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.
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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
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