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CENTRAL DIVISION Table Rock Lake, Branson, Mo. 4/19 - 4/21 Lake Barkley, Cadiz, Ky. 6/7 - 6/9 Lake of the Ozarks, Osage Beach, Mo. 10/11 - 10/13 THRIFT WINS RANGER CUP PRIZE FLW Tour Angler of the Year Bryan Thrift was presented with a certificate for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-hp Evinrude outboard by Ranger Boats Senior Marketing Manager/Promotions Scott Arms at the Forrest Wood Cup pre-tourna- ment banquet for being the highest-finishing Ranger Cup angler on the FLW Tour in 2017. Other anglers who earned Ranger Cup prizes for their season-long per- formance were Jeff Sprague ($10,000), David Dudley ($8,000), Cody Meyer ($7,000) and Shane LeHew ($5,000). Since 2000, the Ranger Cup contingency program has paid out about $17.5 mil- lion in prize money. PHOTO BY 2018 COSTA FLW SERIES SCHEDULE NORTHERN DIVISION Lake Champlain, Plattsburgh, N.Y. 6/21 - 6/23 Lake Erie, Buffalo, N.Y. 7/26 - 7/28 1000 Islands, Clayton, N.Y. 9/6 - 9/8 SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION Lake Okeechobee, Okeechobee, Fla. 1/4 - 1/6 Lake Seminole, Bainbridge, Ga. 3/1 - 3/3 Santee Cooper, Summerton, S.C. 4/5 - 4/7 SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION Sam Rayburn, Jasper, Texas 2/15 - 2/17 Grand Lake, Grove, Okla. 3/22 - 3/24 Fort Gibson Lake, Wagoner, Okla. 10/4 - 10/6 WESTERN DIVISION Lake Havasu, Lake Havasu City, Ariz. 2/8 - 2/10 Clear Lake, Lakeport, Calif. 5/10 - 5/12 RANGER, FLW EXTEND PARTNERSHIP FLW also announced at the Forrest Wood Cup that it had reached an agree- ment with Ranger Boats to extend the sponsor partnership between the two com- panies. It’s the longest-running such sponsorship in the bass tournament industry. SOUTH CAROLINA MAN WINS FANTASY FISHING POINTS TITLE Gary McGlohorn of Batesburg, S.C., is $10,000 richer after winning the sea- son-long points title for FLW Fantasy Fishing. He also won the Mississippi River Fantasy Fishing top prize back in May, which earned him $5,000. “I started playing FLW Fantasy Fishing five or six years ago, but this is the first year I stayed with it through the entire season,” says McGlohorn. “I had a rough start, but after three good tournaments I was back in it. That’s why it’s impor- tant to play all the way through the season. It only takes a few good finishes to be back in the running for some big money.” California Delta, Bethel Island, Calif. 9/27 - 9/29 COSTA FLW SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP Lake Guntersville, Guntersville, Ala. 11/1 - 11/3 OCtOber 2017 I FLWFISHING.COM 13