Japan Cup Finals Top 5 Set
The Round of 32 for the Japan cup has been completed and the top 5 are set. The five players guaranteed to bowl for the the title (in order of seed) are:
Pete Weber (23-9-0) 1594
Walter Ray Williams Jr. (20-11-1) 1545
Ryan Shafer (22-9-1) 1532
Robert Smith (22-10-0) 1470
Patrick Healy Jr. (20-11-1) 1439
Bowlers in 6th-9th place will face each other in a one game "shootout" match to determine the 6th man on the stepladder finals. The four players in that match will be Chris Barnes, Wes Malott, Steve Jaros and Mike Machuga. The Shootout match will take place at 12:40 PM Japan time on Sunday. The televised finals will follow at 1:30 PM. The finals will be taped and shown on ESPN on Sunday, October 22 at 1:00 PM.