O’Neill Leads Field of Five Players for PBA King of the Swing Finale Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET on CBS Sports Network

O’Neill Leads Field of Five Players for PBA King of the Swing Finale Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET on CBS Sports Network

Posted Jun 27, 2014 In: Bowling Event | Bowling News | PBA Bowling
By Bowling.com

by Jerry Schneider

Four champions including top qualifier Bill O'Neill and “wild card” Tommy Jones will compete in the finals of the fifth and final event of Oklahoma’s Grand Casino Resort PBA Summer Swing when the Grand Casino Resort King of the Swing finale airs Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET on the CBS Sports Network.

Jones, who earned the wild card berth as the Summer Swing points leader without the benefit of winning a title, will open the stepladder finals against Bear Open winner Ronnie Russell of Marion, Ind. It will be a re-match of the Bear Open title match, won by Russell, 234-164.

The winner of the opening match will take on Wolf Open winner and No. 3 qualifier Sean Rash of Montgomery, Ill. That winner will take on reigning PBA Player of the Year and Oklahoma Open winner Jason Belmonte in the semifinal match.

The semifinal winner will bowl Badger Open winner Bill O’Neill for the title. As points leader in the Summer Swing, O’Neill was given the privilege of selecting the lane condition for the finals and he chose the challenging 52-foot Badger lane conditioning pattern that will be applied to the specially installed championship lanes in the Grand Event Center.

Coming into the King of the Swing, Rash won the PBA Wolf Open by defeating Chris Barnes in the title match, 238-179; Russell won the Bear Open by defeating Jones; O’Neill won the Badger Open by defeating Brian Valenta, 243-235, and Belmonte won the Oklahoma Open over E.J. Tackett, 193-145.

CBS Sports Network is available across the country through local cable, video and telco providers and via satellite on DirecTV Channel 221 and Dish Network Channel 158. For more information, including a full programming schedule and how to get CBS Sports Network, go to www.cbssportsnetwork.com.

A King of the Swing post-game show is available on PBA’s subscription-based online bowling channel, Xtra Frame and on PBA’s YouTube page. The complete telecasts of all five Summer Swing events are archived on Xtra Frame seven days after their original air dates.