The third and final qualifying round of the PBA Pete Weber Missouri Classic is complete, and the top 24 players have advanced to elimination match play.
After 18 total games, Jason Belmonte secured the top seed with 4,291 pins, averaging 238. He won qualifying by 63 pins.
Canada's Zach Wilkins finished second with 4,228, followed by qualification round 1 leader Patrick Dombrowski in third (4,162). Justin Knowles claimed fourth with 4,131, while Matt Russo completed the top five with 4,117.
Cameron Crowe placed sixth with 4,113. Packy Hanrahan followed in seventh with 4,089. Anthony Neuer secured the eighth and final bye position with 4,078.
Neuer’s performance marked one of the biggest climbs of the tournament. After sitting 81st after the opening qualification round, he moved to fifth after Round 2 and closed qualifying in eighth overall to secure a first-round bye.
Positions nine through 24, who will begin match play at 6 p.m. CST later
today.
That's Graham Fach, Ryan Barnes, Thomas Larsen, Matt Sanders, Kris
Prather, EJ Tackett, Santtu Tahvanainen, Richie Teece, Hayden Stippich, Tom
Smallwood, Dom Barrett, AJ Chapman, Brandon Runk, TJ Rock, Eric Jones, and
Austin Grammar, who claimed the 24th and final advancing position with 3,931
pins.
Just below the cut line was Singapore's Darren Ong with 3,923, missing match
play by eight pins.
Full qualification results can be found here.
Elimination match play will feature best-of-seven-game matches. The winners of each bracket, along with the highest-seeded loser in the Round of 8, will advance to the stepladder finals.
The championship round is set for Sunday at 3 p.m. CST on The CW.
