South Taranaki XDL Championship 2023

South Taranaki XDL Championship 2023

The weather may not have exactly played the game in South Taranaki on the 1st of April, but the big hitters still came out in force and showed what the sport of Long Drive Golf has to offer. 23 competitors used the Regional Event to Qualify for the North vs South Champs, National Event being held in Auckland on October 29th 2023.

       Long Blacks Sam Jones (Pictured above)and George Waddell (Pictured right ) duelled it out again in similar fashion to last year’s event, with a change of the title holder, this year going to Sam Jones with an impressive 335 metre drive.  Local legend Jake Parker (Pictured below) of Hawera took the Men’s Open Title with his best efforts and Former Rugby League player turned Long Drive Golfer Brent Snooks held off stiff competition to take the 45+ Division, while another local legend Kylie Lodge won the Women’s Title.

This has been the second year the regional event has been run at Fairfield Roads Hawera Golf Club with a huge following starting to grow for the event which wouldn’t be possible with our sponsors Wilson, Malone Golf, Hawera Welders, Game Changer, Bunnings, Rough Habits Restaurant and Bar, Pak n Save Hawera, Supercheap Auto’s, Z Hawera and Long Drive NZ.