Muhammad Jaris Goh of Singapore, a 20-year-old student,  took an early lead in the 51^st QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in Sam’ s Town Las Vegas, with a score of 1855 over his eight games (231.88 average).
 

 
Close behind, on 1846 is Francois Louw of South Africa on 1846. Francois came in 9^th when the event was held in Toulon, France, in 2010, missing out on the top eight in a one game roll off.

Ildemaro Ruiz Jr. of Venezuela is lying in third place on 1798. Ildemaro has also played in the World Cup before, bowling a 300 game in St Petersburg in 2007.

The high game so far this year is 289 with three players on that mark: Francois, Ildemaro and Kamron Doyle of the USA.

The men will have two more sets of eight games before the top 24 will go forward to the next round. At the moment, an average of 202 is needed to make the top 24.

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