July 25, 2002

WHEELING, WV — Las Vegas bookmakers, driven by public demand to bet on top amateur golf events such as Golfapalooza and the Carl Spackler Open, have released opening odds for the Golfapalooza 2002 Individual Medalist award.  Casino owner Mo Green in a public statement said "the gamblers have been driving us absolutely crazy wanting to know when they will be able to bet on Golfapalooza. We researched and handicapped the field and this will be the year.  I am very excited about this."

The opening odds are as follows (an 'r' denotes a rookie, an 'nr' denotes an unregistered Loozer): Slick Long                2:1 Mills Miller(nr)          3:1 Gstan Kaniecki            5:1 Jeff Blankenburger(r)     6:1 Patrick Boland(r)(nr)     6:1 The Real Stan Kaniecki(r) 10:1 Sleepy Kaniecki(nr)       12:1 Mark Young(r)(nr)         12:1 JT Thomas                 15:1 Max Dieterle              20:1 Greg Garrett              20:1 Patch Kaniecki            24:1 Gus Sokos                 40:1 Mr. Randy Watson          50:1 Elvis McCormick           80:1 Butter Flanagan           100:1 Todd Flanagan             125:1 Joe Hensley               175:1 Spanky McFarland          250:1 Sheiker Long              500:1 Grundo Magruder           1,000:1 Mike Carin(nr)            3,000:1 Spraguer                  6,000:1 Squib Kolibash(nr)        10,000:1 Guido Adamski             15,000:1 Bill Sizetenshoeski       25,000:1 The Hammer Kaniecki       100,000:1 Rick Dosky(r)             100,000:1 Stacy Bartlett            1 Million:1 Pedro Domaoal(read in Dr. Evil's voice) 100 Billion:1            

Odds for additional Loozers, as well as odds for the MELC Championship, will be released sometime after the tournament field is officially closed on August 15, 2002.