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Volvik – Official title sponsor of the 2015 Long Drivers European Tour

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March 22, 2015 – The Long Drivers European Tour (LDET) has announced that the Korean company Volvik Inc. will be the official title sponsor of the 2015 season: Volvik LDET 2015. The inaugural eventof the Volvik LDET will take place next 10th & 11th April at Bro Hof Slott with the Sweden LDET Championship.

As a title sponsor, Volvik will also be the official ball of the entire season. Volvik has acquired a reputation based on perfect quality control and innovative development, quickly becoming one of the most significant and trusted golf ball manufacturers in the world.

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For the Korean brand, the tour is a step in its global growth. “We, Volvik Inc., have been investing in bringing in great LPGA Tour golfers for being a top golf company in the world”, says Moon Kyung Ahn, President of Volvik Inc. “Lately, we have been doing our very best to be the market leader in Europe as well as in America. We are expecting LDET to be one of the best solutions to achieve our goals in Europe. We are also hoping that the Long Drive competition will make Volvik the best ball brand for its superior performance”, he adds. The LDET is one of the best levers that the company can have. “If LDET is expanding every year like nowadays, we hope that we can cooperate together in the next year’s too”, he explains.

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This new sponsorship is also a big step for LDET with an aim to further expand the tour in Europe, and soon in the rest of the world. “We are very happy to have Volvik Inc. join the Long Drivers European Tour family by becoming the Title Sponsor of the extremely popular Long Drive tour”, says Xavier Eusebio, General Manager of LDET.

As part of the agreement, Volvik will supply colour golf balls at every event on the tournament schedule and be the Official golf ballfor the LDET 2015 season. The long drivers will hit the model Volvik Vista IV golf ball further than ever before. At the picture Adrián Sánchez, the Spanish Long Driver and one of the contenders for the title of LEDT 2015, with a box of the Volvik Vista IV golf balls.

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Volvik golf ball brand is a product distributed in Spain by Intergolf company.

NINE DESTINATIONS FOR THE LDET 2015

Meanwhile players are already training. The LDET 2015 organization ensures a calendar full of emotions with a season that has scheduled the Netherlands and Estonia as new countries. The kick-off will be in Sweden next 10th and 11th of April, a scenario where the circuit was already present in its first season and where it now returns with great force.

Sweden is the first of nine destinations where hitters amaze us with their bombs. Golfers and long driver lovers will have the opportunity to see them in Estonia, Slovenia, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Spain, France, and a surprise destination outside Europe to finish the season.

The arrival of LDET to these new countries means that the circuit is conquering Europe at high speed. The tour continues its consolidation in many countries like Spain that are backing a championship of Long Drivers European Tour. The Spanish LDET Champ will again be held in Mijas Golf International (Mijas, Málaga) -one of the reference venues of the Costa del Sol- for the third year on 11th and 12th of September.

Among the surprises of the season there is The Masters LDET Cup, a final tournament that last year brought the hitters to Lumine Golf (Tarragona, Spain). This season it will probably be hosted in a country outside the European borders.

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Long Drive – CJ Hellström, champion of The Masters LDET Cup 2014

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November 17, 2014 – CJ Hellström has proclaimed champion of The Masters LDET Cup after winning the Spanish Adrián Sánchez by 2 sets to 1 with a last blow of 352 yards, in the final of the last tournament of the Long Drivers European Tour, held at Lumine Golf on Saturday the 15th.

It was not the best shot of the Swedish this season, but it served to snatch the title from Sánchez’s hands that he seemed to touch. The absence of Joe Miller on the tee has paved the way to other big European hitters.

The competition take place in a special tee designed for this occasion in the 18th hole of Lumine Golf Resort. The skyline of Port Aventura was on the back and The Masters LDET Cup started punctually at 11 am, with a strong and crossed wind that conditioned the flight of the Volvik Vista golf balls, dressed in yellow and orange colours.

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The first bombs of the day in Group 1 came from the English Scott Beaven and the Spanish Adrián Sánchez. Beaven was the best with the longest ball of the day with a shot of 376 yards, winning a prize of a luxury car driving experience sponsored by Rent Bull.Sánchez finished second with a mark of 372y. After the four rounds the best scores of the other players were for the Scottish amateur Martin Rogalski (362y) and the South African Dewald Lubbe (361y), all of them classified for Quarter Finals. The Spanish Sergio González (291y) and the Swedish Goran Hellström (290y) went out of next round.

The hitters had offered their best drives to entertain the spectators at the stand. In Group 2, came in action John McSloy, No.2 of LDET ranking. The Scottish was the third with a mark of 344y. Surprisingly, the first of the group was the Danish amateur long driver Frederik Frost with an incredible bomb of 374y. The other players who were qualified for Quarters were the Swedish CJ Hellström (352y) and the German Timo Petrasch (340y). The Spanish amateur Javier Romera (303y), winner of the Spanish Long Drive LDET Championship 2014 of his category, was eliminated.

The players could follow their swing and fly ball analysis thanks to TrackMan. One of the leader systems in golf stats has left marks as the ball speed. On the amateur category the European Long Drive Champion was the Danish Frederick Frost, who beats the Spanish Javier Romera in one set of six balls with a shot of 350y.

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After lunch, the Quarter Finals played were: Scott Beaven vs. Timo Petrasch, CJ Hellström vs. Martin Rogalski, Frederik Frost vs. Dewald Lubbe and Adrián Sánchez vs. one of the front-runners, John McSloy.

In the semifinal, we saw two high voltage duels. In one of them, Hellström needed three sets to beat Beaven. And in the other, Adrián Sánchez, cheered on by a large group of supporters, got the spot to the final after winning Lubbe in three sets. In the fight for the third place, the English won.

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The big final of the last tournament of the season was very exciting on the tee and on for the crowd. The wind slackened and CJ Hellström needed three sets to break the hopes of Adrian Sánchez.

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The English Joe Miller did not participated but he came to pick up the check of 10,000 € and the cup that crowns him as the European Long Drive Champion 2014, title already certified in France last month.