THACKERVILLE, Okla. - The World Long Drive Championship took a page out of the Major League Baseball Home Run Derby’s playbook this year, and the result was, if not a four-bagger, at least a double off the wall.
With the change to a shot clock instead of a set number of balls, players had as many attempts as they could squeeze into two minutes and 45 seconds, plus an extra try if they were still behind, and it resulted in everything from fist-pumping drives blasted nearly 400 yards to soul-crushing losses that came down to inches.