Costa Qualifiers to the Forrest Wood Cup

11 pros punched their tickets to the 2017 championship

FLW awarded 11 pro entries in the 2017 Forrest Wood Cup at the 2016 Costa FLW Series Championship at Table Rock Lake.

The spots were awarded in the following order: (1) The top angler from each of the five U.S. Costa FLW Series divisions and the top finisher from the International Division earned berths. (2) The next five highest-finishing anglers regardless of division in the overall results also received Cup berths.

The qualifiers (numbers indicate tournament finish at the Costa Championship):

Southeastern

1. Pat Fisher – Colbert, Ga.

Southwestern

2. Cody Bird – Granbury, Texas

Central

4. Greg Bohannan – Rogers, Ark.

Northern

11. Joel Richardson – Kernersville, N.C.

Western

29. Roy Hawk – Lake Havasu City, Ariz.

International

51. Hyochul Kim – Korea

Next 5 Highest Finishers

3. Zack Birge – Blanchard, Okla.

5. Christopher Jones – Bokoshe, Okla.

6. Travis Fox – Rogers, Ark.

7. Jeremy Lawyer – Sarcoxie, Mo.

8. Bradford Beavers – Ridgeville, S.C.