Kyle Wilson, a starter at Costa Mesa...

Kyle Wilson, a starter at Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club, bested 34

golfers to win the open division at the inaugural American Long

Drivers Association national finals that concluded Sunday at Primm

Valley Golf Club in Primm, Nev.

Wilson, 30, went through five rounds of the winner’s bracket and

defeated Huntington Beach’s Jeff Farley, who finished in the top five

at the ReMax World Long Drive finals in October, in the championship

round.

Each golfer hit six balls per round in the match-play event, with

two counting toward the player’s aggregate score.

Wilson, who reached the fourth round of the world championships

last year, said he averaged between 370 and 385 yards per drive at

Primm.

At a separate event on Friday, Wilson topped the field in the

first round of qualifying for this fall’s world finals following a

403-yard drive. *

All Secure Horizons members or guests eligible for Medicare will

be admitted free of charge on Thursday, March 17 during Toshiba

Senior Classic week.

Patrons may either show their membership cards or, if one is

eligible for Medicare, stop by the Secure Horizons courtesy booth

located at the front gate to pick up a complimentary voucher and

receive free general admission to the second round of the Toshiba

Senior Classic Pro-Am.

The Pro-Am will have shotgun starts at 7 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. and

feature a Champions Tour professional paired with an amateur

foursome. It’s a fun day for everyone and patrons can get

up-close-and-personal with such Champions Tour stars as Fuzzy

Zoeller, Hale Irwin, Tom Watson and Chi Chi Rodriguez, to name a few.