Let's decide the longest hitter in Korea. The No. 1 slugging king challenge! Golf Zone Holds Elite Long Drive Match with Callaway Golf Korea

Jul 21, 2025

Let's decide the longest hitter in Korea. The No. 1 slugging king challenge! Golf Zone Holds Elite Long Drive Match with Callaway Golf Korea



The Golf Zone will host the 「Elite Long Drive Match」 competition with Callaway Golf Korea to select the best long hitter in Korea. The online preliminary round will be held by the end of this month through video reception.

Co-hosted by Callaway Golf Korea and Golf Zone, the `Elite Long Drive Match' is a project to select the best long hitters in the country under the slogan 'Fast, Far, Straight, Challenge for the Long Shot No. 1!'.

Any golfer in the country who is passionate without qualification restrictions can participate. After two weeks of online qualifying from July 18th to 31st, the offline final will be held next month. The total prize money for the tournament is 15 million won. The winner will be given 5 million won in prize money and Callaway elite drivers, and a small amount of prize money and gifts will be provided to all participants in the round of 16.




Golfers who want to participate in the online qualifying round will participate if they log in as members at golf zone parks nationwide and take a video showing their distance record in practice field mode and submit it by e-mail. The top 14 participants in the preliminary record are selected according to the screening criteria. Daily records and qualification rankings will be updated daily at 12:00 p.m. starting July 21.

KPGA Choi Jong-hwan, a total of 11 times winner in the long-distance competition, and KPGA Um Sung-yong, a total of 14 times winner, will go straight to the finals to meet the preliminary winners.

The 14 participants selected in the preliminary round will play the final match at Daejeon Golf Zone Joymaru on August 10 along with Choi Jong-hwan and Um Sung-yong. The quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals will be held through the round of 16, which will be held as a group match on the same day, and the quarterfinals will be broadcast live on YouTube and Screen Golf Zone TV from the quarterfinals.




Son Jang-soon, managing director of the Golf Zone Platform Business Division, said "This elite long drive match is an integrated competition with no restrictions on participation, and I hope any passionate golfer who loves golf will participate and have a special experience."

"The Elite Long Drive Match is a special stage where any golfer can unleash their passion for long shots and the joy of challenging themselves," said Kim Tae-hoon, managing director of marketing at Callaway Golf Korea. "Calaway will continue to work hard to help more golfers experience the fun and emotion of golf through various partnerships in the future."






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.