Owen Deserving of Mosconi Cup Spot?

sjm · 2004-09-13T03:31:05+00:00

The big events of the pool year are now behind us and we can now start thinking ahead to the 2004 Mosconi Cup in December. Bollman, Wiseman, Robles and Strickland all managed top ten finishes in the US Open, but only two Americans really made a big splash at the 2004 US Open. That would be Corey Deuel and, of course, the champion Gabe Owen. Who, then, are the six players most deserving of being on the 2004 Mosconi Cup team for the US? Here are my six: Johnny Archer: because he’s the very best American nine ball player today Rodney Morris: member of last year’s Mosconi cup team, has had a solid year Jeremy Jones: playing extremely well of late, solid as a rock Tony Robles: member of last year's Mosconi Cup team, won BCA Open, 9th in US Open Gabe Owen: because he is the US Open Champion Corey Deuel: at his best when stakes are high, won DCC and Predator ring games, 4th in US Open Though both were members of the 2003 Mosconi Cup team, Charlie Williams sand Earl Strickland didn’t make my cut this year. Let’s hope Europe does us a favor again by leaving third-place US Open finisher Feijen off their 2004 team, as they did last year. I look forward to hearing the thoughts of others on who deserves to be on the 2004 US Mosconi Cup team.