January 7, 2014 – The Long Drivers European Tour (LDET) is warming up and preparing the new 2014 season. In its second year of competition, the circuit will pass through new countries and will start in Belgium on April 12. Europe’s top hitters will return to show their talent and Britain’s Joe Miller will defend his Tour championship title.

The Long Drive emotion is back through LDET, that will introduce this sport into a minimum of five new European countries. The season will start in April, at the Wellington Golf Club in Ostende (Belgium), and will end in November and no doubt will be hard fought.

Germany, Austria, Slovenia and Italy are all introduced as new destinations, and their best holes and facilities will be the battlefield of the best hits of Miller, Persson, McSloy, etc. The LDET season repeats venues such as Prosper Golf Resort (Celadna, Czech Republic) or the Mijas Golf International (Malaga, Spain). In the coming weeks the new cities will be announced to complete an expected and continuously growing circuit.

Britain’s Joe Miller will defend the title as current 2013 European Long Drive champion. Miller won the trophy in the last hit of the season, snatching the crown from Sweden’s Andreas Persson in Torremirona (The LDET Masters Cup). This season many more European players will jump on the Long Drive cart to tour Europe.

Apart from the new competition stages, LDET goes forward into the professionalization of the circuit and will publish, in the coming days, the new tournament regulations. Tee and fairway measurements and players equipment will be regulated to improve the competitiveness and development of each championship. Also, the circuit will still allow the inclusion of amateur players from each country, enabling them to test their skills against Europe’s best.

OFFICIAL CALENDAR LDET 2014

BELGIUM LDET Championship
11-12 April 2014: Wellington Golf, Ostende

GERMANY LDET Championship
9-10 May 2014: Bad Vilbeler Golf Club, Lindenhof

AUSTRIA LDET Championship
30-31 May 2014: GolfClub Römergolf, Eugendorf

UK LDET Championship
June 2014: TBA

SLOVENIA LDET Championship
4-5 July 2014: Golf Arboretum, Volcji Potok

CZECH REPUBLIC LDET Championship
25-26 July 2014: Prosper Golf Resort, Celadna

ITALY LDET Championship
22-23 August 2014: Chervò Golf San Vigilio, Pozzolengo

SPAIN LDET Championship
5-6 September 2014: Los Lagos, Mijas

THE MASTERS LDET CUP
November 2014: TBA

Pictures: LDET.

Por REDACCIÓN