Press Release

Bang Staffer Johnny Schiano Qualified for 2009 Remax World Long Drive Champion Finals

Bang Golf staffer Johnny Schiano who is a professional golfer and long drive competitor has qualified for the world finals of the 2009 Remax World Long Drive Championship. This will be his second consecutive year competing at the finals for the 22 year old.

Johnny buzzed through the locals with a drive of 372 yards. and then came in 9th at the northeast regional to take a spot at the world finals.

He made it to the end of the 4th round last year at the worlds with a best drive of 371yds before getting knocked out by 6 yards. to progress to the 6th round. The veteran has competed in the long drive circuit since he was 18 years old where he started at the Remax Junior World Long Drive Championship just missing the ¼ finals. He has won the locals for the northeast regional 4 years in a row and won the southeast local this year. He was a semi-finalist at the 2006 regional, the year he turned professional and was sponsored to play tour golf.

The 6’1” 177lb. professional golfer is best known for being a three time international junior champion and one of the top golfers in the northeast. He attended Iona College on scholarship before turning professional in 2006 at 19 years old. He came out touring being fully sponsored by multi-million dollar companies including developers, contractors and CEO’s. He later became sponsored by Edra Blixeth and Jack Scalia, a duo characterized by billion dollar assets and a legend in the modeling and acting world.

Johnny has played professionally the last 3 years playing the New England and Metropolitan sections. Next year he has a new schedule consisting of 5 Nationwide Tour and 5 PGA Tour Monday qualifiers, along with many mini-tour events. He has been very successful touring with top 10’s and many top 20’s.

Johnny’s clubhead speed peaks out at about 140mph which makes the ball come off at a blistering 202mph. He is pound to pound the top 10 longest hitter in the world and is getting stronger and faster each year. His max bench press is 315lbs. and military pressed 200lbs.

Schiano is using the Bang Bangster 9.5 degree driver head with the new Bang Fast 50” XX ½ flex shaft. He says he loves the way the ball springs off the Bangster’s face. The shaft allows him to maintain his accuracy and keeps the backspin low so the ball hits the ground and rolls forever. He says it’s the best shaft, head combination he has ever had. Good luck to Bang Golf staffer Johnny Schiano at the 2009 Remax World Long Drive Championship at Mesquite, Nevada on October 25-30.

Bang Golf Has Won a New World Long Drive Championship

Lana Lawless, Bang Golf staffer, has won the RE/MAX World Long Drive Champion at woman's division. Her drives during the competition while using the Bang storm were 308, 309, 295, 324, and her longest shot was 335 yards.

During the finals, Lana was able to still drive the ball 254 yards into a 30-40 MPH wind that was blowing directly into her face...! Beating the 250 yard drive of 2006 world champion Phillis Meti... Lana hit her best score of 335 yards during the competitions.

Bang Golf Won the European Champion!

Bang is the longest drive in Europe for 2008!

Bang Golf has done it again by winning the Remax European finals Open Division held at Whittlebury Park country club, Northants.

Our congratulations go to Mikael Lindblom, using the BangStorm driver, who made some magnificent drives into a difficult wind approaching the grid from a 2 o'clock position, with 360 meters being the winning drive, and that was virtually all carry!

Congratulations also go to Adam Stacey who finished second in a fierce battle in the final playoff.

We were in a very strong position, with no fewer than 60% of the drivers in play being Bang, the rest of the field were using Cobra, Callaway, T/M etc. Another notable achievement was that 7 out of 10 players chose to use the UST V2 LD shaft. UST Europe is now part of the Bang Golf European distributor, Allied Golf Group and/or MacLeonard Golf.

Five of our European players have now qualified for the RE/MAX world long drive final in Mesquite, Nevada, USA in October, and we wish them every success.