2017 Amateur Long Drive World Championship Presented by Legends Golf & Resort
On August 25th and 26th Amateurs from around the world will compete in the inaugural Amateur Long Drive World Championship (ALDC). Legends Golf & Resort will host the event produced by iNetGolf, LLC. The ALDC will include divisions for Youth (boys & girls), Adult (Male and female), Senior (Male and female), and Super Senior (male & female). The ParaLong Drive Cup will be hosted on the same grid and will be combined with the ALDC for an Open World Championship after Amateur titles and ParaLong Drive titles have been awarded.
Rules
The Rules and Guidelines for the ALDC championship can be viewed at https://amateurlongdrive.com/rules. Rules and guidelines for ParaLong Drive can be found at http://amputeelongdrive.com. Here are the divisions and age brackets for ALDC:
Youth – 15 and under
Adult 16 to 49
Senior 50 to 64
Super Senior 65+
Schedule
On Friday August 25th there will be an open qualifier for Amateur divisions and open practice for ParaLong Drive. At 1 PM the ParaLong Drive competition rounds begin and will be played down to the finals. The finals for ParaLong Drive will be included in the ALDC on Saturday. On Saturday morning August 26th there will be an open qualifier for the amateur divisions and open practice. At 1 PM on Friday the amateur competition rounds will begin and will be played down to the finals.
The finals for the ParaLong Drive and ALDC will be live streamed by iNetGolf. The championship finals will be immediately followed by the ALDC Open World Championship. Any competitor hitting a *qualifying drive during their competition round will be eligible to compete in the Open. Theoretically there could be youth, women, seniors, super seniors, and ParaLong Drive competitors vying to become the ALDC Open World Champion.
*The qualifying drive length will be determined at the beginning of the event and will take into consideration wind, precipitation, and grid condition.
Visit the Amateur Long Drive Championship website for registration and more information.