 2019 and a two-time world champion; No. 3 Kyle Berkshire (Orlando, Fla.), and No. 4 Will Hogue (Memphis, Tenn.).
The Women’s Division is led by defending (and three-time) world champion Phillis Meti (Auckland, New Zealand), the current No. 1 hitter in the women’s rankings. Meti will be joined by No. 4 Troy Mullins (Los Angeles, Calif.) and No. 5Alexis Belton (Ruston, La.) during Wednesday’s live telecast.
WOMEN’S DIVISION SEMIFINAL MATCHES:
(4) Troy Mullins (Los Angeles, Calif.) vs. (5) Alexis Belton (Ruston, La.)
(1) Phillis Meti (Auckland, New Zealand) vs. (8) Mary Driscol (Glendale, Ariz.)
OPEN DIVISION QUARTERFINAL MATCHES:
(3) Kyle Berkshire (Orlando, Fla.) vs. (11) Jeff Gavin (Hamilton, Ont., Canada)
(19) James Tait (London, England) vs. (28) Nick Kiefer (Chicago, Ill.)
(4) Will Hogue (Memphis, Tenn.) vs. (23) Eddie Fernandes (Winter Garden, Fla.)
(6) Tim Burke (Orlando, Fla.) vs. (18) Martin Borgmeier (Munich, Germany)
The ROC City Rumble continues the summer stretch of the World Long Drive season, and will be followed by the Tennessee Big Shots benefiting Niswonger Children’s Hospital (Aug. 10-12). The season-culminating World Long Drive Championship (Sept. 3-4) is only five weeks away, with the coveted world championship title belt up for grabs to the winner of the Women’s, Open and Masters Divisions. Presenting golf at its farthest, loudest, most-athletic and adrenaline-filled extreme, World Long Drive dates back to 1976, and brings together golf’s longest hitters from around the world.
EVENT SCHEDULE
All times listed in local time (ET)
| DATE | EVENT/TIME |
|---|---|
| SUN, JULY 21 | Masters Division Preliminary Round Groups 1-2: 3:30pm – 5:45pm Semifinals & Finals: 6pm-6:30pm |
| MON, JULY 22 | Open Division Round 1 – Groups 1-6: 8am – 4pm |
| TUES, JULY 23 | Open Division Round 2 – Groups 1-2: 8am – 11am Round of 16: 12pm-1:30pm |
| WEDS, JULY 24 | Women’s Division Preliminary Round: 10am – 11:30am Quarterfinals: 11:45pm – 12:15pm OPEN & WOMEN’S FINALS, LIVE ON GOLF CHANNEL 6pm – 8pm: Open Quarterfinals, Ladies Semifinals, Open Semifinals, Ladies Finals, Open Finals |
