Marshall Kent moves to the top in World Bowling Tour Men’s Ranking

03 July, 2017

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Marshall Kent, United States, took over the lead in both World Bowling Tour men’s rankings Sunday when he captured his fourth career PBA title and his second of the season in the Grand Hotel Casino & Resort PBA Oklahoma Open, the second event of the 2017 World Bowling Tour.

Kent (above), who received 50 ranking in Shawnee, Oklahoma, has earned ranking points in 11 out of 12 events in the past two years to lead the ranking with 273 points.

Previous leader Dominic Barrett (right) of England, who won the season-opening Brunswick Euro Challenge in Munich, Germany, slipped to second place with 249 points.

Martin Larsen (left) of Sweden, who led the rankings at the end of the 2016 season, leaped one spot to third place with 224 points. Rounding out the top 5 were Anthony Simonsen and reigning PBA Player of the Year EJ Tackett, both USA, with 210 and 203 points, respectively.

With his victory in Oklahoma, Kent also took over the lead in the annual points list, which will determine the finalists for the season-ending World Bowling Tour Finals. Kent leads the 2017 men’s ranking with 72 points, including 50 from Oklahoma and 22 from Munich.

Barrett is second with 65 with his compatriot Stuart Williams (right) in third on 55 points. Oklahoma Open runner-up Chris Barnes, USA, and Thailand’s Yannaphon Larp-apharat were tied for fourth place with 40 points.

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Due to an agreement between World Bowling and the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA), World Bowling Tour tournaments will award a PBA Tour title if the winner is a PBA member who doesn’t accept handicap pins.

The World Bowling Tour 2017 consists of five stops in Germany, Sweden, Thailand and USA (2).

Men and women compete for points to earn places on the World Bowling Tour rankings. The points system is based on a continuous two-year cycle, where points include every event from the previous two year format. “Majors” award double points.

The top three men and top three women in the annual points list will compete in the season-ending World Bowling Tour Finals which will be held on November 19 in conjunction with PBA World Series of Bowling IX at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nevada.

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Qualifying Standings for 2017 WBT Men’s Finals

Standings after 2/5 events. Top 25 with position, country and total points earned in 2017 WBT events and the highest points in a single event.

Pos	Top 25 in 2017	Country	Points	High
1.	Marshall Kent	USA	72	50
2.	Dominic Barrett	England	65	50
3.	Stuart Williams	England	55	35
4.	Yannaphon Larp-apharat	Thailand	40	40
(tie)	Chris Barnes	USA	40	40
6.	Jason Belmonte	Australia	35	35
7.	Rhino Page	USA	30	30
(tie)	Anders Lousdal	Denmark	30	30
9.	Sean Rash	USA	29	25
10.	Martin Larsen	Sweden	29	23
11.	Thomas Larsen	Denmark	27	24
12.	Jesper Svensson	Sweden	25	25
13.	Carsten Warming Hansen	Denmark	24	24
14.	EJ Tackett	USA	23	23
15.	Tom Smallwood	USA	22	22
16.	Pontus Andersson	Sweden	21	21
(tie)	Tom Daugherty	USA	21	21
18.	Francois Louw	South Africa	20	20
19.	Michael Mak	Hong Kong	15	15
(tie)	Daniel Fransson	Sweden	15	15
(tie)	Trey Ford III	USA	15	15
22.	Jason Sterner	USA	14	14
(tie)	Mik Stampe	Denmark	14	14
(tie)	Ronnie Russell	USA	14	14
(tie)	Jan Macek	Czech Republic	14	14

WBT Men’s Point Ranking as of July 3, 2017

Players with country, ranking points earned from August 2015 through July 2017, ranking point total, highest points earned in a single event and number of top 50 finishes.

