Neuhausen got things underway with back to back 9-0 shutouts against tour regulars Bob Lewis and Holden Chin. “The Giant Killer” Jeremy Sossei was up next, and he took Neuhausen to the hill at 8-8 before Neuhausen could put him away.

Neuhausen’s next match was against a newcomer on the pro scene, Turkey’s Mustafa Alnar. Alnar led the match most of the way, until Neuhausen finally clawed his way ahead late in the match. It still came down to hill-hill before a missed 4-ball by Alnar resulted in a 9-8 win over Neuhausen.

As if back to back hill-hill matches wasn’t enough stress for the young German, Neuhausen’s next opponent, New York’s Aaron Greenwood also took him to hill-hill before Neuhausen pocketed the final 9-ball for the match win.

Neuhausen then made quick work for Christoph Neumayer (9-4) to setup the hot-seat match against Mika Immonen. Immonen, a two time Turning Stone Classic Champion, was looking like the Mika of old, with notables wins over Canadian Champion Erik Hjorliefson, American Young Gun Lukas Fracasso-Verner and young Filipino hotshot Michael Baoanan. The hot-seat match was a close one, with neither player able to build more than a two rack lead. Neuhausen got to the hill first at 8-6 and went on to close Immonen out at 9-6.

Immonen dispatched with Baoanan 9-6 and the rematch with Neuhausen in the finals was underway. Neuhausen quickly built a 6-2 lead and looked to be in complete control at 9-3, but Immonen didn’t win two US Open 9-Ball Championship titles by rolling over when he trailed in a match. Immonen win five straight racks to get back to win one at 9-8. Then it was Neuhausen’s turn to take control of the match, as he won three racks to take the hill at 12-8. Immonen had one more run in him, as he won three straight to get within one again, at 12-11 but an early scratch in the 24th rack by Immonen was his last trip to the table and Neuhausen ran out for the 13-11 win, and his first Turning Stone Classic title.

Here is the complete order of finish for Mike Zuglan's Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour's, "Turning Stone Classic XXXIX 9-Ball Open", which was Aug 29 - Sept 1, 2024. The event was $25,000 added with a total prize fund of $47,000. There was a full field of 128 players. All players were paid in cash immediately upon their elimination from the event!

1st $10,000 Moritz Neuhausen
2nd $6,500 Mika Immonen
3rd $4,000 Michael Baoanan (Phil)
4th $2,700 Christoph Neumayer
5/6th $2,000 each - Jeremy Sossei & Mustafa Alnar (N Cyprus)
7/8th $1,600 each - Bucky Souvanthong & Jayson Shaw
9/12th $1,200 each - Byrzen Manipula (Can), Mhet Vergara, Aaron Greenwood & Lukas Fracasso-Verner
13/16th $950 each - Rob Hart, Erik Hjorleifson (Can), Alex Bausch & Jonas Souto (Sp)
17/24th $599 each - Jeff Kennedy (Can), Jonathan Smith, Georgi Georgiev (Bulg), Ron Casanzio, Rick Miller, Chris Szuter, Tom Cayer (Can) &
Dan Hewitt (Can)
25/32nd $400 each - Yesid Garibello, Kevin Clark, Marco Kam, Rodney Morris, Caroline Pao, Steve Mack, Grayson Vaughan & Jimmy Rivera

33/48th - Jim Prather, Brad Guthrie (Can), Cleiton Rocha, Paul Roeraade, Dan Sharlow, Tyler Henninger, Barry Hetherington (Can), Doug Masiero,
John Dennis, Cody Francis, John Francisco, Nick Torraca, JJ Faul, Ben Werblow, Dave Fernandez & Matt Krah

49/64th - Rob Sakell (Can), Aidan Wagner, Dwight Dixon, Pascal Dufresne, Johnny Archer, Julie Madlener, Dave Pinkston, Steve Sutton,
Brendan Ince, Sourith Thammavong, Jordan Turner, Jason Robichaud (Can), Frank Hernandez, Brian Lipes, Jerome Rockwell
& Marty Ciccia

65/96th - Jim Kearney, Tom Acciavatti, Len Gianfrate, Bud Robideau, Rachel Lang, Robert Lee, John Lewis, Henry Good, Sean Santoro,
Martin Longmire, Hendrik Drost, Christine Cockrell, Ryan P Smith, Steven W Smith, Holden Chin, Eddie Epperson Greg Antonakos,
Joe Borsellino (Can), Rick Bentley, Brandon Fletcher, Jacques Bouchard (Can), Alvin Thomas, Chris Tiru, Mike Toohig, Lawrence Mitchell,
Darren Clement (Can), Dave Copperwheat, Jake Jackson, Nick Coppola, Cory Payne, Nick Antonakos & Don Polo

97/128th - Vince Beaurivage (Can), Chris Crawford, Ed Culhane, Bill Goodman, Kurt Matheson, Robert Scarmozzino, Bob Cunningham, Jim McManus,
Dave Shlemperis, Josh Friedberg, Dave Mills, Stephen Barrie, Patrick Bergeron (Can), Doug Brown (Can), Brian Namulik, Fred Gokey,
Dominic Byrne (Can), Andrea Duvall, Larry Phlegar, Bill Kuhn, Marcus Haider, Dave Powis, Pat Byrne, Chris Pringle, Garrett Vaughan,
Chris Pyle, Don Reigel, John Restas, Eric Cloutier (Can), Frank Wolak, Earl Herring & Dave Callaghan

Our Second Chance event had a field of 28 players with a total prize fund of $1,400.

1st $450 Steve Mack
2nd $250 Rachel Lang
3/4th $150 each - John Francisco, Doug Masiero
5/8th $100 each - Jerome Rockwell, Doug Brown, Dave Callaghan & Marty Ciccia

$1,500 Joss Cue raffle winner, Dave Mills
$1,500 Joss Cue raffle winner, Josh Friedberg

Turning Stone bracket courtesy of DigitalPool.com

Story by AZBilliards.com