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Jordan Richard earns top seed, Missy Parkin makes history as 2024 PWBA Tour Championship heads to stepladder finals; Diana Zavjalova withdraws due to 'yips'
JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Monday, August 12, 2024 11:00 pm
The stepladder finalists for the 2024 PWBA Tour Championship, left to right in order from first to fifth: Jordan Richard, Sin Li Jane, Stefanie Johnson, New Hui Fen, Missy Parkin. Photo by PWBA.
Jordan Richard earned the top seed, but Missy Parkin stole some of the limelight by making PWBA Tour history in advancing to the stepladder finals of the 2024 Tour Championship.
Parkin was the alternate for the 24-player Tour Championship, but after the first of three 8-game rounds of match play, Diana Zavjalova withdrew for unspecified reasons. I sent Zavjalova a message asking the reason for her withdrawal and will update this story if she provides it.
A source with direct knowledge of the...