LDA to donate unclaimed prize money to charities

The Long Drivers of America, based in Roanoke, will donate $70,000 of unclaimed prize money from the 2010 Re/Max World Long Drive Championship to various charities, including the Children’s Miracle Network, Autism Society of America and Wounded Warrior Project. The funds were available because Domenic Mazza, 16, chose to retain his amateur status rather than accept a $70,000 check for finishing second in the Open Division at last week’s world championship event in Mesquite, Nev. Mazza is a two-sport standout in high school (baseball, golf) who is pondering a college career.

_ Jimmy Burch