Anderson retains overall lead as top 24 players advance to match play at 2025 U.S. Open
January 31, 2025
Andrew Anderson of Holly, Michigan, remained the overall leader as qualifying came to an end on Thursday at the 2025 U.S. Open presented by Go Bowling, which is being held at Royal Pin Woodland in Indianapolis.
FINAL QUALIFYING RESULTS
INDIANAPOLIS – Qualifying has ended, the first cuts have been made and now just 24 players remain in contention at the 2025 U.S. Open presented by Go Bowling, which is being held at Royal Pin Woodland in Indianapolis.
For the second day in a row, Andrew Anderson of Holly, Michigan, was the name atop the leaderboard by day’s end.
The 29-year-old right hander tamed Thursday’s 52-foot oil pattern very effectively, rolling games of 199, 192, 218, 224, 199, 269, 224 and 226 during Round 3 to come in with a total of 1,751, which pushed his three-day, 24-game tally to 5,360 (a 223.33 average) and allowed him to finish first in the 108-player field.
Jakob Butturff of Tempe, Arizona, shot 1,833 (an average of nearly 230 per game) on Thursday to move all the way up to second place in the overall standings with a three-day mark of 5,313.
A pair of former U.S. Open champions claimed the next two spots with Anthony Simonsen of Las Vegas, the 2022 champion, placing third with 5,297 while 2021 winner Chris Via of Blacklick, Ohio, was fourth at 5,223.
The final spot in the top five went to Jason Sterner of Rochester, New York (5,217), while Kevin McCune of Munster, Indiana (5,177), Canada’s Graham Fach (5,171), Landin Jordan of Sycamore, Illinois (5,161), Jake Peters of Henderson, Nevada (5,141), and Kristopher Prather of Romeoville, Illinois (5,133), all landed in the top 10.
Nevertheless, the most valuable position up for grabs on Thursday was 24th place as the bowler in that spot earned the final berth to match play.
Nathan Bohr of Round Rock, Texas, was the player holding the golden ticket at the end of Round 3. He shot 1,667 during Thursday’s block to finish with a three-day qualifying total of 5,022 (a 209.25 average), which was just enough to keep him ahead of defending U.S. Open champion Kyle Troup of Taylorsville, North Carolina (5,020) for the final place inside the cut line.
With qualifying completed, the 24 players still alive in this year’s U.S. Open field will switch gears and prepare for head-to-head competition during three eight-game rounds of match play.
The first two rounds will take place on Friday, the first starting at 10 a.m. Eastern and the second beginning at 5 p.m. Eastern.
The final eight matches will kick off Saturday morning starting at 9 a.m. Eastern, after which the field will be cut down once again, this time to the top nine. Those nine bowlers will advance to this year’s two U.S. Open stepladder finals broadcasts.
The first show will feature seeds No. 5-9 battling it out on FS1 on Saturday at 4 p.m. Eastern. The bowler who wins that stepladder will join seeds No. 1-4 for the championship round on Sunday at 4 p.m. Eastern on FOX.
Up for grabs will be the U.S. Open’s $100,000 top prize, the coveted green jacket and the first major title of the 2025 Professional Bowlers Association Tour season.
Given the fact that he’s been the leader after two of the first three rounds of this year’s tournament, Anderson would have to be considered as strong a candidate as anyone to make a run at this year’s title.
However, that is not how the 2018 United States Bowling Congress Masters champion is choosing to look at things; in fact, as far as he’s concerned, this year’s U.S. Open has only just begun.
“Qualifying for match play is one thing, but the tournament is not even half over,” Anderson said. “I’m happy with where I’m at right now, but we have a lot of bowling left.”
Anderson did plenty of good bowling to close out Thursday’s block, shooting 719 (a 239.67 average) for the final three games of Round 3 one day after averaging 234 over the final five games of his second set.
According to Anderson, Thursday’s success was directly impacted by how he and the rest of C Squad opted to attack the Round 3 oil pattern.
“During practice, it seemed like everybody decided to play to the right,” Anderson said. “I don’t think it was the right idea because there were only a couple guys who liked the look out there. So, during Game 2, just about everyone made a huge jump in. I think that probably ended up helping us because it saved a whole game of lane play in that area.”
Still, Anderson was quick to point out that Thursday’s lane pattern was anything but easy, and he expects the 41-foot condition being used for match play and the stepladder finals to be equally challenging for him and his fellow competitors.
“I didn’t bowl on the match-play pattern during Monday’s practice session because I don’t like to get ahead of myself,” Anderson said. “However, I heard from the ball reps that I’m probably going to be throwing it hard and pretty straight, so I need to get my legs rested up. There’s lots of things on that pattern graph, so it could be fun, or it could get really ugly.”
Speaking of fun, Nathan Smith of Noblesville, Indiana, had some of his own during Game 4 of A Squad qualifying on Thursday when he rolled 12 strikes in a row to record just the second perfect game of the 2025 U.S. Open – John Janawicz of Winter Haven, Florida, rolled the first during Round 1 on Tuesday.
