Despite the four tournament wins, Jones finished runner-up to Patrick Allen in the 2004–05 Player of the Year race.
In 2005, Jones stopped Liz Johnson in her efforts to become the first female to win a national PBA Tour event.
After Johnson defeated Wes Malott in the semifinals of the 2005 Banquet Open, she came up short against Tommy in the final, 219–192.
[6][7] In this season, Jones had a 15-game TV match win streak snapped, falling one short of the all-time record set by Jim Pencak.
Jones won $45,000 in the PBA All-in Showdown at the 2011 World Series of Bowling, an optional, non-title event that required a $5,000 buy-in.
Otherwise, it was perhaps his worst pro season, as he was unable to win a title and cashed only $17,390 in official PBA earnings.
Tommy also won the season-ending 7th Kingdom International Open in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on December 16, 2013 for his 15th PBA title.
With the win, Tommy moved into a 20th place tie with Hall of Famer Carmen Salvino on the all-time PBA titles list.
[14] Jones made the final match of the 2017 Fire Lake PBA Tournament of Champions on February 19, 2017, but lost to top seed E. J.
[15] As one of the top eight money leaders from the start of the 2015 season through the 2017 USBC Masters, Jones was invited to participate in the inaugural Main Event PBA Tour Finals in May 2017.
[16] Tommy struggled in 2018, making only two championship round appearances in 17 Tour events and failing to earn a title.
On August 23, 2019, Jones won the Bowlerstore.com Classic in Coldwater, Ohio to capture his 19th PBA Tour title overall and his first since the 2016 season.
[2] Jones also won the $100,000 top prize in the Bowlero Elite Series pro-am event on December 29.
+CRA = Championship Round Appearances Jones is a current resident of Simpsonville, South Carolina, and has one daughter from a previous marriage.