Pearman wins long driving event

Scottie Pearman, a Randleman native, won the World Long Drive Association Elite Division title on Sunday at the Bluff City Shootout near Memphis, Tennessee, with a drive of 357 yards, beating Colton Casto of Hobe Sound, Florida, in the finals.

The victory was the first on the WLD tour this year for Pearman, who has finished in the top eight of every event he’s entered this year.

Pearman is listed as No. 5 in the most recent WLD rankings. Casto was listed as No. 2 in the WLD rankings.