Chicago's Billy Oatman (pictured left) led a field of nine players who advanced out of the Professional Bowlers Association Tour Qualifying Round Tuesday and will join the field of 64 for the Etonic Don Johnson Eliminator which gets underway Thursday at Sequoia Pro Bowl.

Oatman, the 2006-07 Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour Rookie of the Year, averaged 230.75 to finish the eight-game qualifying round with 1,846 pins, two pins ahead of Jesse Buss, Wichita, Kan.

Also advancing to the field of 64 were Eddie Graham, Centerville, Ohio, 1,801; Scott Newell, Deland, Fla., 1,793; Joe Bailey, Doylestown, Ohio, 1,768; Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill., 1,751; Chad Kloss, West Allis, Wis., 1,749; Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 1,747, and Andres Gomez, Colombia, 1,739.

For Johnson (pictured right), it was the ninth time since the PBA opened its membership to women in 2004 that she has advanced out of the Tour Qualifying Round into the tournament proper. Overall, including open field events where pre-tournament qualifying isn't required, Johnson will be bowling in her 45th PBA Tour event.

The Etonic Don Johnson Eliminator officially gets underway Thursday with two seven-game qualifying rounds at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern. After 14 games, the top 30 will advance to two more seven-game rounds at the same times on Friday. The field will then be trimmed to the top 16 players who will be seeded into four groups of four for Saturday's Eliminator Rounds.

In the Eliminator rounds, the bowler with the lowest three-game, total pinfall score will be eliminated. After three rounds, the surviving player in each of the four groups will advance to Sunday's live ESPN finals starting at 12.30 p.m. Eastern. In three televised rounds, the player with the lowest game bowled will be eliminated until the champion is decided.

Etonic PBA Don Johnson Eliminator - Tour Qualifying Round

Players with position, hometown and 8-game total. The top 9 advance to Eliminator field of 64.

