Trying for his first PBA Senior Tour title, Dennis Psaropoulos
(pictured left) of Lake Worth, Fla., averaged 241.6 to take the first
round qualifying lead Sunday in the PBA Senior Dayton Classic at Capri
Lanes. The 57-year-old Psaropoulos had a 1,933 eight-game
pinfall with games of 194, 247, 243, 254, 239, 265, 264 and 227 to hold
a 46-pin lead over Emilio Mora of Defiance, Ohio, in second with 1,887. PBA Hall of Famer and 24-time Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour titlist Brian Voss, bowling in his first season on the Senior Tour, is in third with 1,879.
PBA Hall of Famer Johnny Petraglia (pictured left) continued to scorch Spanish Springs Lanes Tuesday, averaging a torrid 253.5 through 18 games to lead the PBA Senior Sun Bowl in The Villages field into the start of match play Wednesday. Petraglia, who is seeking his eighth career PBA Senior Tour title, posted games of 226, 258, 277, 266, 268 and 237 on the first of three squads Tuesday, finishing the qualifying portion of the event with 4,563 pins, 35 pins shy of the record set by Dick Baker in Boise, Idaho, in 1999.
PBA Hall of Famer Johnny Petraglia (pictured left) continued to pace the PBA Senior Sun Bowl In The Villages field in record style by retaining his lead after second round qualifying Monday at Spanish Springs Lanes. With an overall 3,031 PBA Senior Tour record 12-game pinfall (252.5 average), the 62-year-old Petraglia from Jackson, N.J., holds a 91-pin lead over two-time Senior Tour titlist Ron Mohr of Eagle River, Alaska. The field of 125 players will bowl one more six-game qualifying round
on Tuesday after which the top 32 players will advance to round-robin
match play Wednesday.
Professional Bowlers Association Hall of Famer Johnny Petraglia (pictured left) averaged a blistering 259.5 Sunday for a six-game record 1,557 pins and the first round lead in the PBA Senior Sun Bowl in The Villages at Spanish Springs Lanes. Petraglia posted games of 267, 248, 268, 279, 237 and 258 to regain the record he lost earlier in the day to second-year PBA Senior Bobby Johnson of Chillicothe, Ohio. Qualifying continues with two more six-game blocks on Monday and Tuesday. 
The Professional Bowlers Association Senior Tour returns to The Villages, Fla., for the fourth stop of the 2009 PBA Senior Tour season. A field of approximately 120 of the world's top senior bowlers, ages 50 and older, will compete in the PBA Senior Sun Bowl in The Villages at Spanish Springs Lanes May 9-13. The PBA Senior Tour revisits The Villages after a nine-year absence. In 2000, The Villages hosted the PBA Senior World Championship won by Roger Workman (pictured). The Sun Bowl format will take on a new look with all bowlers competing in six-game qualifying blocks on May 10, 11 and 12. 
Ten-time Professional Bowlers Association Senior Tour champion Dale Eagle says he’s feeling his age, but bowled like a teenager Tuesday to emerge as the 16-game qualifying leader in the PBA Senior Mooresville Miller High Life Classic at George Pappas Victory Lanes. Eagle, who won his last title in the Senior Clarksville, Tenn., Open in 2005, fired second-round games of 228, 259, 274, 268, 258, 256, 280 and 257 for a near-record round total of 2,080 pins (260.00 average) and a 16-game total of 3,965.
Ron Mohr (pictured left) of Eagle River, Alaska, won his second consecutive Professional Bowlers Association Senior Tour title by defeating PBA Hall of Famer Brian Voss (right) of Alpharetta, Ga., 211-206, in the championship match of the PBA Senior Dayton Classic at Capri Lanes Tuesday. Mohr, a four-time member of Team USA, won his first Senior Tour title last week in the season-opening Senior Jackson (Mich.) Open.
With a 233.3 16-game average, Mike Henry of Lake Worth, Fla., holds the top spot after second round qualifying Monday in the Professional Bowlers Association Senior Dayton Classic at Capri Lanes. Looking for his first Senior Tour win, Henry leads with a 3,733 16-game pinfall, 57 pins ahead of Kerry Painter (pictured) of Henderson, Nev., with 3,676. The field has been cut to the top 32 for Tuesday's match play rounds. 
A field of approximately 150 of the world's top professional senior
bowlers, including several of the Professional Bowlers Association's
all-time 50 greatest players, will compete in the PBA Senior Dayton Classic April 25-28 at Capri Bowling Lanes in Dayton, Ohio.Among the players scheduled to compete in Dayton are defending champion Keith Sharp (pictured), Orlando, Fla., and Ron Mohr of Eagle River, Alaska, who won the Senior Tour's season opener in Jackson, Mich., on Tuesday. The Dayton stop is the second of 12 events held throughout the spring and summer as the Senior Tour celebrates its 29th season.
Ron Mohr of Eagle River, Alaska, defeated James Stanley of Cincinnati, Ohio, 246-236, to win his first Professional Bowlers Association Senior Tour title in the PBA Senior Jackson Open at Airport Lanes Tuesday. It was the opening event on the PBA Senior Tour's 2009 schedule. Stanley advanced to the title match after eliminating defending Senior Jackson Open champion Johnny Petraglia of Jackson, N.J., 10-9, in a one-ball roll-off after they tied at 226-226. Mohr defeated Bill Henson of Westerville, Ohio, 289-258, in their semifinal round match.
With a 249.62 16-game average, Kenny Parks (pictured) of
Hammond, Ind., moved into the qualifying lead after the second round of
the Professional Bowlers Association Senior Jackson Open at Airport
Lanes Monday. Parks, the 2008 United States Bowling Congress Senior Masters champion,
leads with a 3,994 pinfall, 47 pins ahead of PBA Hall of Famer and 2008
PBA Senior U.S. Open champion Wayne Webb of Sacramento, Calif., in second with 3,947. The field of 151 has been cut to the top 32 qualifiers for match play rounds that begin Tuesday morning. 
The 2009 PBA Senior Tour schedule was announced on Friday by the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) and is slated to include 11 events. The summer 2009 schedule will include two Majors – the USBC)Senior Masters and the PBA Senior U.S. Open, along with eight standard events. The PBA Senior Tour schedule will also feature the return of the unique "Ladies and Legends" tournament, an event in which PBA Senior pros are paired-up with women professional bowlers. The 2009 PBA Senior Tour season kicks-off in April in Jackson, Mich., and ends August 26 in Lansing, Mich.
The 2009 PBA Senior Tour schedule was announced today by the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) and is slated to include 11 events. The summer 2009 schedule will include two Majors – the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Senior Masters and the PBA Senior U.S. Open, along with eight standard events. The PBA Senior Tour schedule will also feature the return of the unique “Ladies & Legends” tournament, an event in which PBA Senior pros are paired-up with women professional bowlers.