Pos	Player	Federation	Points	WBT 2017	WBT 2016	WBT 2015	High	Top 50
1.	Marshall Kent	USA	273	72	133	68	50	11
2.	Dominic Barrett	England	249	65	86	98	70	9
3.	Martin Larsen	Sweden	224	29	146	49	40	11
4.	Anthony Simonsen	USA	210	4	142	64	50	9
5.	EJ Tackett	USA	203	23	100	80	100	3
6.	Stuart Williams	England	174	55	52	67	48	9
7.	Sean Rash	USA	172	29	45	98	44	8
8.	Jason Belmonte	Australia	170	35	125	10	60	6
9.	Jesper Svensson	Sweden	165	25	128	12	50	5
10.	Thomas Larsen	Denmark	162	27	63	72	42	9
11.	Tommy Jones	USA	143	13	90	40	30	7
12.	Cameron Weier	USA	129	3	64	62	50	9
13.	Ryan Ciminelli	USA	121	1		120	70	3
(tie)	Osku Palermaa	Finland	121		102	19	40	7
15.	Gary Faulkner Jr.	USA	106	6		100	100	2
(tie)	Francois Louw	South Africa	106	20	35	51	50	8
17.	Tom Smallwood	USA	102	22	80		80	2
18.	Yousif Falah	Bahrain	99		99		50	3
19.	Wu Siu Hong	Hong Kong	93	3	47	43	22	6
20.	Yannaphon Larp-apharat	Thailand	90	40	35	15	40	3
21.	Rhino Page	USA	88	30	8	50	50	3
22.	Sam Cooley	Australia	86	8	62	16	40	4
23.	Pete Weber	USA	83		48	35	48	2
24.	Wes Malott	USA	79	12	42	25	42	3
25.	Pontus Andersson	Sweden	75	21	50	4	50	3
(tie)	Ryan Lalisang	Indonesia	75		18	57	35	4
27.	Tom Daugherty	USA	69	21	24	24	24	3
28.	Jason Sterner	USA	68	14	32	22	22	4
29.	Paul Moor	England	64	8	30	26	30	3
30.	Scott Norton	USA	60			60	60	1
(tie)	Rickle Kam	Hong Kong	60	3	27	30	30	6
(tie)	Matt McNiel	USA	60		30	30	30	2
33.	Michael Mak	Hong Kong	59	15	44		30	4
34.	Mika Koivuniemi	Finland	57		44	13	15	4
35.	Andres Gomez	Colombia	55			55	28	3
36.	Patrick Girard	Canada	52		28	24	28	2
(tie)	Brad Angelo	USA	52	13	4	35	20	4
38.	B.J. Moore III	USA	51		40	11	40	3
39.	Ahmed Al Awadhi	Bahrain	50		50		50	1
40.	Francois Lavoie	Canada	49	12	26	11	26	3
41.	Chris Barnes	USA	48	40	8		40	2
(tie)	Robert Andersson	Sweden	48		48		35	2
(tie)	Ahmad Muaz	Malaysia	48	13	35		35	2
44.	Brandon Novak	USA	47	3	44		44	2
45.	Mitch Beasley	USA	46		46		46	1
46.	Richard Teece	England	45	3	27	15	15	5
47.	Walter Ray Williams Jr.	USA	43	8	8	27	15	4
48.	J.R. Raymond	USA	42	1		41	24	4
(tie)	Eric Tseng	Hong Kong	42		13	29	23	5
50.	Frederik Öhrgaard	Denmark	40			40	40	1
(tie)	Bill O’Neill	USA	40			40	28	2
52.	Mohammed Janahi	Bahrain	39		15	24	21	4
53.	Norm Duke	USA	38			38	30	2
(tie)	Dick Allen	USA	38	6	26	6	26	3
(tie)	Parker Bohn III	USA	38		22	16	22	2
56.	Mik Stampe	Denmark	37	14	23		14	3
57.	Timmy Tan	Malaysia	36	11	25		25	2
