This Sunday on ESPN: PBA Motor City Open
SEATTLE, Wash. - 10/31/2009
This Sunday on ESPN: PBA Motor City Open
 
SUNDAY, NOV. 1, 1 P.M. EASTERN
 
PBA Motor City Open stepladder finalists in qualifying order:
1, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla. (click for Williams bio)
2, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas (click for Barnes bio)
3, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo. (click for Weber bio)
4, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C. (click for Jones bio)
5, Bill O’Neill, Southampton, Pa. (click for O'Neill bio)
  • This was an open field event consisting of 131 entrants.
  • First event of 2009-10 Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour season.
  • 103 titles represented among finalists Williams (45), Barnes (12), Weber (34), Jones (12). O’Neill is looking for his first win.
  • Williams looking to extend his record for most PBA Tour career titles and his record for most consecutive years with at least one title (currently at 16).
  • Williams has never won the first PBA Tour event of the season.
  • First time in Weber’s 30-year career he has made a TV final in the first event of season.
  • O’Neill earned his spot in the stepladder final by defeating Rhino Page, 190-171, in a one-game roll-off to break a tie for fifth place.  
Prize Money: 1.$25,000 2. $13,000 3, $9,000 4, $7,000 5, $6,000
 
Watch below for new ESPN promos featuring Pete Weber and Bill O'Neill. BEWARE! If you're a true bowling fan, the Weber promo may make you a bit weepy!

 
 
Tournament Recap:
First round leader (after 5 games): Weber, 1,219
Second round leader (after 10 games): Fero Williams, 2,390
Third round leader (after 15 games): Weber, 3,466
First round match play leader (after 23 games): Barnes, 5-2-1, 5,376
Second round match play leader (after 31 games): Barnes, 11-4-1, 7,388
Final match play standings (39 games): Williams, 15-8-1, 9,302; Barnes, 16-7-1, 9,260; Weber, 16-8, 9,169; Jones, 13-11, 8,935; O’Neill, 13-11, 8,907.
 
 

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