After shooting 219 in the first game, Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, turned up the heat and never looked back qualifying with a 3,060 12-game pinfall Friday at the Shinagawa Prince Bowling Center to earn the top seed for Saturday’s match play.
Malott, who opened the second qualifying block with an 837-series, credits the DYDO Japan Cup 2009 oil pattern for his success. This year’s pattern measures 42 feet in length and most closely resembles the PBA’s Scorpion pattern.
“After I saw the similarities between the two patterns yesterday in practice, I had a lot of confidence coming into today,” Malott, who won both the Carmen Salvino Scorpion Championship and Etonic Marathon Championship on the Scorpion pattern this season, said. “It was a little tighter today compared to what I saw in practice which forced me to stay slow and get my hand around it. I made good adjustments and got a lot of good breaks which allowed me to keep my arm swing loose and continue to make good shots.”
Patrick Allen, who made the Japan Cup championship round in 2005, is in second with 2,907 while defending champion Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., who won his eighth Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour title and a tournament championship in 11 different countries at the Dydo Japan Cup 2008, finished third with 2,851.
First time participant Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., is fourth with 2,843 and Chris Barnes, Flower Mound, Texas is fifth with 2,838.
Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., and Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., tied for the 48th position with 2,679. By Japanese Professional Bowlers Association (JPBA) rules, Williams earns the final spot due to bowling the most consistent set of four, three-game blocks. The player with the smallest difference between the low three-game set and the high three-game set determines who makes the cut.
Two-time Japan Cup champion Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C. and PBA Hall of Famer Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., missed the cut finishing 61st and 91st, respectively, join Angelo as the only Tour players who missed the cut.
The 144-person Japan Cup field, consisting of 90 combined JPBA and Korean Professional Bowlers Association (KPBA) entries, 20 PBA entries and 34 Japanese amateurs, was cut to the top 48 after Friday’s qualifying round. Players who finished in positions #17 - #48 will bowl match play tomorrow morning. The winners will then face players ranked #1 – 16 in the round of 32. The round of 16 will be held Friday evening with the eight winners advancing to the TV finals on Sunday, April 26 at the Tokyo Metro Gymnasium. All match play features best-of-five-games match play.
Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour
Dydo Japan Cup 2009
Shinagawa Prince Bowling Center, Tokyo, Japan
Friday, April 24
QUALIFYING ROUND
(Pos., name/hometown and 12-game pinfall. Top 48 advance to match play.)
1.Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 3060
2. Patrick Allen, Westley Chapel, Fla., 2907
3. Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 2851
4. Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 2843
5. Chris Barnes, Flower Mound, Texas, 2838
6. Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan., 2829
7. Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 2812
8. Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind.2806
9. Motoshi Suzuki, Japan, 2801
10. Hiroshi Nagatani, Japan, 2799
11. Isao Yamamoto, Japan, 2794
12. Jeong Tae-Hwa, Korea, 2793
13. Rhino Page, Topeka, Kan., 2786
14. Shigeyuki Mizuno, Japan, 2782
15. Yoshimi Kitaoka, Japan, 780
16. Junichi Yajima , Japan, 2778
17. Bill O'Neill, South Hampton, Pa., 2771
18. Yoshihiro Sakuraba, Japan, 2769
19. Masayuki Koyama, Japan, 2764
20. Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 2764
21. Tamiki Miike, Japan, 2762
22. Toshiyuki Kaneko, Japan, 2736
23. Shigenori Sakata, Japan, 2732
24. Shuichi Heki, Japan, 2731
25. Toshio Umeda, Japan, 2729
26. Park Jeon-Soo, Korea, 2726
27. Byun Yong-Hwan, Korea, 2716
28. Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 2715
29. Tomoyuki Sasaki, Japan, 2714
30. Yoshiki Ohsawa, Japan, 2712
31. Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 2709
32. Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 2708
33. Minoru Sendan, Japan, 2705
34. Hisayoshi Nishida, Japan, 2705
35. Hirohisa Adachi, Japan, 2702
36. Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 2699
37. Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill., 2693
38. Kim Byeong Hak, Korea, 2693
39. Takeshi Suda, Japan, 2690
40. Ichihara Ryota, Japan, 2689
41. Robert Lee, Japan, 2688
42. Takashi Kudo, Japan, 2688
43. Naoharu Okabe, Japan, 2684
44. Toshifumi Kojima, Japan, 2683
45. Yasuo Tanaka, Japan, 2682
46. Katsuhito Itoyama, Japan, 2682
47. Masanori Sato, Japan, 2680
48. Walter Ray Williams, Ocala, Fla.,2679
49. Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 2679
50. Toshihiko Takahashi, Japan, 2676
51. Nobuaki Takahashi, Japan, 2670
52. Teruyuki Obara, Japan, 2668
53. Masao Uehara, Japan, 2668
54. Akihiro Sunako, Japan, 2660
55. Akio Ishihara, Japan, 2658
56. Takeo Sakai, Japan, 2658
57. Shigeo Saito, Japan, 2655
58. Toshio Inaba, Japan, 2653
59. Subaru Nagano, Japan, 2651
60. Yoshiyuki Umezawa, Japan, 2646
61. Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 2644
62. Yukio Yamazaki, Japan, 2643
63. Kim Young-Pil, Korea, 2642
64. Takashi Masuda, Japan, 2641
65. Naoyuki Iguchi, Japan, 2638
66. Kageyuki Amano, Japan, 2637
67. Yuji Toyoda, Japan, 2624
68. Junpei Inoue, Japan, 2622
69. Masayuki Yoshii, Japan, 2613
70. Akira Kushida, Japan, 2605
71. Fumihiro Yoshida, Japan, 2601
72. Masaharu Kogane, Japan, 2593
73. Urara Himeji, Japan, 2592
74. Hideaki Aizawa, Japan, 2590
75. Seiji Abe, Japan, 2584
76. Keiji Kubo, Japan, 2583
77. Kengo Tagata, Japan, 2573
78. Norio Kuroda, Japan, 2568
79. Akio Harada, Japan, 2568
80. Akihiko Hara, Japan, 2567
81. Shunsuke Miyata, Japan, 2566
82. Takahisa Inaba, Japan, 2557
83. Akiyoshi Hokura, Japan, 2556
84. Susumu Nakazawa, Japan, 2555
85. Toru Nishikawa, Japan, 2552
86. Atsutoshi Ohyama, Japan, 2547
87. Yasuyuki Sadamatsu, Japan, 2546
88. Masayoshi Furukawa, Japan, 2543
89. Shogo Yamashita, Japan, 2543
90. Junichi Aoki, Japan, 2542
91. Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 2541
92. Kazuki Yano, Japan, 2539
93. Jin Ohtomo, Japan, 2538
94. Keigo Tanaka, Japan, 2536
95. Hiroya Tazawa, Japan, 2531
96. Katsuya Kamida, Japan, 2527
97. Satoshi Ide, Japan, 2524
98. Masamitsu Kasahara, Japan, 2523
99. Tsubasa Tsuchiya, Japan, 2516
100. Junya Nakamura, Japan, 2515
101. Daiki Ikeda, Japan, 2511
102. Nakatani Yuko, Japan, 2507
103. Jang Suk Chang, Korea, 2505
104. Yoshihiro Kaji, Japan, 2504
105. Ryoji Takeda, Japan, 2503
106. Shinichiro Tamai, Japan, 2501
107. Hiroto Kimura, Japan, 2485
108. Atsushi Ohmiya, Japan, 2483
109. Hiroyuki Hoshino, Japan, 2478
110. Masakazu Hashimoto, Japan, 2472
111. Hiroshi Hashimoto, Japan, 2466
112. Manabu Mochida, Japan, 2464
113. Toshiaki Uetake, Japan, 2459
114. Kenji Iimura, Japan, 2459
115. Kenji Miyaji, Japan, 2456
116. Yutaka Hujimoto, Japan, 2454
117. Koya Shoda, Japan, 2452
118. Hiroyuki Inagawa, Japan, 2451
119. Norio Hayasaka, Japan, 2446
120. Daisuke Kobori, Japan, 2439
121. Kazuhiro Nakano, Japan, 2431
122. Hiroyuki Sato, Japan, 2429
123. Hidekazu Mitsuoka, Japan, 2428
124. Katsumasa Watanabe, Japan, 2419
125. Yosuke Nakamura, Japan, 2416
126. Yoshitomo Shimohigashi, Japan, 2414
127. Akira Horiguchi, Japan, 2414
128. Akihiro Kasuya, Japan, 2391
129. Takeshi Kurokawa, Japan, 2381
130. Takeshi Nakane, Japan, 2365
131. Masahiro Nawa, Japan, 2364
132. Yasushi Ogawa, Japan, 2360
133. Kazunori Tobisawa, Japan, 2356
134. Takeshi Taniguchi, Japan, 2323
135. Kenji Tamura, Japan, 2308
136. Hiromitsu Takahashi, Japan, 2294
137. Keiya Morimoto, Japan, 2285
138. Shigeo Umezawa, Japan, 2282
139. Masanobu Saito, Japan, 2241
140. Yoshihiro Minamikawa, Japan, 2234
141. Hiroaki Nakayama, Japan, 2229
142. Hiroko Shimizu, Japan, 2228
143. Seiichi Ebato, Japan, 2202
144. Hidetake Miyazawa, Japan, 2182
300 games (2) – Danny Wiseman, Tamiki Miike.
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