Jason Belmonte overtakes E.J. Tackett for top seed of 2025 PBA World Championship, but his focus is history, not his rival
JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: 3/20/2025, 11:00 PM
The stepladder finalists for the 2025 PBA World Championship, left to right and in order from first to fifth: Jason Belmonte, E.J. Tackett, Tim Foy Jr., Boog Krol, B.J. Moore. Photo by PBA.
World Series of Bowling XVI has been all about E.J. Tackett, but on Thursday Jason Belmonte passed Tackett to take the top seed for Saturday’s stepladder finals of the 2025 PBA World Championship.
After 48 games of qualifying and 16 games of advancers rounds, Tackett owned a 65-pin lead over Belmonte, with Tim Foy Jr. another 256 pins behind Belmonte.
But in Thursday’s first round of match play, Belmonte flipped to a 216-pin lead as he went 6-2 on games of 226, 225, 234, 269, 277, 25...