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BOWLING · 2003-02-02 · UNITED STATES

U.S. Open 2003 PBA prize money

The U.S. Open paid £257,273 to 87 bowlers. Walter Ray Williams Jr won £74,074. Michael Haugen Jr took £37,111 as runner-up.

TOTAL PAID£257k
WINNER£74k
BOWLERS PAID87
PAYOUT BANDS83

Every cheque

87 bowlers paid, in finishing order

Prize money won by each bowler at the U.S. Open.
PLACE BOWLER NATION PRIZE MONEY
1st Walter Ray Williams Jr United States £74,074£74k
2nd Michael Haugen Jr United States £37,111£37k
3rd Pete Weber United States £18,519£19k
4th Mika Koivuniemi United States £11,111£11k
5th Norm Duke United States £5,556£6k
6th Ryan Shafer United States £4,815£5k
7th Parker Bohn III United States £4,444£4k
8th Tom Baker United States £4,074£4k
9th Brad Angelo United States £3,704£4k
10th Justin Hromek United States £3,333£3k
11th Jeff Carter United States £2,963£3k
12th Steve Jaros United States £2,815£3k
13th Rick Steelsmith United States £2,667£3k
14th Ken Simard United States £2,519£3k
15th David Langer United States £2,370£2k
16th John May United States £2,222£2k
17th Patrick Allen United States £2,148£2k
18th Christopher Sand United States £2,074£2k
19th Brian Kretzer United States £2,000£2k
20th Kevin Mitchell United States £1,926£2k
21st Tommy Jones United States £1,852£2k
22nd Jason Duran United States £1,778£2k
23rd Marc Massie United States £1,704£2k
24th Danny Wiseman United States £1,630£2k
25th Randy Pedersen United States £1,407£1k
26th Eric Forkel United States £1,370£1k
T27 Mike DeVaney United States £1,319£1k
T27 Chris Barnes United States £1,319£1k
29th Jason Hurd United States £1,274£1k
30th Tyler Jensen United States £1,244£1k
31st Jason Queen United States £1,215£1k
32nd Wayne Webb United States £1,200£1k
33rd Kensteri Sami Finland £1,185£1k
34th Paul Fleming United States £1,170£1k
35th Mike Scroggins United States £1,156£1k
36th Lonnie Waliczek United States £1,141£1k
37th Ernie Schlegel United States £1,126£1k
38th Wes Malott United States £1,111£1k
39th Hugh Miller United States £1,096£1k
40th Tommy Delutz Jr United States £1,081£1k
41st Tim Criss United States £1,067£1k
T42 Ricky Ward United States £1,044£1k
T42 Dennis Horan Jr United States £1,044£1k
44th YH Byun South Korea £1,022£1k
45th Nathan Bohr United States £1,007£1k
46th Lee Vanderhoef United States £993£993
47th James Wallace United States £978£978
48th Mike Aulby United States £963£963
49th Jeff Frankos United States £948£948
50th Steve Hoskins United States £933£933
51st Brian LeClair United States £919£919
52nd David Traber United States £911£911
53rd Sean Swanson United States £904£904
54th Richard Wolfe United States £896£896
55th Jess Stayrook United States £889£889
56th Brian Voss United States £881£881
57th Amleto Monacelli Venezuela £874£874
58th Jason Couch United States £867£867
59th Jouni Helminen Finland £859£859
60th Walter Schaub II United States £852£852
61st Brian Himmler United States £848£848
T62 David Ozio United States £842£842
T62 Ken Abner United States £842£842
64th Eugene McCune United States £837£837
65th Steven Gallegos United States £833£833
66th Gregg Zicha United States £830£830
67th Rick Lawrence United States £826£826
68th Jari Ratia Finland £822£822
69th Chris Grulke United States £819£819
70th Dave Husted United States £815£815
T71 Jeff Hartsfield United States £809£809
T71 Eddie Graham United States £809£809
73rd Mike Eaton JR United States £804£804
74th Steve Wilson United States £800£800
75th Mike Wolfe United States £796£796
76th Jeff Lizzi United States £793£793
77th Lee Johnson United States £789£789
78th Derek Hively United States £785£785
79th Jim Murtishaw United States £781£781
80th Bryan Goebel United States £778£778
81st Roger Bowker United States £774£774
82nd DJ Archer United States £770£770
83rd Don DuPree II United States £767£767
84th Brian Waliczek United States £763£763
85th Mike Danielson United States £759£759
86th Ralph Lewandowski United States £756£756
87th Robert Andersson Sweden £752£752

