CHATSWORTH, Calif. — Affectionately known as the ‘Grandpa of Long Drive,’ 2003 RE/MAX World Super Senior Division champion, Fred Hooter has announced that he is joining the Alpha Team and that he will play an Alpha Golf Version 2 driver (425cc) to defend his title in the RE/MAX World Championship in Mesquite, Nev., later this month.

Competing in Long Drive since 1979, Hooter is perhaps the most experienced Long Drive player actively competing on the Long Drivers of America (LDA) Tour. He won the 1999 RE/MAX World Long Drive Senior Champion title with a 383-yard drive, and then claimed the 2003 RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship (Super Senior division) with an inspiring 345-yard, 11-inch blast. He is now playing the Alpha Version 2 driver which features a two-piece head construction with a forged 15-3-3-3 Beta Titanium face and a unique high-polished, black finish.

”This Alpha club (Version 2) is really impressive and I’m switching,” says the 61-year-old Hooter, who has competed in Long Drive since 1979. “It’s more solid than any club I’ve ever hit, and the black-finished head represents pure power to me. It’s a classic-looking club with a forgiving sweet spot, and it looks real nice sitting there ready to rumble.”

Alpha Golf’s dedication to performance and distance has produced driver designs so superior that the results have attracted some of the biggest names in Long Drive. More than a half-dozen past and present RE/MAX World Long Drive champions — power hitters such as Mike Gorton, Carl Wolter, Greg Wellong, Vince Howell — and dozens more have joined the Alpha Team to compete in a sport most often won by feet and inches, rather than yards.

To learn more about the Alpha Version 2 driver and/or other Alpha Golf products, call 800.222.1186 or visit alphagolfclubs.com/.