Kevin VanDam

KVD cranks out another victory

June 24, 2007
(espnoutdoors.com, June 24, 2007)

GROVE, Okla. — A seven-ounce lead over the Tiger Woods of bass fishing going into Sunday simply wasn’t enough for Jeff Kriet. And once again Kevin VanDam proved why it’s appropriate to associate his name with the dominant golfer on the PGA tour.

VanDam weighed a five-bass limit of 18 pounds, 12 ounces Sunday to jump past Kriet and win the $100,000 first-place prize in the Bassmaster Elite Series Sooner Run presented by Longhorn Moist Snuff.

“Jeff’s a good guy,” said VanDam, the 39-year-old Kalamazoo, Mich., native who has compiled over $2 million in winnings and three BASS Angler of the Year titles in his career. “Deep down I really kind of wanted him to win.

“I wanted to win bad. But if I couldn’t win, I sure would have liked to see him do it.”

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