Long Drive Professional
Mathew “HOSS” Vilade
Sends Scruffy 385 yards!
If you just look at me you can see why I can hit a long drive and why people call me Hoss. I have
known a few other guys with the same name, but none like the "HOSS' I am about to introduce to you!
Mathew “Hoss” Vilade and I became pals through Scruffy and let me tell you…he is the real deal,
- just listen to this. He lives in Texas, because New Jersey wasn’t big enough; he can hit a golf ball
incredibly hard and unbelievably far! Just between you and me, with a swing speed of 150 mph and a
ball speed of 215 mph and all that meat…what would you expect?
(Side Bar - click below on "Striking the Ball" for a tip on how to hit a long drive from Mat "Hoss" Vilade!)
Mat holds the RE/MAX Mesquite Grid record with a drive of 473 yards!!
That’s right - I said 473 yards! That is 1,419 foot-long hot dogs all lined up end to end! (I got that little
tidbit from
Count).
Mat is a Professional Long Driver, a Professional Sports Entertainer, member of
UST
High Performance Driving team and a member of the 2009 ALPHA Long Drive Team. With finishes of 19th overall on the 2007 LDA tour and 3rd Place at the Diamond in the Desert, he earned a spot at the World Finals (October 22-27, 2007).
In case you aren't familiar with this competition, let me give you a little background information.
The RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship brings together an international field of golf's biggest
hitters. It offers long drive's largest purse, $550,000, and pays the open division champion a cool $125K. In the sport of professional long drive, the RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship is the red carpet
event. It's the Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Golden Globe, all rolled up into one. In a word, it's huge, and
takes place in scenic Mesquite, Nevada is where long drive careers are launched and reputations are made. The 2007 RE/MAX WLDC aired on December 25th and we hope you were watching.
I know you will want to join me and the Pals in congratulating Mat "Hoss" Vilade on his performance
at this Championship and to let him know that we are proud of him!
The Pals also want to congratulate Mat and his wife Danielle on becoming the proud parents of future long
drive champion, Cooper Hudson, born January 29th 2008.
Mathew has sort of adopted me as his new best “cartoon character” friend...he has my mug shot
hanging in his office and has even had some folks thinking it is a caricature of him...can you imagine that? Anyway,
Scruffy sent Mat some Scruffy & Pals golf balls and asked if he would test drive them. He agreed and,
during a recent Shriner's Children's Hospital fund raising event in which he participated, he teed up
Scruffy and sent him screaming 385 yards! Here is what he had to say...“Scruffy spun a little bit
more than I would have liked, but I got him out there at 385 and change.”
385 yards!...that is the length of three football fields plus Tiger Wood’s yacht and 49 foot long hot dogs!
So, buy some of our golf balls...they are not just for collecting...they really perform...just ask Mat.
In the left photo below, you will see Mat at address with Scruffy on the tee. In the right photo, the crowd at the Shriner's Charity event watch as Mat winds up his backswing for the launch that sent Scruffy sailing!
Here are Mathew’s Bio and Stats:
Home Town: Gladstone, NJ
Current Residence: Hideaway, TX
Family: Danielle Vilade (Wife) Cooper (Son)
Height: 6 ft
Weight: 275 lbs
2006 RE/MAX World Long Drive Finalist
2006 Multiple RE/MAX Sectional Qualifiers (1st place)
2006 Regional Finalist (2 Regions)
2006 St.Louis Regional Championship (2nd)
2007 LDA Tour Desert Launch Finalist (10Th)
2007 LDA Diamond in the Desert (3rd)
*Set the Palms RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship Grid record with a drive of 473+ yards
2007 US Long Drive Tour Finalist Ceadertown, Georgia
2007 RE/MAX World Long Drive Finalist
*Featured on the ESPN Worldwide Telecasts
2007 Finished Top 20 on the official LDA Tour money list
2007/2008/2009 UST TEAM / STAFF PLAYER
2008 LDA Texas Two Ball (5th)
2008 Multiple RE/MAX Sectional Qualifiers (1st place)
WHAT'S IN MAT'S BAG:
ALPHA C830.2 4.0*-6.5*
UST V2 LD3
Top Swing speed: 149.4 velocity
Top ball speed: 215 velocity
Longest Drive: 473 yards Mesquite, NV Feb, 11 2007
Over ten 400 + yard drives in competition
Handicap 6
Former Club Professional Neshanic Valley, NJ
Former Professional Club Fitter in Callaway Performance Center.
Mat has been a special Olympics coach, which gives a great example of the kind of heart he has for
those in need. He was an accomplished bowler on the NBT Tour and has also held the title of New Jersey
State Heavyweight Tae Kwon Do Champion and District Wrestling Champion. He is a member of the
UST HIGH PERFORMANCE DRIVING TEAM.
And now he is an official member of Team Scruffy & Pals!
Mat has agreed to give us some tips on how to hit a long drive. Click below for his lessons.
Before you leave this page, why not visit our
Pro Shop
and order a sleeve of Scruffy and Pals golf balls to use at your next golf outing? Mat's test drive is proof that they are a quality product and they may
even give you the jump start you need for your game. Please remember to carefully place us on the tee so we are facing
down the fairway. We hate getting hit in the face with those big-headed drivers!
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