5th October, Bangkok: 2017 Webber Cup winning member, Stuart Williams of England ran away with a victory in Round 3 Finals of the 2017 PBA-World Bowling Tour Thailand ahead of Shalin Zulkifli of Malaysia in second and defending champion, Jesper Svensson of Sweden third.

5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Doubles bronze medallist, Michael Mak of Hong Kong set a cracking pace with a 267 opener to lead American, Tommy Jones of Simpsonville, S.C. by 11 pins and Williams in a close third.

Williams added a superb 257 in the second game to take over the running. Jones continued to trail in second as Mak suffered a poor 165 in his second game to drop off the pace. The Brit, who finished third in the 2017 Xtra Frame Jonesboro Open losing to eventual winner Francois Lovoie, continued his relentless pace reeling in 234, 248, 257 and 235 to wrap up the round with a total of 1477.

Early pace-setter, Tommy Jones of Simpsonville, S.C., USA faded off to finish sixth with 1367. Mak recovered to take up seventh position with 1355. Top Japanese pro, Shota Kawazoe, Rafiq Ismail of Malaysia and Tannya Roumimper of Indonesia completed the top 10.

2014 PBA-WBT Thailand champion, Osku Palermaa of Finland and Francois Louw of South Africa were the remaining two to make the cut for Round 4 Finals in 11th and 12th positions respectively.

The top 12 will be joined by the eight seeded qualifiers from the general standings for another 6 games commencing tomorrow at 10.00am local time. The top eight finishers will advance to the Final TV Shootout.

Finalists seeded 6 to 8 will be matched over one game with the winner proceeding to face the fourth and fifth seeds for another game.