March 12, 2017 – This March the world’s biggest hitters will go head to head on golf’s most exciting new battleground: The Long Drive World Series. Eight competitors, each a champion in their own right, have been hand-picked to play and will start their campaigns under the spectacular night lights of Dubai.

The World Series is made up of four events that will take place at iconic venues across three continents. Jumeirah Golf Estates, home to the DP World Tour Championship – the season-ending finale of The European Tour’s Race to Dubai, plays host to the first event on March 17th and the confirmed line-up reads like a who’s who of Long Drive. Those on the roster include the current World, U.K. and European Long Drive Champions. Expect glamour, spectacle, serious competition and some real surprises!

The event, which will be hosted by Sky’s Sarah Stirk, will be live streamed across the world. The pedigree of the competitors combined with the exotic venues is bound to attract a significant audience as Joe Miller, current and two times World Long Drive Champion remarks, “I am really excited to be competing in Dubai in the first Long Drive World Series; an amazing location with an elite field of proven winners from around the world. It’s going to be an exciting event and hopefully I can reign in the desert.”

The format has been designed to keep viewers on the edge of their seats. There is an Open wild card place at every event, an early exit for one person at the seeding round and the prospect of sudden-death knockouts in every round. Whilst each event has a significant Prize Fund, the ultimate aim is to win the entire World Series with league points being allocated according to where the players place at each of the four events.

Lucas Dornan, UK Long Drive Champion is excited to see the reaction to this inaugural event, “This event promises to inject some real glamour into the sport that I love and I am very proud to be lining up alongside these players – they really are the cream of the crop. We will we push each other to our limits and in the right conditions, I expect to see drives well in excess of 400 yards across the board.”

Julian Small, Managing Director, Club Operations, at Jumeirah Golf Estates, said: “Playing host to the inaugural Long Drive World Series event is hugely exciting. With our expertly designed championship golf courses and the Middle East’s only European Tour Performance Institute, Jumeirah Golf Estates is undoubtedly a natural host venue, and with less than three weeks to go, the countdown is well and truly on. We’re looking forward to welcoming competitors, spectators and our residents to watch some world-class talent and enjoy what is sure to be a great night of entertainment.”

After Dubai, the World Long Drive Series will arrive here in the U.K. with a phenomenal venue lined up to play host. The world’s biggest hitters then travel to Asia and finally on to the USA to complete the first World Series.

More information at www.longdriveworldseries.com.

THE 2017 LONG DRIVE WORLD SERIES LINE UP:

• Britain’s Joe Miller: Current and Two times World Long Drive Champion
• America’s Tim Burke: Two times World Long Drive Champion
• America’s Maurice Allen: Two times European Long Drive Champion
• Britain’s Lucas Dornan: 2016 UK Long Drive Champion
• America’s Ryan Steenberg: Runner up at the 2016 World Long Drive Championship
• Britain’s Brad Pearmain: 2016 Italian Long Drive Open winner
• Serbia’s Ilija Djurdjevic: 2016 Portuguese Long Drive Champion
• Sweden’s Emil Rosberg: 2016 Scandinavian Long Drive Champion