Harry Davis Wins the 2026 CB Masters in a Shootout Finish
There are tournaments… and then there is the Masters.
The 2026 CB Masters at Sparetime Lanes in Roy, Utah delivered everything the lone major is supposed to deliver. A record-breaking qualifying round. A 32-player double-elimination bracket full of upsets and comebacks. Two semifinals that went the distance. And a title that came down to the final shots of the weekend.
When the last pin fell, Harry Davis was standing as the 2026 CB Masters champion, and his first CB TOUR title is a major.
Qualifying: Morgan Robinson Rewrites the Record Book
Morgan Robinson didn't just lead qualifying. He took over the building. He opened with 278, followed it with a perfect 300, and added a 258 to set a new CB TOUR 3-game scoring record of 836. A 256 in game four pushed him to 1092, a new 4-game record. He closed with 191 to finish at 1283 (+283), a full 165 pins clear of the field.
Behind him, Harry Davis was the model of consistency. His set of 207, 258, 236, 202 and 215 never dropped below 202 and earned him the No. 2 seed at 1118 (+118). Andrew Hall (1076) and Mark Johnson (1029) rounded out the top four. That mattered, because the top four seeds earned a 3-round bye straight into Round 5.
Seeds 5 through 8 went to Andy Kinney (1026), Chad McLean (1025, including a 263), Riley Woodard (1018) and Carson Bell (1017), each earning a 1-round bye. Just two pins separated 5th from 8th, and the margins were just as thin below that. Brek Strobel (1015) landed the 9th seed, only two pins out of a bye.
Early Rounds: The Byes Didn't Guarantee Anything
If there was a theme in the early rounds, it was that a bye only buys you so much at the Masters. Three of the four bowlers seeded 5 through 7 dropped their first match:
Kyle Morrison (16) took down 5th seed Andy Kinney.
Giorgio Clinaz (13) beat 6th seed Chad McLean after getting past Anthony Rose.
KENDLE MILES (14) knocked off 7th seed Riley Woodard after opening with a win over Rachel Goodwin.
Further down the draw, Devin Henning made noise as the 23 seed, beating Dallas Burke and then 10th seed Chase Nadeau. Cameron Henning won two matches over Alex Hoskins and Yannick Roos. And the first round featured a Kloempken vs. Kloempken matchup, with Steve getting past Marcia.
Brek Strobel's Winners Bracket Run
No one had a better weekend in the winners bracket than Brek Strobel. Starting from the 9 seed, Brek beat Blair Kappes, Lizzy Rees and Kyle Morrison to reach Round 5, where top seed Morgan Robinson was waiting.
Morgan had been untouchable in qualifying, but match play is a different game. Brek handed the record-setter his first loss, sending him to the elimination bracket. Brek then beat Carson Bell to reach the semifinals without a loss.
On the other side of the winners bracket, Harry Davis opened his tournament against Giorgio Clinaz and won, then beat 3rd seed Andrew Hall, who had taken out Steve Kloempken. Harry also reached the semifinals without dropping a match.
Survival in the Elimination Bracket
The elimination bracket is where the Masters tests your heart, and several bowlers answered.
Giorgio Clinaz turned in the comeback of the tournament. After his loss to Harry, Gio won three straight elimination matches over Dallas Burke, Morgan Robinson and Andrew Hall to earn a rematch with Harry in the semifinals. His win over Morgan ended the top qualifier's weekend after Morgan had bounced back to beat Cameron Henning.
Steve Kloempken made the most of the 19 seed. After falling to Andrew Hall, he beat Kyle Morrison and then KENDLE MILES for the second time in the tournament before Carson Bell stopped him one match short of the semis.
Dallas Burke lost his opening match and then went on a tear, winning four straight elimination matches over Marcia Kloempken, Chad McLean, Bobby Lawrence and Devin Henning before Gio ended his run.
KENDLE MILES added elimination wins over Lizzy Rees and 4th seed Mark Johnson, and Blair Kappes, the 32 seed, won three elimination matches over Anthony Rose, Chase Nadeau and Rachel Goodwin. That's exactly the kind of run the double-elimination format is built for.
Carson Bell, the 8 seed, won three straight in the winners bracket, including a win over 4th seed Mark Johnson, before Brek sent him across. He answered immediately by beating Steve Kloempken to set up a rematch with Brek in the semifinals.
The Semifinals: Beat Them Twice
Both semifinal matchups put a winners bracket bowler against a challenger from the elimination side. The challenger had to win two sets, and both came within one set of pulling it off.
Carson Bell won the first set against Brek Strobel to force a deciding second set. Brek steadied himself and won it to advance to the title match.
Giorgio Clinaz did the same against Harry Davis, taking the first set to keep his comeback alive. Harry answered in the second set to punch his ticket to the final.
The Title Match: Decided by a Shootout
Two bowlers who had come all the way through the winners bracket met for the title: the 9 seed who had taken down the top qualifier, and the 2 seed who had been steady from his very first shot.
It came down to a 3-shot shootout. Harry Davis delivered when it mattered most and claimed his first CB TOUR title, and he did it at the Masters. Congratulations, Harry. Your name now sits alongside the champions who came before you.
Brek Strobel's runner-up finish caps one of the best weeks we've seen from a mid-seed, and Morgan Robinson leaves Roy with two new records and a qualifying round people will be talking about for a long time.
Thank You
Thank you to every bowler who competed, every fan in the building and every viewer on the stream. Thank you to the team at Sparetime Lanes for hosting the Masters once again, and to our partners for making this weekend possible.
Next Stop: Las Vegas
The CB TOUR heads to Sin City for the 2026 Coach K Scholarship Open, December 4–6 at the Gold Coast Hotel & Casino.
$2,000 guaranteed to first place
Entry: $165 | Reentry: $120
Qualifying squads: Friday, Dec 4 at 12:30 PM, and Saturday, Dec 5 at 9:00 AM and 12:30 PM (Pacific)
The cut: Top 1 in 5 from each division, plus the high woman out of the cut and the Friday high qualifier, who advances automatically.
Sunday: Cashers Round at 9:00 AM, then a 16-bowler bracket, expanding to 24 if we reach 110 entries.
We're finalizing a brand-new pattern for Vegas, and it will be announced one week before the event. Registration details are coming soon, so keep an eye on your inbox. See you in Vegas!
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