ROANOKE, TEXAS (Dec. 17, 2008) – Brian Pavlet will be inducted into the Long Drivers of America Hall of Fame next fall during the 2009 RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship finals in Mesquite, Nevada.
Pavlet, 41, becomes the 12th individual awarded long drive’s highest honor. He earns a lifetime exemption to the RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship, as well as to all other LDA-sanctioned events.
A former University of Nevada-Reno baseball player, Pavlet shot to prominence by winning the U.S. National Long Drive Championship (forerunner of the RE/MAX WLDC) in 1993.
Over the past 15 years, Pavlet has a compiled an impressive record at the RE/MAX world finals. He was runner-up in 1999 and 2001, third in 1997 and 2002. Pavlet also made the top five in 1995 and 1998.
In 2003, Pavlet enjoyed a spectacular season on the LDA Tour that included wins in Boston, Minneapolis, and Sacramento and a runner-up finish at the LDA Tour Championship in Dallas.
Pavlet, a member of the elite Pinnacle Distance Team and a professional golf entertainer, lives with his wife, Lisa, and sons, Tyler and Zane, in the Phoenix suburb of Litchfield Park.
The list of LDA Hall of Fame members, with the year of their induction, includes:
Scott DeCandia (1996)
Mike Gorton (1996)
Art Sellinger (2000)
Bobby Wilson (2000)
Sean Fister (2002)
Michael Hooper (2002)
Jason Zuback (2003)
Mike Reagan (2004) ***
Evan Williams (2005)
Fred Hooter (2005)
Stacey Shinnick (2007)
Brian Pavlet (2009)
***Honorary Member
Contact:
Russ Pate (817) 819-4547 or
Gretchen Welde (888) 233-4654