(tie)	Jassim Al Muraikhi	Qatar	36		28	8	14	4
(tie)	Ronnie Sparks Jr.	USA	36		12	24	12	3
60.	Jesper Larsen	Sweden	35		35		35	1
(tie)	Daniel Fransson	Sweden	35	15	6	14	15	4
(tie)	Remy Ong	Singapore	35		18	17	14	4
63.	Carsten Warming Hansen	Denmark	34	24	10		24	3
(tie)	Markus Jansson	Sweden	34	2	28	4	22	4
65.	Amleto Monacelli	Venezuela	33	4		29	23	3
(tie)	Andrew Cain	USA	33		25	8	21	3
67.	Jakob Butturff	USA	32	2		30	30	2
(tie)	Hazeem Al Muraikhi	Qatar	32		21	11	15	3
69.	Anders Lousdal	Denmark	30	30			30	1
(tie)	Alexey Parshukov	Russia	30		30		30	1
(tie)	Yaqoub Al Shatti	Kuwait	30		6	24	24	4
(tie)	Khaled Al Dubyyan	Kuwait	30		10	20	20	3
(tie)	Ho Lau Kwun	Hong Kong	30		15	15	15	4
74.	Martin Paulsson	Sweden	29	11	18		12	3
75.	Kristopher Prather	USA	28	4	16	8	16	3
(tie)	Kim Bolleby	Thailand	28	6	14	8	13	4
(tie)	D.J. Archer	USA	28	2	10	16	8	5
78.	Adam J Johnson	USA	27		26	1	14	3
79.	Hassan Al Shaikh	Saudi Arabia	26			26	25	2
(tie)	Annop Arromsaranon	Thailand	26	4	22		22	2
(tie)	Ronnie Russell	USA	26	14		12	14	2
82.	Patrick Allen	USA	25		25		23	2
(tie)	Michael Haugen Jr.	USA	25			25	22	2
84.	Mattias Olsson	Sweden	24		24		23	2
(tie)	Yousef Al Jaber	Qatar	24		16	8	13	4
(tie)	Bader Al Shaikh	Saudi Arabia	24			24	13	2
87.	John Janawicz	USA	23		23		23	1
(tie)	Peerawich Rungcharoen	Thailand	23		23		23	1
89.	Patrick Dombrowski	USA	22		22		22	1
(tie)	Eugene McCune	USA	22			22	22	1
91.	Mustafa Al Mousawi	Kuwait	21		21		21	1
(tie)	Osama A Rahman	Bahrain	21		21		21	1
(tie)	Nayef Oqab	UAE	21		21		20	2
94.	Jaime E. Gonzalez	Colombia	20		20		20	1
(tie)	Arturo Quintero	Mexico	20	4	16		16	2
(tie)	John Szczerbinski	USA	20	6		14	14	2
(tie)	Ghanim Aboujassoum	Qatar	20		14	6	13	3
(tie)	Jimmy Mortensen	Denmark	20	12	8		12	2
(tie)	John Wells	England	20		14	6	11	3
100.	Tobias Börding	Germany	19		13	6	13	2
101.	Devin Bidwell	USA	18	1		17	16	3
(tie)	Syafiq Ridhwan	Malaysia	18	12	6		12	2
(tie)	Wicky Yeung	Hong Kong	18	8	10		8	3
104.	Shota Kawazoe	Japan	17		17		14	2
(tie)	Aaron Lorincz	USA	17			17	13	2
(tie)	Mohammed Al Saud	Saudi Arabia	17		11	6	11	2
(tie)	Nick Kruml	USA	17	11	6		11	2
(tie)	Mohammed Al Merekhi	Qatar	17		14	3	8	3
(tie)	Christopher Sloan	Ireland	17	4	9	4	6	5
110.	Warren Crawford	USA	16			16	16	1
(tie)	Ryan Graywacz	USA	16			16	16	1
(tie)	Matt O’Grady	USA	16		16		16	1
(tie)	Kamron Doyle	USA	16		8	8	8	2
(tie)	Tim Mack	USA	16		16		8	2
(tie)	Kyle Troup	USA	16	8	6	2	8	3
