After two qualification rounds, Michael Davidson of Versailles, Ohio, leads the pack with a total score of 3,086 (257.17 average) after 12 games of qualifying at the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Delaware Classic.
Davidson holds a comfortable lead, ahead of his closest competitor by 65 pins. Justin Knowles sits in second place with a total of 3,021. Davidson and Knowles are the only two bowlers in the 70-player field to surpass the symbolic 3,000-pin mark.
Bill O'Neill, who has already bowled two perfect games and accumulated an impressive 846 series in his first three games (289, 257, 300), is in third place with a total score of 2,921.
Ryan Barnes, who secured an exempt berth on the 2025 PBA Tour following August’s PBA Tour Trials, is currently in fourth position with a total of 2,935.
Jakob Butturff rounds out the top five with a total score of 2,915.
Finland's Tomas Käyhkö is holding strong in the top 10, currently sitting in ninth place with a total of 2,894. Käyhkö is not the only international player in the top 24. England's Stuart Williams is in 18th position with 2,842, while Australia's Sam Cooley is 21st with 2,835, and Canada's François Lavoie is 23rd with 2,823.
Trevor Roberts closes out the top 24 with a total score of 2,821.
Full results after qualification round 2 can be found here.
Six additional games will be played today at 4 PM Central European Time. After 18 games of qualifying on the 35-foot Cheetah oil pattern, the top 24 players will advance to bracket match play. Each match, starting tomorrow, will follow a best-of-seven format. The four winners in the Round of 8 will advance to the stepladder finals, along with the highest-seeded loser from that round.
The stepladder finals will air live on FS1 on Saturday, January 25th.
