Florida's Cypress Gardens to Host World's Richest Bass Tournament.FLIPPIN, Ark.--(BW SportsWire)--June 16, 1999-- Ranger Boats of Flippin, Arkansas Flippin is a city in Marion County, Arkansas, United States. In 2005, the census estimated Flippin population at 1,396. Geography Flippin is located on a major non-interstate highway, US 412/62, in the Ozark Mountains near the South Shore of Bull Shoals Lake. , has announced the selection of Florida's Cypress Gardens This article is about the Florida theme park. For the South Carolina botanical garden, see Cypress Gardens (South Carolina). Cypress Gardens Adventure Park (formerly Cypress Gardens) is a theme park near Winter Haven, Florida in the United States. as the official host site of the $3.5 million Ranger Millennium M1bass tournament to be held November 4-7, 1999. The lucrative tournament, presented by Wal-Mart, will be the richest bass tournament in history and features the largest cash payouts in sport fishing history, with a first place guarantee of $400,000, and an opportunity to win up to $1 million. Participants in the prestigious tournament will be those Ranger boat owners who qualify to compete by participating in qualifying tournaments being held by more than 20 bass fishing organizations throughout America. The field for the historic bass tournament will include 200 bass anglers competing in a Professional Division and 200 anglers in a Co-Angler Division. "To provide America's fishermen the opportunity to compete for these unprecedented cash awards, in a sport that, I believe, is finally getting its true recognition as a participant and spectator sport, is the realization of one of my long held dreams," said Irwin Jacobs The name Irwin Jacobs refers to multiple people
Cypress Gardens President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Bill Reynolds said, "This is a great opportunity, not only for Cypress Gardens, but for all of our neighbors on the Winter Haven Winter Haven, resort city (1990 pop. 24,725), Polk co., central Fla; settled 1883. It is a marketing, processing, and shipping center for one of the state's chief citrus-fruit regions, with fruit-canning plants and packing houses. chain of lakes Chain of Lakes is a common name for a series of lakes linked by waterways. Some of these include:
The announcement of Cypress Gardens as the host site ends months of media speculation and caps a year-long campaign by a myriad of sites to land the most prestigious bass tournament in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Cypress Gardens is located in Polk County Polk County is the name of twelve counties in the United States, all except two named after president of the United States James Knox Polk:
Pro and co-anglers receive their respective division designations based upon their finish in the qualifying tournaments; the highest finishing Ranger owner, as determined by the individual organization's qualifying criteria, is eligible to compete in the Pro Division, while the second highest finishing Ranger owner is eligible to compete in the Co-angler Division. Organizations advancing participants to the Ranger Millennium event include: Wal-Mart FLW FLW Frank Lloyd Wright FLW Forrest L Wood (fishing tournament) FLW Fort Leonard Wood (US Army) FLW Famous Last Words FLW Four Letter Word FLW Final Weight Tour, EverStart Series, Red Man Tournament Trail, Bass World Sports, Bassing America, Buck's Island, CAST, Central Pro/Am, Fisherman's Bass, Guys and Dolls, NEWBASS, Northland north·land also North·land n. A region in the north of a country or an area. north  land Bass, Pro Team Tournament Trail, Silverado Pro Bass, Sport Boats Team Championship, Sun Country Bass, Superior Bass, Tarheel Team Tournaments, Tradewinds, West Coast Bass, WON Bass, and International Invitations. Anglers fishing B.A.S.S. events are eligible to compete in the tournament should they qualify to do so. Participants competing in the Ranger Millennium M1 tournament will fish in three elimination rounds over a four-day competition to determine a winner. The entire field will compete for two days, after which the field will be cut to the top 50 anglers in both divisions. These anglers will then compete for one day, in the second round, with the top 10 advancing to the final day of competition. Catch weights carry over on the first two days only. Anglers will start the second and final rounds with no weight carryover. The winner of the Ranger Millennium bass tournaments' pro-angler division competition will receive the largest guaranteed first place cash prize in the history of fishing--$400,000--and the opportunity to win an additional $600,000 in sponsor bonus prize money. The winner of the co-angler division will receive $150,000 and the opportunity to win an additional $100,000 in sponsor bonus prize money. Sponsors of the Ranger Millennium M1 tournament include: Wal-Mart, Ranger Boats, CITGO, Evinrude Outboards, Garmin, and Watkins Incorporated. Associate sponsors are: Black & Decker, Coca-Cola, EverStart Batteries, Eveready Flashlights, Land O'Lakes, Wheaties, Uniroyal, Wrangler wran·gler n. 1. One who wrangles or quarrels. 2. A cowboy or cowgirl, especially one who tends saddle horses. Noun 1. , Coleman, Chevy Trucks, Outdoor Technologies Group, Timex, and US Bank/VISA. |
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