116.	Trey Ford III	USA	15	15			15	1
(tie)	Nathan Bohr	USA	15		4	11	11	2
(tie)	AJ Johnson	USA	15	11	4		11	2
119.	Ahmed Al Hadyan	Saudi Arabia	14			14	14	1
(tie)	Curtis Hooper	England	14		14		14	1
(tie)	Jan Macek	Czech Republic	14	14			14	1
(tie)	Basel Al Anzi	Kuwait	14		2	12	12	2
(tie)	Greg Ostrander	USA	14		12	2	12	2
(tie)	Joshua Chow	Hong Kong	14		6	8	8	2
(tie)	Jon Van Hees	USA	14	4	10		6	4
126.	Abdulhakim Al Saud	Saudi Arabia	13			13	13	1
(tie)	Antonino Fiorentino	Italy	13	13			13	1
(tie)	Phumin Klanbida	Thailand	13		13		13	1
(tie)	Yasser Abu Reesh	Saudi Arabia	13			13	13	1
(tie)	Abdulla Al Dolijan	Saudi Arabia	13	1	1	11	11	3
(tie)	Mohamed Al Marzooqi	UAE	13		11	2	11	2
(tie)	Ray Teece	England	13	1	4	8	8	3
133.	Khalid Al Dossari	Qatar	12			12	12	1
(tie)	Matt Gasn	USA	12			12	12	1
(tie)	Rodolfo Madriz	Costa Rica	12		12		12	1
(tie)	Francis Tan Wu Jen	Malaysia	12		12		12	1
(tie)	Tore Torgersen	Norway	12		12		12	1
(tie)	Chris Via	USA	12		12		12	1
(tie)	Jimmy Cheung	Hong Kong	12		9	3	8	3
(tie)	Muhd Jaris Goh	Singapore	12	6	6		6	2
(tie)	Surasak Manuwong	Thailand	12	6	6		6	2
142.	Marco Baade	Germany	11		11		11	1
(tie)	David Simard	Canada	11		11		11	1
(tie)	Adel Al Barqi	Saudi Arabia	11	2	2	7	6	4
145.	Ayad Al Amiri	Kuwait	9		3	6	6	2
(tie)	Ammar Tarrad	Saudi Arabia	9			9	6	2
147.	Anton Ahlgren	Sweden	8	8			8	1
(tie)	Salem Al Hajras	Kuwait	8			8	8	1
(tie)	Ahmed Al Malki	Bahrain	8		8		8	1
(tie)	Mohamed Al Najrani	Saudi Arabia	8			8	8	1
(tie)	Fahad Al Reghab	Kuwait	8			8	8	1
(tie)	Jassem Al Saqer	Kuwait	8		8		8	1
(tie)	Cristian Azcona	Puerto Rico	8		8		8	1
(tie)	Markus Bergendorff	Denmark	8		8		8	1
(tie)	Mathieu Bergès	Switzerland	8		8		8	1
(tie)	Josh Blanchard	USA	8			8	8	1
(tie)	Mike Chan	Hong Kong	8		8		8	1
(tie)	Atchariya Cheng	Thailand	8		8		8	1
(tie)	Andrew Graff	USA	8		8		8	1
(tie)	Mike Harles	Germany	8	8			8	1
(tie)	Rafiq Ismail	Malaysia	8		8		8	1
(tie)	Ahmed A. Jabbar	Bahrain	8		8		8	1
(tie)	Tomas Käyhkö	Finland	8	8			8	1
(tie)	Sithiphol Kunaksorn	Thailand	8		8		8	1
(tie)	Miguel Lopez	USA	8			8	8	1
(tie)	Oliver Morig	Germany	8		8		8	1
(tie)	Craig Nidiffer	USA	8	8			8	1
(tie)	Mikael Roos	Sweden	8		8		8	1
(tie)	Ryan Shafer	USA	8			8	8	1
(tie)	Talal Tawareb	Saudi Arabia	8			8	8	1
(tie)	Pawat Ungtrakul	Thailand	8		8		8	1
(tie)	Zulmazran Zulkifli	Malaysia	8	8			8	1
(tie)	Mansoor Al Awamy	Qatar	8		8		6	2
(tie)	Andrew Anderson	USA	8	2		6	6	2
