Garner, Berkshire claim 2019 World Long Drive Championship

THACKERVILLE, Okla. – The 2019 World Long Drive season wrapped up in spectacular fashion, with Chloe Garner (Somerset West, South Africa) and Kyle Berkshire (Orlando, Fla.) cementing themselves as the latest duo to join the select club of World Long Drive Champions.

Garner found redemption in the championship match against Phillis Meti (Auckland, New Zealand) after finishing runner-up to the No. 1 ranked hitter in the Women’s Division in the season-culminating event two of the previous three years.

“That was unbelievable,” said Garner. “I felt really good going into it. I felt like I had found a good rhythm. I think maybe Phillis felt a bit more pressure having to back up those titles,…