Top 100 Masterpoint Winners - 2020

Despite the most tumultuous year in bridge since I have been your editor, we are proud to list the players who have won the most masterpoints as of year end 2020.  And, as I have done many times in the past, I shall share my comments and thoughts with everyone.  They both about the achievements of our players - and the reality that thrilling and fun as it is it to be on "the list" - we nevertheless must recognize that we each have our own unique lives.  

Thus, although some players who have a nice chunk of monsterpoints may well have fewer than some above their count -  we can't know for certain what exactly that means as players.  Some of us have jobs - or families - that take up a good portion of our lives. Others have more free time to play bridge and are able to scoop up lots of masterpoints - along with our talents.

What we should know, however, is that those on the list love our incredible game, work hard at improving their bridge every year - and that, in the end, what matters is the joy of bridge, the friends we make, and the fascination that this amazing game can deliver to us, year after year, decade after decade.

Judy Hansen, to whom I am most appreciative for putting together this fine list of top masterpoint players, also wanted to be sure that we remember two of our best who, sadly, are no longer with us.  Thus, our two In Memoriam Honorees for 2020 are:

 

Pedee Langsetmo  10364.05

 

Grant Boadwine       2891.35

Here is to 2021 being a not so crazy year - but a year filled with fun, fascination, learning and wins at the bridge table!  Don't forget - it's the greatest game!

 

1	Peggy	Kaplan	16390.29
2	Sharon	Anderson	14256.44
3	Terry	Beckman	14169.08
4	John	Koch	12517.67
5	Paul	Meerschaert	11894.93
6	Roger	Anderson	10994.94
7	Steven	Gaynor	10123.11
8	Michael	Cassel II	10015.19
9	Tony	Ames	9925.67
10	Bob	Balderson Jr	9870.39
11	Cynthia	Balderson	9792.60
12	Phil	Schwarz	9523.86
13	Judy	Schwarz	9326.71
14	Carole	Miner	9269.94
15	Barry	Purrington	8803.41
16	Peg	Waller	8787.76
17	Gregg	Van Dyke	8780.22
18	Michael	Hoffmann	7962.10
19	Jackie	Evans	7739.43
20	Ronald	DeHarpporte	7429.70
21	Brian	Crossley	7341.52
22	Carol	Mahoney	6872.56
23	Sharon	Christenson	6825.10
24	Kerry	Holloway	6682.56
25	Kory	Solarz	6447.92
26	Richard	Ekstrum	6385.15
27	Michael	Howland	6296.42
28	Kathy	Beckman	6112.84
29	Greg	Caucutt	5983.92
30	Keith	Connolly	5944.74
31	Lance	Chamberlain	5921.78
32	John	Minton	5665.73
33	Dan	Sershon	5457.64
34	Thomas	Smith	5346.15
35	Michael	Flader	5249.60
36	Pat	Burrows	5220.97
37	Rita	Xistris	5126.07
38	Roark	Johnson	4919.01
39	Genny	Rice	4882.38
40	Audrey	Weikle	4863.85
41	John	Allen	4653.78
42	Joseph	Browan	4644.87
43	Kurt	Schaeffer	4352.49
44	Ann	Lockhart	4388.33
45	Paul	Gutterman	4369.50
46	Robert	Schachter	4287.87
47	Jean	Boettcher	4221.55
48	Warren	Nelson	4126.29
49	Steve	Reed	4119.20
50	William	Voedisch	4039.31
51	Irwin	Boris	4007.65
52	Randy	Okubo	3944.89
53	Phyllis	Rosscup	3941.63
54	Wayne	Gergen	3939.78
55	Teresa	Sackett	3868.27
56	Harry	Sapienza	3867.04
57	Thomas	Baskin	3828.26
58	Colin	Campbell	3822.55
59	Mark	Krusemeyer	3794.32
60	Dennis	Dufner	3691.90
61	Richard	Lawson	3635.85
62	Teri	Blu	3624.64
63	Jeff	Dzuik	3618.99
64	Jane Dickey	Matson	3557.12
65	Paula	Cohen	3553.26
66	Stephen	Jackson	3530.08
67	Gregory	Lutgens	3528.75
68	John	Crouch	3358.06
69	Judy	Hansen	3314.94
70	Joseph	Koester	3280.78
71	Eric	Hendrickson	3276.97
72	James	Mustain	3248.95
73	Larry	Johnson	3213.97
74	Larry	Uttley	3211.51
75	John	Bloomquist	3194.72
76	Janet	Williams	3183.52
77	Carol	Rynders	3162.88
78	Deborah	Watson	3152.93
79	Marsha	Brouillet	3131.41
80	James	Tenbroeke	3100.16
81	Donald	Stanger	3091.02
82	Dennis	Cerkvenik	3075.28
83	Charlene	Thul	3062.58
84	Elaine	Prebonich	3034.43
85	Jeanine	Hall	3025.45
86	Bill	Heyer	2965.36
87	Maureen	Weiman	2959.08
88	Vern	Swing	2910.53
89	Dianne	Carr	2903.62
90	Gerald	Welander	2901.44
91	Paul	Sitz	2889.09
92	Joe	Proulx	2838.40
93	Patti	Stuhlman	2836.81
94	Gene	Willson	2836.41
95	Peg	Mitchell	2800.07
96	Neil	Swanson	2774.95
97	Betty	Triliegi	2772.54
98	Jim	Stepnes	2763.00
99	John	Stern	2752.86
100	Marv	Riedesel	2735.74