Tuff Hedeman

 Tuff Hedeman

Born: 3/2/63
Hometown: Morgan Mill, TX
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 170
 
 
 

1998 Season
Ended the 1998 Bud Light Cup Tour season ranked 22nd in the Bud Light Cup point standings with 3249 points and $83,640 earned in prize money.

Out of competition for most of the season after suffering a sprained neck and herniated disc (C6-C7) in the neck in April at the Bud Light Cup Tour event in Odessa, Texas.

Did not compete at the 1998 Bud Light Cup World Championships due to injury.

1998 Highlights:

First place title at Bud Light Cup Tour event in Topeka, KS, for $21,954 in prize money, where he also won the third round.
Split first place title at Bud Light Cup Tour event in Fort Worth, TX.
Has placed in the top fifteen in 9 out of the 10 events he has competed this season.
Won the first round at the first event on the 1998 Bud Light Cup Tour in Worcester, MA, with a 92-point ride on King Kong. This ride was the first time this bull has been ridden in three years and was the highest marked ride of the weekend.
1997 in review
Placed second in the Bud Light Cup point standings and third in total tour dollars with over $172,286 won.
Earned a position in the top ten of the average at eleven of the fifteen regular-season Bud Light Cup stops as well as ninth in the average at the 1996 PBR Bud Light Cup World Championships.
1996 Bud Light Cup Tour highlights include:
Finishing second in the Bud Light Cup point standings and third in total Tour dollars with over $172,286 won.

Finished in the top ten overall at eleven of the fifteen regular-season Bud Light Cup stops as well as ninth in the average at the 1996 PBR Bud Light Cup World Championships.

1995 PBR World Champion winning over $123,500 during the season.

1994, '98 qualifier for the Bud Light Cup World Championships

Producer of his signature event, one of the original PBR events, the Tuff Hedeman Championship Challenge. 1998 marked the fifth year of this event.

The official Bud Light spokesperson for the PBR.

1984-93, '95 - 96 PRCA NFR qualifications

1986, '89, '91 PRCA World Champion Bull Rider

1987, '89 PRCA NFR Average Champion

PBR Career Highlights:

One of the original founders of the PBR and the current president of the PBR.

Finished the 1997 season ranked third in the Bud Light Cup point standings with over $166,000 earned in prize money.

Fourth place finish at the Bud Light Cup World Championships earning $60,000 including a 91-point ride in the fifth and final round.

On August 9, 1997, was inducted into the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame

Earned prize money at nine events on the 1997 Bud Light Cup Tour and finished in the top ten overall at six of those events.

Earned $10,000 for finishing third overall at the first international annual PBR event in Barretos, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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