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As top seed of 2019 PBA World Championship, Jason Belmonte is a game from history — again; Matt McNiel, Bill O’Neill, Jakob Butturff, B.J. Moore also make stepladder finals

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Saturday, March 16, 2019 11:00 pm
As top seed of 2019 PBA World Championship, Jason Belmonte is a game from history — again; Matt McNiel, Bill O’Neill, Jakob Butturff, B.J. Moore also make stepladder finals
The stepladder finalists for the 2019 PBA World Championship, left to right and in order from first to fifth: Jason Belmonte, Matt McNiel, Bill O'Neill, Jakob Butturff and B.J. Moore. Photo by Pro Bowlers Association.
Jason Belmonte is set to travel down a familiar road after holding his lead on Saturday to earn the top seed for the 2019 PBA World Championship. It’s a road that seemingly inevitably will find him atop bowling’s major mountain: Belmonte is one game from tying Don Carter’s true historical record of 11 major titles, which also would break the 2-handed Australian’s tie with Earl Anthony and Pete Weber for PBA Tour major titles. In February, Belmonte won his...