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PRO
2.5 Sweeps 2000 Re/Max Long Drive Championships
 Harrison
Sports, Inc. is proud to announce the outstanding achievement of
winning the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishes at the 2000 Re/Max World
Long Drive Championships in Mesquite, Nevada. Viktor
Johansson, of Sweden, unseated the defending champion using a Harrison’s
55" PRO 2.5 Xtra cut to a length of 50". Johansson’s
final round drive of 315 yards into 25 mile per hour head winds
beat the runner up by one yard. Johansson thrilled the crowd in
earlier rounds with drives of 407 and 414 yards, the longest ball
in this year’s competition. Both drives flew far beyond any
others in their group and brought the raucous crowd to its feet.
Viktor’s
"viktory" makes it an astounding seven out of the last
eight years that a Harrison Pro 2.5 has won the World Long Drive
Championship. The 6’7" Johansson turned professional just
before the final round and will be with Harrison when he defends
his title in 2001. Harrison also extends its congratulations to
John Justice for taking third place using our Pro 2.5 FL Lite shaft.
Harrison’s
sweep of this year’s championships is especially gratifying
as our competition was more aggressive than ever in their pursuit
of the sport’s best athletes. Despite these efforts, Harrison
shafts were used by 28 (almost half) of the 64 entrants in this
year’s finals. Veterans Gerry James, Tommy Kim, Vince Ciurluini,
Kevin Wooten, Vince Howell and Andy Johnson were back with Team
Harrison.
Newcomers Chad
Roberts, Paul MacKay, J.J. Skramstad, Brad Peterson, Kevin Blenkhorn
and Neil Leslie were welcome additions. Especially notable was Dan
Scardina, who made it to the semi-finals using a 68" Harrison
Pro 2.5 4X shaft. Also noteworthy was Davyn Nola who came from New
Zealand to fulfill his dream and did very well.
Harrison’s
reign in long drive is evidenced by the fact that no shaft has been
used in competition more than the Pro 2.5 over the last eight years.
Harrison builds shafts to achieve its most important goal: Winning.
We are beginning to think that we must be on to something. Congratulations
to all Harrison Long Drive Team
members on another outstanding year!
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