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Malott Continues Hot Streak at DYDO Japan Cup 2009 Newly-crowned PBA Player of the Year shoots 834-series in second block

TOYKO, Japan. (April 23, 2009) – Lumber Liquidators Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour Player of the Year Wes Malott likes what he sees on the lanes in the DYDO Japan Cup 2009.

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.

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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 Yama****a, 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