Australia's Jason Belmonte (pictured left) slowed his torrid scoring pace, but still led the field of 24 top qualifiers into the match play portion of the 67th Lumber Liquidators U.S. Open at Woodland Bowl Friday.

Belmonte finished the final qualifying round with a 27-game total of 6,051 pins, an overall average of 224.1, and held an 87-pin lead over Colombia's Andres Gomez. Bill O'Neill (right) of Southampton, Pa., was the best U.S. bowler in third place with 5,958 pins followed by Jason Couch of Clermont, Fla., at 5,866 and Walter Ray Williams Jr. of Ocala, Fla., with 5,850 pins. Williams won U.S. Open titles in 1998 and 2003.

"It's not like I bowled bad," the Australian two-handed player said. "I didn't have quite the same look as yesterday. I got a couple of bad breaks that turned 200s into 180s. But, hey, this is the U.S. Open. I'm a realist. I'm still in first, so I'm happy."

Also advancing to match play were past U.S. Open champions Chris Barnes (2005), Tommy Jones (2006), Norm Duke (2008), Mike Scroggins (2009) and four-time winner Pete Weber.

Weber (pictured left) made up a 102-pin deficit in the final qualifying game to earn a tie for 24th place, and then defeated P.J. Haggerty of Clovis, Calif., 236-202, in a one-game roll-off for the final match play position.

The top 24 players after 27 qualifying games will begin the first of three eight-game match play rounds Friday night. After two more rounds Saturday, the top four players will advance to Sunday's live ESPN stepladder finals at 12:30 p.m. Eastern.

At stake is the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour's final major title of the 2009-10 season, a $60,000 first prize and a three-year PBA Tour exemption.

 

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67th Lumber Liquidators U.S. Open - Fourth Round Results

Players with position, hometown and 27-game total. The top 24 advance to match play. * indicates non PBA-member.

1, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 6,051
2, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 5,966
3, Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., 5,958
4, Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla., 5,866
5, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 5,850
6, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 5,839
7, (tie) Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., and David Beres, Waukesha, Wis., 5,813
9, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 5,778
10, Michael Machuga, Erie, Pa., 5,743
11, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 5,739
12, Robert Smith, Columbus, Ohio, 5,717
13, (tie) Jason Wojnar, Chicago, and Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 5,708
15, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 5,701
16, Anthony Jordan, Sycamore, Ill., 5,692
17, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 5,690
18, Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., 5,688
19, Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., 5,674
20, Dave D'Entremont, Middleburg Heights, Ohio, 5,669
21, Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 5,667
22, Brian LeClair, Athens, N.Y., 5,663
23, Ronnie Russell, Camby, Ind., 5,657
24, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 5,637
Weber def. P.J. Haggerty, 236-202, in a one-game roll-off to break a tie for 24th place

Missed Cut:
25, P.J. Haggerty, Clovis, Calif., 5,637, $2,840
26, Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 5,626, $2,500
27, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 5,623, $2,400
28, Shannon Pluhowsky, Kettering, Ohio, 5,606, $2,300
29, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 5,593, $2,200
30, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 5,575., $2,100
31, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 5,568, $2,000
32, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 5,565, $1,900
33, Mike Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y., 5,562, $1,850
34, (tie) J.R. Raymond, Belleville, Ill., 5,559, and Jesse Buss, Wichita, Kan., 5,559, $1,775
36, Bob Hale, Louisville, Ky., 5,556, $1,700
37, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 5,548, $1,650
38, Steve Harman, Indianapolis, 5,546, $1,600
39, Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 5,541, $1,550
40, Shannon Buchan, Waterloo, Iowa, 5,536, $1,500
41, Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill., 5,509, $1,480
42, Chad Kloss, West Allis, Wis., 5,505, $1,460
43, Tony Reyes, San Bruno, Calif., 5,503, $1,440
44, Todd Book, Wapakoneta, Ohio, 5,497, $1,420
45, (tie) Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 5,496, and Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan., 5,496, $1,395
47, Andrew Cain, Phoenix, 5,486, $1,380
48, Brian Voss, Alpharetta, Ga., 5,483, $1,370
49, Troy Wollenbecker, Miami, 5,482, $1,360
50, Stevie Weber, Chalmette, La., 5,477, $1,350
51, Scott Newell, Deland, Fla., 5,471, $1,340
52, (tie) Mitch Beasley, Puyallup, Wash., 5,470, and Rhino Page, Dade City, Fla., 5,470, $1,325
54, Bo Goergen, Midland, Mich., 5,467, $1,310
55, Ken Simard, Greenville, S.C., 5,464, $1,300
56, Mark Sullivan, Indianapolis, 5,459, $1,290
57, Jimmy Cook, Indianapolis, 5,449, $1,280
58, Daniel Hannagan, Mt. Juliet, Tenn., 5,438, $1,270
59, Ken Jessee, Huber Heights, Ohio, 5,436, $1,260
60, Rudy Kasimakis, Baldwyn, Miss., 5,428, $1,250
61, Rick Hara, Darien, Ill., 5,424, $1,240
62, John Szczerbinski, Wichita, Kan., 5,420, $1,230
63, Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill., 5,419, $1,220
64, (tie) Bobby Hall II, Landover, Md., and George Brooks, Loveland, Colo., 5,406, $1,213
66, Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 5,389, $1,205
67, Patrick Girard, Canada, 5,385, $1,200
68, Antonio Medina, Davenport, Iowa, 5,380, $1,195
69, Matthew Zasowski, Buffalo, N.Y., 5,365, $1,190
70, Tim Pfeifer, Cranberry Twp., Pa., 5,362, $1,185
71, Jeff Carter, Springfield, Ill., 5,361, $1,180
72, John May, Lincolnton, N.C., 5,358, $1,175
73, Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 5,352, $1,170
74, (tie) Josh Brown, Molalla, Ore., 5,347, and Jack Laffey, Indianapolis, 5,347, $1,163
76, (tie) Ron Dixon, Boynton Beach, Fla., 5,342, and Scott Gilmore, Lafayette, Ind., 5,342, $1,153
78, Andro Simounet, Babson Park, Fla., 5,334, $1,145
79, Carleton Chambers, Detroit, 5,324, $1,140
80, Chris Hansen, Chicago, 5,283, $1,135
81, Joel Carlson, Omaha, Neb., 5,279, $1,130
82, Joe Green, Maplewood, Ohio, 5,254, $1,125
83, Corey Young, Steeleville, Ill., 5,253, $1,120
84, Craig Hanson, Orlando, Fla, 5,243, $1,115
85, Terry Krawec, Canada, 5,205, $1,110
86, Michael Christensen, Great Falls, Mont., 5,193, $1,105
87, Jeffrey Roche, Dearborn, Mich., withdrew, $1,100
88, Doug Kent, Newark, N.Y., withdrew, $1,100

300 Games – (2) Nathan Bohr, Mitch Beasley.