Derek Eoff defeated Ryan Zagar 196-174 to capture his third straight MAST Year End Invitational title Sunday.
This gives Eoff nineteen overall titles and four Year End titles, tying the record held by Jeff Richgels and Gail Myers for most Year End titles in our tour’s thirty-six seasons.
After leading Saturday’s qualifying session at 2,064, Eoff went 8-3-1 in match play, averaging just under 240 and including one of the day’s three honor counts with 816 (269-268-279) over his last three matches to secure the top seed in the stepladder finals.
Zagar entered match play as the number two seed at 1,969. He averaged just under 230 during match play while going 6-6, but three of those six wins came in his final three matches to lock up the third seed in the stepladder. Zagar advanced to the title match with victories over Jim Ring 228-222 and Mike Hoffman 289-227.
Hoffman was the big mover Sunday. After qualifying eleventh at 1,798, he went 10-1-1 while averaging over 244 including 848 (269-300-279) in his final three matches to climb to the number two seed in the stepladder.
Ring entered match play as the number five seed at 1,887. He climbed as high as second after three matches before falling back to the middle of the pack, but shot 256 in winning his position round match to jump from sixth to claim the fourth & final spot in the stepladder.
Eoff earned $1,000 for the win, with Zagar taking home $800 for second. Hoffman received $650 for third and Ring $525 for fourth. The other match play payouts Sunday were $405 to Devon Boeck for fifth (4,676), $370 to Chad Maas for sixth (4,641), $340 to Cody Ramsden for seventh (4,620), $315 to Chris Gibbons for eighth (4,599), $295 to Chris Pounders for ninth (4,550), $280 to Dylon Wilde for tenth (4,545), $270 to Nick Peterson for eleventh (4,496), and $265 to Joe Johnson for twelfth (4,227). MAST also paid one additional cash spot Saturday, with $125 going to Shaun Taliaferro for thirteenth (1,776).
This concludes our 2024-2025 season. Special thanks go out to our tour co-sponsors M & J Truck and Auto Repair and Ten Pin Alley Pro Shop for their generous support this season. Our 2025-2026 schedule will be posted sometime in August.