Long Drivers European Tour

GERMANY LDET - Official hotel - Heide Hotel Klütz

A peaceful countryside hotel near Golf Burgwedel

Heide Hotel Klütz is a family-run hotel and restaurant located in the quiet village of Fuhrberg, part of Burgwedel, conveniently situated between Hanover and Celle. Combining modern comfort with a charming rural atmosphere, the hotel is an ideal choice for business travelers, trade fair visitors, families, tourists, and guests seeking a relaxing countryside stay.
Guests can enjoy traditional regional and seasonal cuisine in the hotel's restaurant, relax in the beer garden during the warmer months, or unwind in the traditional tavern. A rich breakfast buffet is included in the room

Book your stay: https://www.europeanlongdrivers.com/tournaments/germany-ldet-2026/

🤝 New Partner:𝗕𝗥𝗗 𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘀 becomes the Official Grip of the Tour

The Italian brand becomes part of the Long Drivers European Tour in a landmark season that continues to attract players from across the globe 🌍, while the tour is already looking ahead to its expansion beyond the continent 🚀.

➡️ All LDET members will receive the brand’s grips, helping them swing faster, hit the ball farther, and compete even more strongly for victory 🏆.

🎙️ 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗥𝗗?
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘙𝘋 𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳. 𝘉𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦’𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘉𝘙𝘋 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵-𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵: 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥, 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 — 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘉𝘙𝘋 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘧 ⛳.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗥𝗗 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀?
𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘟1-𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘱 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 “𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩.” 𝘣𝘺 𝘉𝘙𝘋 𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘳𝘢-𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘮 𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦

World Ranking Points 🌍

📉 James Tait is back on top as Europe’s leading player in the World Rankings. After winning the FRANCE LDET, he rises to No. 19 in the world and becomes once again 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭-𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 🇪🇺

Runner-up Aaron Martin enters the World Rankings at No. 73 after a strong performance in France.

Welsh player Bry Roberts and Belgium’s Roekaerts Florent each earned 25 points. Bry moves up to 51st position, while Florent climbs to No. 93, entering the world’s Top 100.

Aaron Lennie , Andrew Godbold and Billy Truman also climbed the World Rankings after earning 10 points each at the FRANCE LDET.
Jonathan Hulin joins the elite group of world-ranked players, entering the rankings at No. 130 with 10 points.

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LDET players are making strong progress in the World Rankings 🌍

James Tait leads the group at No. 19, followed by Matthew Kindou at No. 25 and Luke Curtis at No. 28.

Lennie, Godbold, Truman and Roberts are also well positioned inside the Top 55, while Aaron Martin enters the rankings at No. 73 and Florent Roekaerts reaches the Top 100 at No. 93.

Several LDET players are now ranked at No. 130, showing the growing presence of LDET athletes on the world stage.

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NOTE: Last year, LDET players did not receive WLDR World Ranking points, which meant they were unable to climb higher in the table. Starting this season, LDET players now accumulate official ranking points.

Full Ranking: https://www.worldlongdrive.com/elite

🔥 Three players from the Long Drivers European Tour have secured direct qualification to the World Long Drive

Aaron Lennie (NIR) , Andrew Godbold (USA) and Billy Truman (WAL) earned their spots at the FRANCE LDET tournament and will now compete among the best long drivers in the world at the World Championship this October in the USA. 🇺🇸

The three players shared their excitement after qualifying for the World Championship:

🎙️ A. Lennie:
“𝘊𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥! 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘺 4𝘵𝘩 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘋𝘌𝘛 𝘛𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨! 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦!”

🎙️ A. Godbold:
“𝘘𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 2026 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘓𝘋𝘌𝘛 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳.”

🎙️ B. Truman:
“𝘉𝘶𝘻𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘓𝘋𝘌𝘛 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵, 𝘭𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘨𝘰!”

Congratulations!👏

📉 An incredible battle is unfolding in the European rankings! 🔥🏆

Bry Roberts is the 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿. The Welshman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 takes the top spot in the European rankings after back-to-back third-place finishes in Italy and last weekend in France.

Aaron Lennie stays in second place, while Belgian amateur Roekaerts Florent moves up to third. ⬆️

James Tait’s victory on his debut moves him into 14th place. 👏

Extra points for the Longest Drive in France: James Tait (+100) & Billy Truman (+50). 🚀

The top 10 players at the end of the season will qualify for THE MASTERS. 🎟️🏌️

In the Amateur category, the final from last April in Italy was repeated, but this time there was revenge as Belgium’s Florent Roekaerts defeated England’s Harley Sandford by 2 sets to 1. Roekaerts now leads the amateur rankings following his victory.

Austrian 🇦🇹 player Gerhard Fröhlich sits in third place.