Steve Westberg shot a 299 with five games remaining and went on to win the $60,000 Amarillo Open, his third title in a year. Westberg trailed leader Larry Laub until that 299 - he left a seven pin - and from there on, he widened his lead after every game until he finished with ,a 325-pin margin. Mike Durbin finished second, followed by Laub, Pete McCordic and Jeff Mattingly. 42-GAME TOTALS | |  | Name, City | | Pins | | Avg | | WLT | | + | | Tot | | Amt | | | 1 | | Steve Westberg, Cottage Grove, Ore. | | 9155 | | 217.9 | | 14-9-1 | | 435 | | 9590 | | $6,000 | | 2 | | Mike Durbin, Chagrin Falls, Ohio | | 8845 | | 210.5 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 9265 | | 3,500 | | 3 | | Larry Laub, San Francisco, Calif. | | 8735 | | 207.9 | | 17-6-1 | | 525 | | 9260 | | 3,000 | | 4 | | Pete McCordic, Houston, Texas | | 8764 | | 208.6 | | 16-8-0 | | 480 | | 9244 | | 2,500 | | 5 | | Jeff Mattingly, Tacoma, Wash. | | 8738 | | 208.0 | | 14-8-2 | | 450 | | 9188 | | 2,000 | | 6 | | Paul Moser, Medford, Mass. | | 8844 | | 210.5 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 9174 | | 1,800 | | 7 | | Rick Jones, Bellingham, Wash. | | 8822 | | 210.0 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 9152 | | 1,650 | | 8 | | Ernie Schlegel, U.S.A. | | 8800 | | 209.5 | | 11-12-1 | | 345 | | 9145 | | 1,500 | | 9 | | Mike Berlin, Muscatine, Iowa | | 8775 | | 208.9 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9135 | | 1,450 | | 10 | | Randy Neal, EI Segundo, Calif. | | 8649 | | 205.9 | | 15-8-1 | | 465 | | 9114 | | 1,400 | | 11 | | Ed Dolfay, Seattle, Wash. | | 8693 | | 206.9 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 9113 | | 1,350 | | 12 | | Bill Spigner, Hamden, Conn. | | 8671 | | 206.4 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 9001 | | 1,300 | | 13 | | Sam Flanagan, Parkersburg, W. Va. | | 8552 | | 203.6 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 8972 | | 1,250 | | 14 | | Keith Craycraft, N. Martinsville, W. Va. | | 8570 | | 204.0 | | 12-10-2 | | 390 | | 8960 | | 1,200 | | 15 | | Nelson Burton, Jr., St. Louis, Mo. | | 8541 | | 203.3 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 8901 | | 1,150 | | 16 | | Jimmy Certain, Huntsville, Ala. | | 8522 | | 202.9 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 8882 | | 1,100 | | 17 | | Gil Sliker, Washington, N.J. | | 8614 | | 205.0 | | 8-16-0 | | 240 | | 8854 | | 1,050 | | 18 | | Dan Roche, Downey, Calif. | | 8469 | | 201.6 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 8829 | | 1,000 | | 19 | | Dick Armstrong, Park City, Ill. | | 8370 | | 199.2 | | 11-11-2 | | 360 | | 8730 | | 950 | | 20 | | J.B. Blaylock, LaLuz, N.M. | | 8312 | | 197.9 | | 10-13-1 | | 315 | | 8627 | | 900 | | 21 | | Neil Burton, St. Louis, Mo. | | 8366 | | 199.1 | | 8-15-1 | | 255 | | 8621 | | 850 | | 22 | | Warren Nelson, Downey, Calif. | | 8266 | | 196.8 | | 8-16-0 | | 240 | | 8506 | | 800 | | 23 | | Larry Gray, Torrance, Calif. | | 8157 | | 194.2 | | 8-16-0 | | 240 | | 8397 | | 750 | | 24 | | Todd Strebel, Monroe, N.Y. | | 8152 | | 194.0 | | 7-17-0 | | 210 | | 8362 | | 700 | |
18-GAME TOTALS | Pos. | | Name, City/State | Amount | | | *25 | | Wendell Davis, Johnson City, Tenn. | $635 | | 26 | | Jay Robinson, Van Nuys, Calif. | 550 | | 27 | | Tim Cornelio, Windsor, Conn. | 540 | | 28 | | Pete Couture, Windsor Lakes, Conn. | 530 | | 29 | | Shannon Starnes, Ft. Worth, Tex. | 510 | | | | Duane Troxler, Harvey, La. | 510 | | | | Dick Weber, St. Louis, Mo. | 510 | | 32 | | Ed Ressler Jr., Allentown, Pa. | 490 | | 33 | | Cliff McNealy, San Lorenzo, Calif. | 480 | | 34 | | Al Stonum, San Francisco, Calif. | 470 | | 35 | | John Weltzien, Huntley, Ill. | 460 | | 36 | | John Denton, Midland, Tex. | 450 | | 37 | | Roy Buckley, Columbus, Ohio | 440 | | 38 | | Tommy Hudson, Akron, Ohio | 430 | | 39 | | Jack Andolina, Glendale, Calif. | 420 | | 40 | | George LeCain, Danvers, Ma. | 410 | | 41 | | Boysie Huber, St. Louis, Mo. | 400 | | 42 | | Ray Johnson, Battle Creek, Mi. | 390 | |
*Alternate. 18-game qualifying leader - Schlegel, 3,852. 24th place - Blaylock and Mattingly, 3,624. PRO-AM CASHERS - Bobby Fenton, Matt Surina, Gil Sliker, Bill Spigner, Doug Heim and Fred Conner.
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