This Sunday on ESPN: PBA Motor City Open

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This Sunday on ESPN: PBA Motor City Open

SUNDAY, NOV. 1, 1 P.M. EASTERN

PBA Motor City Open stepladder finalists in qualifying order:
1, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla.
2, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas
3, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo.
4, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C.
5, Bill O’Neill, Southampton, Pa.

● This was an open field event consisting of 131 entrants.
● First event of 2009-10 Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour season.
● 103 titles represented among finalists: Williams (45), Barnes (12), Weber (34), Jones (12). O’Neill is looking for his first win.
● Williams looking to extend his record for most PBA Tour career titles and his record for most consecutive years with at least one title (currently at 16).
● Williams has never won the first PBA Tour event of the season.
● First time in Weber’s 30-year career he has made a TV final in the first event of season.
● O’Neill earned his spot in the stepladder final by defeating Rhino Page, 190-171, in a one-game roll-off to break a tie for fifth place.

Prize Money: 1. $25,000 2. $13,000 3, $9,000 4, $7,000 5, $6,000

Tournament Recap:
First round leader (after 5 games): Weber, 1,219
Second round leader (after 15 games): Fero Williams, 2,390
Third round leader (after 15 games): Weber, 3,466
First round match play leader (after 23 games): Barnes, 5-2-1, 5,376
Second round match play leader (after 31 games): Barnes, 11-4-1, 7,388
Final match play standings (39 games): Williams, 15-8-1, 9,302; Barnes, 16-7-1, 9,260; Weber, 16-8, 9,169; Jones, 13-11, 8,935; O’Neill, 13-11, 8,907

[Stormed1]

Should be a good show. Pete was really fired up during his interview on extra frame about this event

[extraacount]

I'm really interested in seeing Pete Weber, Tommy Jones and Chris Barnes play

[Maine Man]

Are the finals going to be live, or has it already been bowled and are they just airing a tape recorded version of the tourney?

[Stormed1]

It's a taped show from the WSON. The only live show from the WSOB will be the World Championships

[Maine Man]

O.k., thanks Stormed, that is what I thought also, I was just looking for verification.