Tuf Cooper in Round 5 at the 2017 NFR

By 2017, at 27 years old, Tuf Cooper had long been tie-down roping force to be reckoned with, having already qualified for the NFR eight times and won 3 world titles.

Following a great season, he had a slow start to his 2017 NFR performance, but in Round 5 Tuf turned in an impressive time of just 7.1 seconds.

Another tie-down roper managed to be one-tenth of a second faster that night, winning the round and putting him in second, but Tuf iwent on to take his fourth World title and first All-Around Cowboy title that year.

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