Player of the Year race tightens as E.J. Tackett, Marshall Kent, Kyle Troup earn top 3 seeds for 2024 Just Bare PBA Indiana Classic
JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Thursday, February 22, 2024 9:00 pm
The stepladder finalists for the 2024 Just Bare PBA Indiana Classic, left to right from first to fifth: E.J. Tackett, Marshall Kent, Kyle Troup, Benjamin Martinez, Zach Wilkins. Photo by PBA.
Through four tournaments on the 2024 PBA Tour, Bill O’Neill won a major, finished fifth in a major, and was sixth and second in the other tournaments — a formidable start for the 2024 PBA Player of the Year race.
But when O'Neill lost a roll-off to miss the cut to the top 32 at the 2024 Just Bare PBA Indiana Classic, he opened the door for other contenders to close the gap and perhaps even pass him.
And three POY contenders put themselves in position to win, as E.J. Tackett,...