12. thIRd In touR-leVel top 10s 16. $2 mIllIon
13. the cup stReaK 17. 7 top 10s In 2010
thrift has the third most top 10s in tour-level competition
with 35. he trails andy morgan (37) and Clark Wendlandt
(36). tour-level events include FlW tour majors, opens
and invitationals, FlW Series eastern and Western division
events, ranger m1 millenniums, and Forrest Wood Cups.
thrift hasn’t missed the Forrest Wood Cup since joining
the tour in 2007. in his 10 appearances, he’s never fin-
ished worse than 29th, has made the top 10 eight times
and has four top-five finishes. he hasn’t won it.
14. the top-10 stReaK
thrift set an FlW tour record for consecutive top-10 fin-
ishes earlier this season. the record is five and includes
the 2016 Cup, 2016 FlW tour invitational at lake norman
(which he won) and the first three 2017 tour events. thrift
logged four non-consecutive top-10 finishes in tour com-
petition in 2013, 2015 and 2016.
15. a FRequent RunneR-up
thrift earned three consecutive runner-up finishes in
2017 at the tour event at lake guntersville, the tour
event at lake travis and the Costa FlW Series event at
lake Seminole. he has five previous second-place finishes
with FlW, including going back-to-back at lake eufaula
and grand lake tour events in 2013.
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thrift became the seventh pro to reach the $2 million
earnings mark with FlW when he finished runner-up at
the lake Seminole Costa FlW Series event back in march.
For reference, he reached the $1 million mark with his
third-place finish at the 2012 Forrest Wood Cup.
in 2010, thrift earned seven top-10 finishes in FlW tour
and FlW Series eastern division events combined – the
most in one season in his career.
18. the 2012 season
in 2012, thrift finished seventh in the tour’s aoy standings,
third at the Cup, had the fifth-best season among pros in the
FlW tour opens (there was no official aoy award for opens),
earned two tour top 10s and won the texas bass Classic.
19. comeBacKs
Six of thrift’s seven pro wins have come via final-day
comeback. the list of pros he’s upset: Scott Canterbury,
bradley dortch, troy morrow, mark rose, ron Shuffield
and Jimmy mcmillan.
20. In the moneY
in 127 FlW tournaments fished as a boater – across all
circuits – thrift has finished in the money 102 times.
that’s 80 percent of the time.
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