Hometown favorite Thomas Gross (pictured left) defeated tournament leader Stuart Williams, England, in a high scoring championship match, 246-231, en route to become the first Austrian winner in the Columbia 300 Vienna Open Sunday afternoon at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. Gross earned the 6.000 top prize and 100 ranking points as the Vienna
Open is one of the "Majors" on the European Bowling Tour. Williams
received 4.000 Euro for second and split 1.600 Euro with Guerrero for
the Doubles victory.
The 7th Columbia 300 Vienna Open is the 11th stop of the 2009 European Bowling Tour and one of the Tour's "Majors". The tournament is being held from Tuesday Sept. 29 through Sunday Oct. 4, 2009 at the renovated 32-lane Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. More than 340 players will compete for an increased total prize money of 68.130 Euro. The singles champion receives the 6.000 Euro top prize . To watch our video with impressions from the Vienna Open in high and lower resolution
Three players moved to the top of the leaderboard in the 7th Columbia 300 Vienna Open during the 9th of 17 qualifying squads Thursday night at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. PBA Hall of Famer Brian Voss, United States, former PBA exempt player Tore Torgersen, Norway, and Finnish national team member Joonas Jehkinen, who also took the lead with compatriot Juha Immonen. To watch the players from Squad 9 in high or lower quality
