FLW Awards New Millionaire; Another Coming Thursday
Sunday, August 17th, 2008
The final tournament of the Wal-Mart FLW bass-fishing tour came to a close Sunday, presenting a million-dollar check to champion Michael Bennett. According to the FLW writeup of the tournament, Bennett is the youngest winner of the Forrest Wood Cup as well as the tour’s youngest millionaire. (Of course, the article doesn’t mention how old he is, and a web search didn’t turn it up either.)
The reason this result is of interest to the fantasy industry is that this was the last tournament in the race to the first-ever million-dollar fantasy prize. The FLW will award $100,000 to the winner of the fantasy contest that accompanied the Forrest Wood Cup, as it did six other times this season to winners at other tournaments.
On Thursday, however, the top 15 finishers in the seasonlong game will be brought together for an event in Columbia, S.C., during which Bennett will announce the top fantasy scorer for the season and hand over another $1 million novelty check. Other prizes to be given out include a Chevy Silverado, a Ranger Z19 bass boat, a $25,000 Wal-Mart gift card and a $20,000 BP gift card.

