Members of the Cuetec DFW 9-Ball Tour in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area are a tightly-knit community. Participants in the tour’s 11 stops throughout a given calendar year tend to yield a similar, tightly-knit group of competitors who vie for a Tour Championship title at the end of a year. The tour opened its 2024 season last weekend (Jan. 20-21) and all 10 of its Top 10 (ranked) players from 2023 were on hand to compete. That said, only four of last year’s Top 10 at the end of the year, finished among the Top 10 at the opening event of the tour’s 2024 season.
The last four ‘standing’ at the end of the $1,000-added event that drew 85 entrants to that season opener, hosted by Rusty’s Billiards in Arlington, TX last weekend, finished among 2023’s top five. Shane McMinn, who came from the loss side to claim the opening 2024 event title, finished 2nd in 2023’s tour standings. Event runner-up Tim Larson finished 4thin last year’s final standings. Jonathan Rawlins, who finished the event in third place, finished in 5th place in last year’s standing, while last year’s #1-rated competitor, Gus Briseno, finished 4th in the 2024 season opener. The outlier in the group of 2023’s top five was Greg Sandifer, who finished at #3 in the 2023 tour standings and tied for 17th place at the season opener. None of 2023’s remaining Top 10 finished in the money at the opener.
The last four ‘standing’ at the end of the $1,000-added event that drew 85 entrants to that season opener, hosted by Rusty’s Billiards in Arlington, TX last weekend, finished among 2023’s top five. Shane McMinn, who came from the loss side to claim the opening 2024 event title, finished 2nd in 2023’s tour standings. Event runner-up Tim Larson finished 4thin last year’s final standings. Jonathan Rawlins, who finished the event in third place, finished in 5th place in last year’s standing, while last year’s #1-rated competitor, Gus Briseno, finished 4th in the 2024 season opener. The outlier in the group of 2023’s top five was Greg Sandifer, who finished at #3 in the 2023 tour standings and tied for 17th place at the season opener. None of 2023’s remaining Top 10 finished in the money at the opener.