How the money splits

Each finishing band, what it paid each bowler, and what it paid in all

Prize money bands at the U.S. Open.
PLACE BOWLERS EACH BAND TOTAL
1st 1 £74,074£74k £74,074£74k
2nd 1 £37,111£37k £37,111£37k
3rd 1 £18,519£19k £18,519£19k
4th 1 £11,111£11k £11,111£11k
5th 1 £5,556£6k £5,556£6k
6th 1 £4,815£5k £4,815£5k
7th 1 £4,444£4k £4,444£4k
8th 1 £4,074£4k £4,074£4k
9th 1 £3,704£4k £3,704£4k
10th 1 £3,333£3k £3,333£3k
11th 1 £2,963£3k £2,963£3k
12th 1 £2,815£3k £2,815£3k
13th 1 £2,667£3k £2,667£3k
14th 1 £2,519£3k £2,519£3k
15th 1 £2,370£2k £2,370£2k
16th 1 £2,222£2k £2,222£2k
17th 1 £2,148£2k £2,148£2k
18th 1 £2,074£2k £2,074£2k
19th 1 £2,000£2k £2,000£2k
20th 1 £1,926£2k £1,926£2k
21st 1 £1,852£2k £1,852£2k
22nd 1 £1,778£2k £1,778£2k
23rd 1 £1,704£2k £1,704£2k
24th 1 £1,630£2k £1,630£2k
25th 1 £1,407£1k £1,407£1k
26th 1 £1,370£1k £1,370£1k
T27 2 £1,319£1k £2,637£3k
29th 1 £1,274£1k £1,274£1k
30th 1 £1,244£1k £1,244£1k
31st 1 £1,215£1k £1,215£1k
32nd 1 £1,200£1k £1,200£1k
33rd 1 £1,185£1k £1,185£1k
34th 1 £1,170£1k £1,170£1k
35th 1 £1,156£1k £1,156£1k
36th 1 £1,141£1k £1,141£1k
37th 1 £1,126£1k £1,126£1k
38th 1 £1,111£1k £1,111£1k
39th 1 £1,096£1k £1,096£1k
40th 1 £1,081£1k £1,081£1k
41st 1 £1,067£1k £1,067£1k
T42 2 £1,044£1k £2,089£2k
44th 1 £1,022£1k £1,022£1k
45th 1 £1,007£1k £1,007£1k
46th 1 £993£993 £993£993
47th 1 £978£978 £978£978
48th 1 £963£963 £963£963
49th 1 £948£948 £948£948
50th 1 £933£933 £933£933
51st 1 £919£919 £919£919
52nd 1 £911£911 £911£911
53rd 1 £904£904 £904£904
54th 1 £896£896 £896£896
55th 1 £889£889 £889£889
56th 1 £881£881 £881£881
57th 1 £874£874 £874£874
58th 1 £867£867 £867£867
59th 1 £859£859 £859£859
60th 1 £852£852 £852£852
61st 1 £848£848 £848£848
T62 2 £842£842 £1,684£2k
64th 1 £837£837 £837£837
65th 1 £833£833 £833£833
66th 1 £830£830 £830£830
67th 1 £826£826 £826£826
68th 1 £822£822 £822£822
69th 1 £819£819 £819£819
70th 1 £815£815 £815£815
T71 2 £809£809 £1,618£2k
73rd 1 £804£804 £804£804
74th 1 £800£800 £800£800
75th 1 £796£796 £796£796
76th 1 £793£793 £793£793
77th 1 £789£789 £789£789
78th 1 £785£785 £785£785
79th 1 £781£781 £781£781
80th 1 £778£778 £778£778
81st 1 £774£774 £774£774
82nd 1 £770£770 £770£770
83rd 1 £767£767 £767£767
84th 1 £763£763 £763£763
85th 1 £759£759 £759£759
86th 1 £756£756 £756£756
87th 1 £752£752 £752£752

Where the money went, band by band

1st £74k
2nd £37k
3rd £19k
4th £11k
5th £5,556
6th £4,815
7th £4,444
8th £4,074
9th £3,704
10th £3,333
11th £2,963
12th £2,815
13th £2,667
14th £2,519

The rest of 2003

Every other bowling tournament we hold from 2003

Other bowling tournaments in 2003.
TOURNAMENT WINNER PAID
PBA Dexter Tournament of Champions at Mohegan Sun Patrick Healey Jr £170,370£170k
PBA Cambridge Credit Classic Mika Koivuniemi £156,963£157k
PBA GEICO Open Patrick Healey Jr £148,370£148k
PBA Empire State Open Ryan Shafer £148,889£149k
PBA Greater Philadelphia Open Patrick Allen £148,222£148k
PBA Toledo Open Steve Jaros £148,148£148k
PBA Pepsi Open Jason Couch £148,148£148k
PBA Miller High Life Open Brian Himmler £148,593£149k
PBA Greater Kansas City Classic Norm Duke £148,148£148k
PBA Banquet Open Robert Smith £148,296£148k
Japan Cup 2003 Chris Barnes £113,644£114k
PBA Senior Days Inn Open Bob Chamberlain £64,185£64k
PBA Senior Lake County Horseshoe Casino Open Vince Mazzanti Jr £55,778£56k
PBA Senior Clarksville Open Ron Winger £49,259£49k
PBA Senior Manassas Open Don Sylvia £55,778£56k
PBA Senior Epicenter Classic Lee Snow £36,000£36k
PBA Senior Northern California Classic Ernie Schlegel £39,778£40k
PBA Senior Storm U.S. Open Dave Soutar £92,996£93k
ABC Senior Masters Dale Eagle £92,622£93k
PBA Senior Greater Detroit Open John Bennett £51,037£51k
PBA Senior Chillicothe Open Steve Neff £55,333£55k
PBA World Championship Walter Ray Williams Jr £324,667£325k
PBA Odor-Eaters Open Lonnie Waliczek £148,889£149k
PBA Tar Heel Open Pete Weber £148,148£148k
PBA VIA Bowling Open Chris Hayden £147,148£147k
PBA Days Inn Open Chris Barnes £148,889£149k
PBA Storm Las Vegas Classic Lonnie Waliczek £148,741£149k
ABC Masters Bryon Smith £204,400£204k
PBA Medford Open Bryan Goebel £148,889£149k
PBA Geico Earl Anthony Classic Mike DeVaney £156,296£156k

Frequently asked questions

How much did the winner of the U.S. Open get?

Walter Ray Williams Jr took £74,074.

How much did the runner-up get?

Michael Haugen Jr took £37,111, 50% of the winner's cheque.

What was the total prize money at the U.S. Open?

£257,273, paid to 87 bowlers.

How does it compare with other years?

The Bowling's US Open paid £241,685, and the U.S. Open paid £259,957.

Where to next

Every edition is on the U.S. Open prize money page, and the whole year on bowling prize money in 2003. The edition before was the Bowling's US Open. The one after was the U.S. Open.