[0] Top Bass Anglers Gear Up for $1 Million Wal-Mart Open.Business Editors GILBERTSVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2001 A top award of $200,000 will be at stake April 25-28 when 350 of the nation's top bass anglers visit Beaver Lake Beaver Lake may refer to:
FLW Forrest L Wood (fishing tournament) FLW Fort Leonard Wood (US Army) FLW Famous Last Words FLW Four Letter Word FLW Final Weight Tour's fourth annual Wal-Mart Open - a $1 million event that signals the midpoint mid·point n. 1. Mathematics The point of a line segment or curvilinear arc that divides it into two parts of the same length. 2. A position midway between two extremes. of the 2001 season. Already, the 2001 season has been one for the record books. Chevy Pro Staff angler David Fritts of Lexington, N.C., won the season opener on Lake Okeechobee Noun 1. Lake Okeechobee - a lake in southeast Florida to the north of the Everglades Okeechobee Everglade State, FL, Florida, Sunshine State - a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states and raised the tour's all-time win mark to four after a three-year absence from the winner's circle win·ner's circle n. pl. winners' circles An enclosed area at a racetrack where the winning horse and jockey are brought for awards and publicity. Noun 1. . Team Timex pro Tommy Biffle of Wagoner, Okla., broke his string of three second-place finishes with a hard-fought win on the Pascagoula River, but only after Johnny McCombs of Morris, Ala., who had enough weight to win, was disqualified dis·qual·i·fy tr.v. dis·qual·i·fied, dis·qual·i·fy·ing, dis·qual·i·fies 1. a. To render unqualified or unfit. b. To declare unqualified or ineligible. 2. for late check-in. And most recently, Tokyo native Takahiro Omori, who now resides in Emory, Texas Emory is a city in Rains County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,021 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Rains CountyGR6. Previously known as Springville, the city is named after Emory Rains who was a great legislator from the area. , became the first Japanese national to win a Wal-Mart FLW Tour event when he knocked off fishing legends Guido Hibdon of Gravois Mills, Mo., and Rick Clunn of Ava, Mo., on Lake Martin. Several records will be in jeopardy at the Wal-Mart Open as well. A victory by Clunn would be his fourth and would boost his career Wal-Mart FLW Tour earnings to a record $924,600. Clunn, who leads the Land O'Lakes Angler of the Year points race by one point over Ricky Shumpert of Lexington, S.C., won last year's Wal-Mart Open. He also has finished in the top 10 a record 13 times and advanced to the top five a record 10 times. His 2000 win on Beaver Lake started an unprecedented streak that includes six top-10 finishes in the last seven Wal-Mart FLW Tour events. Three hundred and fifty anglers representing 35 states will be competing in two divisions on Beaver Lake. The winning pro will take home $200,000 - one of the richest cash awards in bass fishing - and the winning co-angler will collect $40,000. Only the top 10 anglers in each 175-person division will fish during the one-day semifinal round. Co-angler competition ends after the semifinal round, and the top five pros advance to the final day of competition. Competition will begin at 6:30 a.m. April 25-26 at Prairie Creek Park in Rogers. The park will also host weigh-ins April 25-26 starting at 3 p.m. Takeoff from the park April 27 is scheduled for 8 a.m. followed by the semifinal round weigh-in at 5 p.m. at the Wal-Mart Supercenter located at 2110 West Walnut in Rogers. Immediately following the weigh-in country sensation Kenny Chesney will perform a free concert live from the Wal-Mart parking lot. The concert will be broadcast nationwide over the Wal-Mart Television network starting at 7:30 EST EST electroshock therapy. EST abbr. electroshock therapy . Wal-Mart will also host the final weigh-in April 28 at 3:30 p.m. |
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