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Closing rush lifts Jordan Snodgrass to top seed of 2025 U.S. Women's Open; Lauren Russo, Crystal Elliott, Maryssa Carey, Hui Fen New also make stepladder finals

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Monday, June 16, 2025 11:00 pm
Closing rush lifts Jordan Snodgrass to top seed of 2025 U.S. Women's Open; Lauren Russo, Crystal Elliott, Maryssa Carey, Hui Fen New also make stepladder finals
The stepladder finalists for the 2025 U.S. Women's Open, left to right and in order from first to fifth: Jordan Snodgrass, Lauren Russo, Crystal Elliott, Maryssa Carey, and Hui Fen New. Photo by USBC.
Jordan Richard was the best female bowler in the world in 2023 when she won three titles and was PWBA Player of the Year. After a winless 2024, Richard became Jordan Snodgrass with her marriage to PBA Tour pro Frank Snodgrass and the “new” Jordan looks like the “old” Jordan in 2025, as she set a PWBA Tour 12-game qualifying record in finishing third in the PWBA Rock ‘n’ Roll Open, won the PWBA Bowlers Journal Waterloo Open, and on Monday earned the top seed...