(tie)	John Furey	USA	8		2	6	6	2
(tie)	Shaik Abdul Hameed	India	8		4	4	4	3
(tie)	Abdulla A. Karim	Bahrain	8		4	4	4	2
178.	Shawn Maldonado	USA	7	3		4	4	2
179.	Hassan Al Kharusi	Oman	6		6		6	1
(tie)	Salem Al Marzouqi	Qatar	6			6	6	1
(tie)	Anthony Balabbo	Philippines	6		6		6	1
(tie)	Kevin Donovan	USA	6		6		6	1
(tie)	Joseph Hostetler	USA	6			6	6	1
(tie)	Billy M Islam	Indonesia	6		6		6	1
(tie)	Joonas Jähi	Finland	6	6			6	1
(tie)	Mitchell Katic	USA	6			6	6	1
(tie)	Badin Lerdpiriyasakulkit	Thailand	6		6		6	1
(tie)	Erin McCarthy	USA	6			6	6	1
(tie)	Glenn Morten Pedersen	Norway	6		6		6	1
(tie)	Anton Persson	Sweden	6	6			6	1
(tie)	Teerachata Rachatahiranyakan	Thailand	6		6		6	1
(tie)	Omar Rashid	Bahrain	6		6		6	1
(tie)	Kyle Sherman	USA	6	6			6	1
(tie)	Juhani Tonteri	Finland	6		6		6	1
(tie)	Chris Warren	USA	6		6		6	1
(tie)	Mike Wolfe	USA	6			6	6	1
(tie)	Greg Young	USA	6		6		6	1
(tie)	Abdulrahman Al Jaidah	Qatar	6		6		4	2
(tie)	Timothy Tham	Singapore	6	4	2		4	2
200.	Ali Al Rashdi	UAE	5		4	1	4	2
(tie)	Ghalib Al Busaidi	Oman	5		3	2	3	2
(tie)	Zeke Bayt	USA	5	3		2	3	2
(tie)	André Michow	Germany	5	3	2		3	2
204.	Hassan Abdul Rahman	Qatar	4			4	4	1
(tie)	Moeed Al Qahtani	Saudi Arabia	4			4	4	1
(tie)	Aseel Al Roomi	Kuwait	4			4	4	1
(tie)	Rushaidan Al Rushaidan	Saudi Arabia	4			4	4	1
(tie)	Benjamin Ang	Singapore	4		4		4	1
(tie)	Tom Baker	USA	4			4	4	1
(tie)	Napat Buspanikonkul	Thailand	4		4		4	1
(tie)	Michael Edwards	USA	4			4	4	1
(tie)	Andreas Gripp	Germany	4		4		4	1
(tie)	Mohammed Jamal	Qatar	4			4	4	1
(tie)	Joonas Jehkinen	Finland	4			4	4	1
(tie)	Abdulla A Kareem	Qatar	4		4		4	1
(tie)	Somjed Kusonpithak	Thailand	4		4		4	1
(tie)	Sean Lavery-Spahr	USA	4	4			4	1
(tie)	Kendle Miles	USA	4		4		4	1
(tie)	Hardy Rachmadian	Indonesia	4		4		4	1
(tie)	Isaac Russell	Malaysia	4		4		4	1
(tie)	Petteri Salonen	Finland	4		4		4	1
(tie)	Bryon Smith	USA	4			4	4	1
(tie)	Hiroki Takada	Japan	4		4		4	1
(tie)	Eric Traylor	USA	4			4	4	1
(tie)	Mattias Wetterberg	Sweden	4		4		4	1
(tie)	Tony Wong	Hong Kong	4	4			4	1
(tie)	Zakareya Al Zoqari	Qatar	4		1	3	3	2
(tie)	Jake Peters	USA	4	2	2		2	2
229.	Jesper Agerbo	Denmark	3		3		3	1
(tie)	Khalid Al Emady	Qatar	3		3		3	1
(tie)	Shaker Al Hassan	UAE	3		3		3	1
(tie)	Saud Al Khelewi	Saudi Arabia	3			3	3	1
(tie)	Rashid Fayil Al Safmi	Oman	3		3		3	1
(tie)	Dylan Burns	USA	3	3			3	1
(tie)	Lapasdanai Chusaeng	Thailand	3		3		3	1