1, Billy Oatman, Chicago, 1,846
2, Jesse Buss, Wichita, Kan., 1,844
3, Eddie Graham, Centerville, Ohio, 1,801
4, Scott Newell, Deland, Fla., 1,793
5, Joe Bailey, Doylestown, Ohio, 1,768
6, Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill., 1,751
7, Chad Kloss, West Allis, Wis., 1,749
8, Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 1,747
9, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 1,739
10, Ken Simard, Greenville, S.C., 1,735, $800
11, Dave D'Entremont, Middleburg Heights, Ohio, 1,731, $600
12, Donald Stewart Jr., Zanesville, Ohio, 1,720, $500
13, Michael Llaneza, Columbus, Ohio, 1,719, $450
14, Raymond Eddy III, Saginaw, Mich., 1,718, $400
15, Tony Reyes, San Bruno, Calif., 1,712, $380
16, Brandon Novak, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1,702, $370
17, Justin Feldman, Bradford, Pa., 1,699, $360
18, Ed Carter, Akron, Ohio, 1,681, $350
19, (tie) Bobby Hall II, Landover, Md., and Walter Schaub II, Schaumburg, Ill., 1,673, $335
21, Ryan Abel, Bel Aire, Kan., 1,668, $320
22, Andrew Mortensen, Tulsa, Okla, 1,667, $310
23, Robert Bumbarger, Eastlake, Ohio, 1,662, $300
24, Daniel Patterson, Utica, N.Y., 1,661, $300
25, Stephen Flynn, Sioux Falls, S.D., 1,652
26, Carleton Chambers, Detroit, 1,651
27, Steven Black, Phoenix, 1,648
28, Jason Stolfer, Wilmington, N.C., 1,644
29, BJ Satkowski, Jackson, Mich, 1,637
30, Bill Henson, Westerville, Ohio, 1,636
31, Andrew Cain, Phoenix, 1,635
32, Josh Conner, Columbus, Ohio, 1,633
33, (tie) Brian Himmler, Cincinnati, and Stephen Haas, Enola, Pa., 1,626
35, Jayson Foote, Worthington, Ohio, 1,621
36, Danial Cline, Lansing, Mich., 1,618
37, Sam Capizzi Jr, Rochester, N.Y., 1,602
38, (tie) Johnathan Bower, Middletown, Pa., and David O'Sullivan, Orlando, Fla, 1,597
40, Jennifer Petrick, Canton, Ohio, 1,593
41, (tie) Robert Flunder IV, Toledo, Ohio, and Joe Barrett, Columbus, Ohio, 1,591
43, (tie) Shannon Pluhowsky, Kettering, Ohio, and Matt Freiberg, Somerset, N.J., 1,587
45, Chris Thompson, Marysville, Ohio, 1,583
46, Tyler Wilds, Mendon, Mich, 1,580
47, Rick Zakrajsek, Lorain, Ohio, 1,575
48, Justin Paliswat, Shadyside, Ohio, 1,567
49, Luke Smith, Elliotsburg, Pa., 1,566
50, Mark Stambaugh, Texarkana, Texas, 1,560
51, Jeff Miller, Columbus, Ohio, 1,558
52, Chuck Tompkins, New Albany, Ohio, 1,554
53, Trisha Reid, Columbus, Ohio, 1,553
54, Timothy Byer, Covington, Va., 1,550
55, Mike Nadolski, Westland, Mich, 1,547
56, Matthew Weatherly, Chicago, 1,544
57, Tristan Bittner, Willoughby, Ohio, 1,540
58, Marty Cheeseman, New Albany, Ohio, 1,539
59, Sean Johnson, Moundsville, W.Va., 1,534
60, Joseph Hostetler, Minerva, Ohio, 1,533
61, Lacey Moore III, Columbus, Ohio, 1,525
62, Michael Harter, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, 1,522
63, Nathan Voss, Columbus, Ohio, 1,516
64, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 1,511
65, Darryl Bregitzer, Garfield Heights, Ohio, 1,507
66, Robert Eddy II, Saginaw, Mich., 1,493
67, (tie) Mike Moore, Wapakoneta, Ohio, and Richard Lee Stevens Jr., Zanesville, Ohio, 1,491
69, Ron Holliday, Mason, Ohio, 1,489
70, Gary Simon, Philippi, W.Va., 1,484
71, Jacob Gernentz, Pontiac, Ill., 1,483
72, Gary Zwiezinski, Elyria, Ohio, 1,472
73, Logan Joiner, Hopkinsville, Ky, 1,462
74, (tie) Diego Lopez, Colombia, and Kyle Dryden, Kent, Ohio, 1,461
76, Zack Keller, Bellefontaine, Ohio, 1,452
77, Jermaine Conn, Broadview Heights, Ohio, 1,445
78, Bill McCorkle, Westerville, Ohio, 1,436
79, Rickey Coleman, Cleveland, 1,430
80, Chad Zeedyk, Franklin, Ohio, 1,429
81, Jack Nealon, Bowie, Md., 1,426
82, Keith Gibson, Columbus, Ohio, 1,422
83, Jeffrey Prue, Erie, Pa., 1,419
84, Danny Thornton, Columbus, Ohio, 1,409
85, George Steele, Wadsworth, Ohio, 1,403
86, Howard Ridgeway, Cleveland, 1,398
87, Michael Malone, Uniontown, Pa., 1,394
88, Adam Hilyard, Sidney, Ohio, 1,384
89, Country Alfonso, Wallingford, Conn, 1,367
90, Tyler Back, Buckeye Lake, Ohio, 1,338
91, Kevin Landis, Baltimore, Ohio, 1,335
92, Brandon Matthews, Asheville, N.C., 1,236
93, Jason Schneider, Hillard, Ohio, 1,230
94, Chris Clark, Owensville, Ohio, 1,217
95, Joshua Shriver, Winchester, Va., 1,215
96, Jack Perry, Canada, 799