Qualifying Round 2 is complete at the 2026 U.S. Open, and Matt Sanders, who led the field after the first two blocks, remains in control after 16 games at Royal Pin Woodland in Indianapolis, as no changes inside the top eight after A-squad happened.
Sanders leads the field with 3,536 following his 1,810 block on the 47-foot oil pattern earlier in the day.
Ethan Fiore and Tun Hakim remain tied for second with 3,534 each, just two pins behind Sanders. 2022 U.S. Open champ Anthony Simonsen sits fourth with 3,529, followed by Michael Davidson in fifth with 3,500.
Jason Belmonte holds sixth place with 3,458. Zachary Wilkins stays seventh with 3,440 after his 1,861 block moved him up from 70th place. Tom Daugherty stands eighth with 3,435.
Two A-squad bowlers took the last top 10 positions. Kyle Troup is ninth with 3,431, and Matt Ogle rounds out the top 10 with 3,425.
Defending U.S. Open champion EJ Tackett currently sits in 16th place with 3,387 with eight games remaining before the field is reduced to 36 players.
At the cut line, Tom Hess holds 36th place with 3,301.
Full results can be found here.
The advancing athletes will bowl a fourth eight-game block on the tournament’s fourth oil pattern on Friday morning starting at 10 a.m. local.
Pinfall totals for 32 games will determine the 24 players who move on to three rounds of round-robin match play.
From there, 56-game totals, including 30 bonus pins for each win during match play, will decide the final five bowlers for the stepladder finals, which will air live on The CW on Sunday at 4 p.m. local.