(tie)	Adnan Deibas	Saudi Arabia	3			3	3	1
(tie)	Ahmed Fareed	Bahrain	3			3	3	1
(tie)	Magnus Johnson Jr.	Sweden	3		3		3	1
(tie)	Jaroslav Lorenc	Czech Republic	3		3		3	1
(tie)	Mats Maggi	Belgium	3		3		3	1
(tie)	Akihiro Miura	Japan	3		3		3	1
(tie)	Darren Ong	Singapore	3		3		3	1
(tie)	Manuel Otalora	Colombia	3		3		3	1
(tie)	Connor Pickford	USA	3			3	3	1
(tie)	Howard Saw	Singapore	3		3		3	1
(tie)	Stephen Solomon	Philippines	3			3	3	1
(tie)	Jim Villanueva	Philippines	3		3		3	1
(tie)	Anthony Pepe	USA	3		1	2	2	2
249.	Osama Abdul Rahman	Bahrain	2		2		2	1
(tie)	Fawaz Abdulla	Bahrain	2		2		2	1
(tie)	Fahad Al Emadi	Qatar	2		2		2	1
(tie)	Ebrahaim Al Jadi	Kuwait	2			2	2	1
(tie)	Hareb Al Mansouri	UAE	2		2		2	1
(tie)	Salman Al Shehri	Saudi Arabia	2			2	2	1
(tie)	Hussain Al Suwaidi	UAE	2			2	2	1
(tie)	Kim Andersson	Sweden	2	2			2	1
(tie)	AJ Chapman	USA	2			2	2	1
(tie)	Hashim Guinomla	Philippines	2			2	2	1
(tie)	Peter Hellström	Sweden	2		2		2	1
(tie)	Ludwig Ingerskog	Sweden	2		2		2	1
(tie)	Clint Johnson	USA	2			2	2	1
(tie)	Jakob Karlsson	Sweden	2		2		2	1
(tie)	Ernest Kwok	Hong Kong	2		2		2	1
(tie)	Anthony Lavery-Spahr	USA	2		2		2	1
(tie)	Hassan Oraif	Saudi Arabia	2			2	2	1
(tie)	Kunakorn Ponganekkul	Thailand	2		2		2	1
(tie)	T.J. Schmidt	USA	2			2	2	1
(tie)	Al Hasan Sugati	Saudi Arabia	2			2	2	1
(tie)	Mark Sullivan	USA	2			2	2	1
(tie)	Marek Talpa	Czech Republic	2			2	2	1
(tie)	Joel Tan	Singapore	2	2			2	1
(tie)	Alexander Tarsoly	Hungary	2		2		2	1
(tie)	Dirk Völkel	Germany	2		2		2	1
(tie)	Randy Weiss	USA	2			2	2	1
(tie)	Pascal Winternheimer	Germany	2			2	2	1
276.	Ali Abdulla Al Ali	Qatar	1			1	1	1
(tie)	Ahmed Al Khaja	Bahrain	1		1		1	1
(tie)	Hamed Al Khayal	Saudi Arabia	1			1	1	1
(tie)	Abdulrahman Al Khilaiwi	Saudi Arabia	1			1	1	1
(tie)	Mohammed Al Nuaimi	UAE	1		1		1	1
(tie)	Mahdi Assad	Bahrain	1		1		1	1
(tie)	Jesse Buss	USA	1	1			1	1
(tie)	Dino Castillo	USA	1			1	1	1
(tie)	Ayman Hashim	Egypt	1		1		1	1
(tie)	Tom Janetzki	Germany	1		1		1	1
(tie)	Perttu Jussila	Finland	1		1		1	1
(tie)	Joachim Karlsson	Sweden	1		1		1	1
(tie)	Hassan Ali Kharusi	Oman	1		1		1	1
(tie)	Chris Loschetter	USA	1	1			1	1
(tie)	Christopher Lüttke	Sweden	1	1			1	1
(tie)	Santiago Mejia	Colombia	1			1	1	1
(tie)	Pyry Puharinen	Finland	1	1			1	1
(tie)	Cheah Ray Han	Singapore	1	1			1	1
(tie)	Ildemaro Ruiz	Venezuela	1			1	1	1
(tie)	Gu Young Jin	Korea	1		1		1	1
(tie)	Chean Yung Ren	Malaysia	1		1		1	1