Sammy Monday went undefeated at the South East Open 9-Ball Tour stop held at J. Reginald's in Charlotte, North Carolina. Monday defeated Jeff Abernathy for the hot seat and watched tour director Tommy Kennedy hand Abernathy his second loss. The double elimination finals between Monday and Kennedy would only go to one set as Monday defeated Kennedy 9-7 for the win and the $750 first prize. Abernathy and Keith Bennett filled out the top 4 spots. The South East Open 9-Ball Tour will be at Moreys Billiards in Charlotte, North Carolina next week.
Shannon Daulton went undefeated including two wins over Travis Stamper to win The 2001 Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour National Championship. In a tournament that saw a number of players take advantage of the small fee to guarantee a spot in the tournament, and then not show up to play, which left some matches up to a toss of the coin as to which absent player would get credit for the win, Daulton was unlucky enough to not get one bye.
Daulton started the tourney with a 9-1 win over Bobby Renner, followed by a 9-6 win over James Myers. The six games that Myers won would be the most any player scored against Daulton. A 9-4 win over Jeff Beckley was followed by a 9-2 win over 1998 Tour Points leader Dee Adkins. Daulton then defeated Kirk Stevens 9-1 before notching back-to-back 9-5 wins over Sammy Monday and Jose Parica.
This set up the match for the hot seat where Daulton cruised to a 9-3 win over Stamper. Stamper moved to the one-loss side of the board where he eliminated Jose Parica by the score of 9-7 to set up the rematch with Daulton but Daulton was too much for Stamper as he cruised to a 9-4 win for the tournament.
Daulton collected $5,000 for first while Stamper settled for $4,000 for second. Parica and Jason Kirkwood filled out the top 4 spots.
Tommy Kennedy bounced back from an early loss to Sammy Monday and won the Southeast Open 9-Ball Tour stop at Burrkat's Billiards in Monroe, NC. Monday cruised through the field until the double elimination finals where he fell to Kennedy 9-6 and 9-7 to settle for second place.
Kennedy collected $750 for first and Monday took $525 for second. Brian White and Sonny Demetro filled the top 4 spots. The SE Open tour will take a two week break and then be at Breakers Billiards in Palatka, Florida on Oct 27-28.
It was all Luis Viera at this weekends stop on the Florida Pro Open Tour. Viera went undefeated into the final match where he dispatched Sammy Monday by the score of 13-6. Viera had previously sent Monday to the one loss side with a 9-4 victory. Viera won $1500 for first and Monday settled for $1100 in second place prize money. Bob Osborne and Tour Director Dennis Searing filled out the top 4 spots.
The tour finale will be held in 2 weeks at Shootersville Billiards in Del Ray Beach, Florida.
