Sholar, Morris compete at long drive golf event

Trigg County's Jackie Sholar advanced past the first round of the Re/Max Long Drive Competition in Nevada last week, but could go no further.

Sholar competed in the senior division of the event, held in Mesquite, Nevada.  In the first round held Wednesday, Sholar advanced with the long drive of the round, 358 yards.  In the second round, he tied for the long drive at 337 yards.  However, he didn't advance when his drives in the next round were out of bounds.

On Friday, Mike Morris competed in the Open Division and hit his drive 350 yards, which was sixth-best in his group and 17 yards short of advancing to the next round.

First place in the Open Division took home $125,000.