The 2025 U.S. Open is a collaborative effort between the United States Bowling Congress and Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America and is considered a major on the PBA Tour. The total prize fund for the event will exceed $275,000.
For more information about the U.S. Open, CLICK HERE.
FINAL QUALIFYING RESULTS
INDIANAPOLIS – Qualifying has ended, the first cuts have been made and now just 24 players remain in contention at the 2025 U.S. Open presented by Go Bowling, which is being held at Royal Pin Woodland in Indianapolis.
For the second day in a row, Andrew Anderson of Holly, Michigan, was the name atop the leaderboard by day’s end.
The 29-year-old right hander tamed Thursday’s 52-foot oil pattern very effectively, rolling games of 199, 192, 218, 224, 199, 269, 224 and 226 during Round 3 to come in with a total of 1,751, which pushed his three-day, 24-game tally to 5,360 (a 223.33 average) and allowed him to finish first in the 108-player field.
Jakob Butturff of Tempe, Arizona, shot 1,833 (an average of nearly 230 per game) on Thursday to move all the way up to second place in the overall standings with a three-day mark of 5,313.
A pair of former U.S. Open champions claimed the next two spots with Anthony Simonsen of Las Vegas, the 2022 champion, placing third with 5,297 while 2021 winner Chris Via of Blacklick, Ohio, was fourth at 5,223.
The final spot in the top five went to Jason Sterner of Rochester, New York (5,217), while Kevin McCune of Munster, Indiana (5,177), Canada’s Graham Fach (5,171), Landin Jordan of Sycamore, Illinois (5,161), Jake Peters of Henderson, Nevada (5,141), and Kristopher Prather of Romeoville, Illinois (5,133), all landed in the top 10.
Nevertheless, the most valuable position up for grabs on Thursday was 24th place as the bowler in that spot earned the final berth to match play.
Nathan Bohr of Round Rock, Texas, was the player holding the golden ticket at the end of Round 3. He shot 1,667 during Thursday’s block to finish with a three-day qualifying total of 5,022 (a 209.25 average), which was just enough to keep him ahead of defending U.S. Open champion Kyle Troup of Taylorsville, North Carolina (5,020) for the final place inside the cut line.
With qualifying completed, the 24 players still alive in this year’s U.S. Open field will switch gears and prepare for head-to-head competition during three eight-game rounds of match play.
The first two rounds will take place on Friday, the first starting at 10 a.m. Eastern and the second beginning at 5 p.m. Eastern.
The final eight matches will kick off Saturday morning starting at 9 a.m. Eastern, after which the field will be cut down once again, this time to the top nine. Those nine bowlers will advance to this year’s two U.S. Open stepladder finals broadcasts.
The first show will feature seeds No. 5-9 battling it out on FS1 on Saturday at 4 p.m. Eastern. The bowler who wins that stepladder will join seeds No. 1-4 for the championship round on Sunday at 4 p.m. Eastern on FOX.
Up for grabs will be the U.S. Open’s $100,000 top prize, the coveted green jacket and the first major title of the 2025 Professional Bowlers Association Tour season.
Given the fact that he’s been the leader after two of the first three rounds of this year’s tournament, Anderson would have to be considered as strong a candidate as anyone to make a run at this year’s title.
However, that is not how the 2018 United States Bowling Congress Masters champion is choosing to look at things; in fact, as far as he’s concerned, this year’s U.S. Open has only just begun.
“Qualifying for match play is one thing, but the tournament is not even half over,” Anderson said. “I’m happy with where I’m at right now, but we have a lot of bowling left.”
Anderson did plenty of good bowling to close out Thursday’s block, shooting 719 (a 239.67 average) for the final three games of Round 3 one day after averaging 234 over the final five games of his second set.
According to Anderson, Thursday’s success was directly impacted by how he and the rest of C Squad opted to attack the Round 3 oil pattern.
“During practice, it seemed like everybody decided to play to the right,” Anderson said. “I don’t think it was the right idea because there were only a couple guys who liked the look out there. So, during Game 2, just about everyone made a huge jump in. I think that probably ended up helping us because it saved a whole game of lane play in that area.”
Still, Anderson was quick to point out that Thursday’s lane pattern was anything but easy, and he expects the 41-foot condition being used for match play and the stepladder finals to be equally challenging for him and his fellow competitors.
“I didn’t bowl on the match-play pattern during Monday’s practice session because I don’t like to get ahead of myself,” Anderson said. “However, I heard from the ball reps that I’m probably going to be throwing it hard and pretty straight, so I need to get my legs rested up. There’s lots of things on that pattern graph, so it could be fun, or it could get really ugly.”
Speaking of fun, Nathan Smith of Noblesville, Indiana, had some of his own during Game 4 of A Squad qualifying on Thursday when he rolled 12 strikes in a row to record just the second perfect game of the 2025 U.S. Open – John Janawicz of Winter Haven, Florida, rolled the first during Round 1 on Tuesday.
The 2025 U.S. Open is a collaborative effort between the United States Bowling Congress and Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America and is considered a major on the PBA Tour. The total prize fund for the event will exceed $275,000.
For more information about the U.S. Open, CLICK HERE.