The Advancers Round is complete at the PBA Players Championship, and the field has been cut from 32 to 16 players at Bowlero Euless and the ITRC in Arlington, Texas.
After six additional games on the dual oil pattern format, the final 30-game totals determined the 16 players moving on to match play.
EJ Tackett remains in first place overall with 6,838 pins and a 228 average. Graham Fach moved into second with 6,777, followed closely by Andrew Anderson in third at 6,774.
CJ Petrin sits fourth with 6,771, while Shawn Maldonado rounds out the top five at 6,766.
Spencer Robarge stands sixth with 6,731. Tim Foy Jr. is seventh at 6,729, and Jesper Svensson holds eighth place with 6,722.
Brandon Bonta, who led the Advancers Round with 1,450 and a 242 average while striking at a 70 percent rate, climbed from 22nd after qualifying to ninth overall with 6,713.
Brad Miller, who advanced through the PTQ earlier in the week, followed with 1,419 and a 237 average in the Advancers Round. He jumped from 24th after qualifying to 10th overall with 6,667.
Matthew Ogle secured 11th place with 6,656. BJ Moore finished 12th at 6,650. Sam Cooley sits 13th with 6,637. Nicholas Pate placed 14th with 6,616.
Mitch Hupé claimed 15th at 6,605, and Bill O’Neill captured the final advancing position in 16th with 6,600.
Just outside the cut, DeeRonn Booker finished 17th with 6,572, missing match play by 28 pins. Full results can be found here.
The top 16 players will bowl 16 games of round-robin match play on Friday, starting at 11 a.m CST. The top five after two rounds of match play will advance to Sunday’s stepladder finals.
The stepladder finals of the PBA Players Championship are set for Sunday at 3 p.m. CST on The CW.
