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Australia’s Belmonte
Wins Barbasol
PBA TOC
Strike on final ball clinches one-pin victory
over Texan Wes Malott
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (Jan. 26, 2014) – Australia’s
Jason Belmonte, with a strike on his final ball, defeated
Wes Malott of Pflugerville, Texas, to win the Barbasol
Professional Bowlers Association Tournament of
Champions by a single pin Sunday at Thunderbowl
Lanes.
Belmonte, a 30-year-old two-handed player, defeated
Malott, 219-218, after earning the top berth in the step-
ladder finals by 363 pins over England’s Dom Barrett,
but he escaped with his one-pin victory when Malott left
an 8 pin on his first shot in the 10th frame.
Belmonte collected his eighth career victory and sec-
ond PBA major title just a week after being named 2012
-13 PBA Player of the Year. He also earned $40,000
and a celebratory Barbasol shaving cream pie-in-the-
fame from close friend and fellow competitor Bill O’Neill.
“I got extremely lucky,” Belmonte said. “When it really
counted, I didn’t throw a good shot and gave Wes a
chance. I was pretty sure he was going to win. I couldn’t
believe it when I looked up and saw the 8 pin standing.”
The victory avenged Belmonte’s 214-156 loss to
Malott in the 2013 U.S. Open title match, another tour-
nament Belmonte had dominated until the final game.
“Other than the U.S. Open, this was one of my best
start-to-finish performances ever,” Belmonte said. “I’m
extremely proud to put my name on this trophy.
“To win a major championship and player of the year
in the same week? That’s pretty tough to beat,” he
grinned.
Malott advanced to the title match with a 205-202
victory over Barrett, the 2013 PBA World Champion, in
a contest where strikes were hard to come by late in the
game. Barrett failed to convert the 2-8-10 split in the
seventh frame, giving Malott the edge. But Malott was
unable to take advantage, leaving four consecutive 10
pins to keep Barrett in the match. Needing a strike on
his first shot in the 10th win, Barrett also left a 10 pin.
In the second match, Dan MacLelland made a fatal
mistake when he left the 4-6-7-10 split in the fourth
frame and failed to convert. Malott struck on eight of his
final nine shots to race away with a 248-199 win to end
MacLelland’s hopes of becoming the first Canadian to
win a PBA Tour title.
In the opening match, MacLelland, a fifth-year PBA
player making his seventh career television appear-
ance, eliminated defending
Tournament of Champions
winner Pete Weber of St.
Ann, Mo., 259-211. Weber,
a 37-time PBA champion
who was making his 133rd
television
appearance,
made two uncharacteristic
mistakes – failing to con-
vert the 3-10 split in the first
frame and missing the 3-6-
10 in the fifth – and MacLelland answered with a string
of eight strikes to end the 51-year-old Weber’s bid for a
record 11th PBA major title.
BARBASOL PROFESSIONAL BOWLERS
ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS
Thunderbowl Lanes, Allen Park, Mich., Sunday
Final Standings
1, Jason Belmonte, Australia, $40,000.
2, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, $20,000.
3, Dom Barrett, England, $14,000.
4, Dan MacLelland, Canada, $12,000.
5, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., $10,000.
Stepladder Results
Match One: MacLelland def. Weber, 259-211.
Match Two: Malott def. MacLelland, 248-199.
Semifinal Match: Malott def. Barrett, 205-202
Championship: Belmonte def. Malott, 219-218.
49TH BARBASOL PBA TOC
Thunderbowl Lanes, Allen Park, Mich.
Tuesday’s results
FINAL MATCH PLAY STANDINGS
(after 49 games, including won-lost records, match play
bonus pins, money earned; top five advance to steplad-
der finals)
1, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 18-6, 12,451.
2, Dom Barrett, England, 16-7-1, 12,088.
3, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 17-6-1, 11,974.
4, Dan MacLelland, Canada, 15-9, 11,687.
5, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 15-9, 11,671.
6, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 12-12, 11,596, $7,000.
7, Bill O'Neill, Langhorne, Pa., 14-10, 11,570, $6,000.
8, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 12-11-1, 11,465, $5,500.
9, Stuart Williams, England, 13-11, 11,446, $5,000.
10, Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 11-12-1, 11,426, $4,500.
11, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 12-12, 11,412, $4,000.
12, Scott Norton, Mission Viejo, Calif., 14-10, 11,401, $3,600.
13, Tommy Jones, S.C., 10-13-1, 11,378, $3,400.
14, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 13-11, 11,366, $2,620*.
15, Mike Fagan, Fort Worth, Texas, 11-11-2, 11,365, $3,200.
16, Tom Daugherty, Tampa, Fla., 12-12, 11,330, $3,000.
17, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 11-12-1, 11,287, $2,800.
18, E.J. Tackett, Huntington, Ind., 9-15, 11,136, $2,600.
19, Dave Wodka, Henderson, Nev., 9-14-1, 11,099, $2,500.
20, Patrick Dombrowski, Parma, Ohio, 9-14-1, 11,052, $2,400.
21, Josh Blanchard, Gilbert, Ariz., 7-17-0, 11,011, $2,300.
22, Jason Sterner, Covington, Ga., 11-13-0, 10,954, $2,200.
23, Craig Nidiffer, Trenton, Mich., 7-17, 10,899, $2,100.
24, Jason Poli, West Des Moines, Iowa, 5-19, 10,767, $2,000.
*As alternate Smallwood split earnings with Patrick Allen who
finished 25th.
Photo Courtesy of PBA
