World Long Drive makes its return this weekend, teeing off in Mesquite, Nevada, for its first tournament of the year.
 
WLD Mesquite will feature six former long drive champions — Kyle Berkshire, Martin Borgmeier, Maurice Allen, Justin James, Phillis Meti, and Sandra Carlborg — and is the first of 12 events domestically that will culminate with the Championship on October 18-22 in Atlanta, Georgia. 
The Men’s Open Division will have 24 of the top 25 ranked World Long Drive competitors battling for the first title of the season. World No. 1 Kyle Berkshire has won three championships in four years and holds a career-best drive of 492 yards. Defending World Long Drive champion Martin Borgmeier earned the title last season with a distance of 426 yards.
A star-studded Women’s Division brings back one of the biggest names in the sport as Sandra Carlborg, a six-time world champion who captured the first two world championship titles of her career in Mesquite, returns to play in her first event since  having her second child. Three-time World Long Drive champion Phillis Meti enters WLD Mesquite ranked No. 3 in the world.
2023 WLD Mesquite Event Schedule (all times Pacific)

Friday, March 10
7:00 a.m. – Range Opens
8:00 a.m. – Regional Qualifier

Saturday, March 11
7:00 a.m. – Range Opens
8:00 a.m. – Open Division Round 1, Group 1
9:45 a.m. – Open Division Round 1, Group 2
12:00 p.m. – Open Division Round 1, Group 3
2:00 p.m. – Amateur Division

Sunday, March 12
7:00 a.m. – Range Opens
8:00 a.m. – Open Division Round 2
10:30 a.m. – Senior Division
1:00 p.m. – Women’s Division
3:30 p.m. – Open Division
5:00 p.m. – Open Division Quarterfinals
5:30 p.m. – Open Division Finals
5:40 p.m. – Trophy Ceremony

 

Player Pairings (by seed)

Open Division
Group 1

(1) Kyle Berkshire              (9) Sam Judah
(2) Colton Casto                 (10) Taiga Tazawa
(3) Justin James                (11) Stephen Kois
(4) Ryan Gregnol                (12) Wes Campeau
(5) George Haggerty          (13) Victor Bourget
(6) Isaiah Joyner                (14) Karter Adams
(7) Bryce Verplank              (15) Jack Smith
(8) Jeremy Nowak              (16) Keith Hawkins

Open Division
Group 2

(1) Scottie Pearman              (9) Cody Billingshurst
(2) Reid Russell                    (10) Wes Patterson
(3) Josh Koch                        (11) Tomorhiro Toyonaga
(4) Sean Johnson                  (12) Naoto Misumi
(5) Will Hogue                       (13) Jeff Schmuck
(6) Jacob Golliday                (14) David Waud
(7) Mark Costello                  (15) Avery Wisler
(8) Dwight Riddle                (16) Matt Stubbs

Open Division
Group 3

(1) Brandon Flynn                (9) Hunter Noell
(2) Martin Borgmeier          (10) Scott Littlefield
(3) Ryan Reisbeck                (11) Bryan Kelly
(4) Zack Holton                    (12) Kyle Gabbard
(5) Landon Gentry               (13) Andrew Fernandes
(6) Rob Tiettmeyer              (14) Sebastian Twaddell
(7) Colton Kalkanis              (15) Trevor Scott
(8) Bobby Ray                        (16) Dan Konyk

Women’s Division

(1) Devon Casazza                               (9) Monica Borowicz-Cheney
(2) Kelly Rudney                                 (10) Melissa Steck
(3) Phillis Meti                                     (11) Sofia Arthur
(4) Gabi Powell                                    (12) Sandra Carlborg
(5) Monica Lieving                              (13) Averee Dovsek
(6) Ali Mulhall                                     (14) Sara Graham
(7) Savannah Meyer-Clement           (15) Anna Drahos
(8) Mary Driscoll                                 (16) Cassandra Meyer

Senior Division

(1) Zac Adams                      (9) Daryl McCummings
(2) Jeff Gavin                       (10) Rick Scarfia

(3) Jon Graves                      (11) Ernie Guimond
(4) Bill Ebersole                   (12) Terry Allison
(5) George Nagy                   (13) Kevin Kemp
(6) Mark Lawrence              (14) Stephen Lowe
(7) Chris Campbell              (15) Robert Oristaglio
(8) Daniel Beck                    (16) Jason Atkins

Amateur Division

Group A
Alex Long
Kauner Kay
Justin Balaga
James McDade

Group B
Andrew Eigner
Connor Sterritt
Chase Noell
Eric Lunt

Group C
Mitch Erekson
Clint Oliver
Michael Freeman
Bryan Rafferty

Group D
Torrez Thomas
Jeff Allen
Marc Foto
Dane Rafferty

Group E
Jack Abbott
Matthew Love
Sandy Porter
Kobe Carter

Group F
Avery Wisler
Paden Vendrely
Michael Bacon
Jay Heath