Discounted price available for entries on or before May 1
The early deadline to enter the 2007 Lake County Indiana Denny'sProfessional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour Trials, which will award seven exemptions for the 2007-08 Denny's PBA Tour season, is fast approaching as bowlers entering on or before May 1 will receive a discounted price. The Trials take place May 29-June 3 at Stardust Bowl II in Merrillville, Ind.
Sequoia Pro Bowl in Columbus, Ohio (April 15, 2007)
It's hard to top a season in which you win two Majors and set a career-high in earnings, but 18-year Denny's Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour veteran Doug Kent added to what was already a dream season. Kent defeated Norm Duke, six-strikes-to-three, to win the third annual Motel 6 Roll to Riches special event and take home the $150,000 winner-take-all top prize.
Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year and Pat Patterson Awards given for all seven regions
The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) has announced the season-ending awards for the 2006-07 PBA Regional Tour season. Each of the seven PBA Regions awarded a Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year and Pat Patterson award. The awards for Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year are voted on by the seven Regional Managers and John Weber, Director of the Senior and Regional Tours. The Pat Patterson award was selected by the respective Regional Managers.
By making the championship round in the season-ending Tournament of Champions, Norm Duke (l.) and Chris Barnes (r.) gave themselves a chance to nose ahead in a wide open PBA Player of the Year race. But after each lost their semifinal matches, the season ended with the most uncertainty and the most players in the running (nine) in a PBA Player of the Year race in years.
Bradley Bowl in Windsor Locks, CT (March 28-April 1, 2007)
When two titles are considered a down year, it can only mean the bar has been raised to an unbelievably high level. Tommy Jones has raised the bar higher than any bowler in Denny's Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour history, capturing his 10th career title and second Major Sunday with a 257-222 win over Tony Reyes to win the 2007 PBA Tournament of Champions at Mohegan Sun Arena.
Top-two vote getters in PBA fan vote earn berth in special event
Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Commissioner and CEO Fred Schreyer announced today Norm Duke (left) and Walter Ray Williams Jr. (right) have been voted into the 2007 Motel 6 Roll to Riches special event via an online fan vote. The Motel 6 Roll to Riches features a winner-take-all $150,000 top prize.
USBC to back new PBA summer series and PBA Women's Series
The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) and the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) announced today two special events which will take place this summer -- a summer series featuring 16 PBA all-stars and a Women's Tour Trials. The Tour Trials will create a 16-bowler exempt field for a 2007-08 PBA Women's Series, which will coincide with the 2007-08 Denny's PBA Tour season.
Top seven bowlers to earn exemptions for 2007-08 season
The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) announced today details of the 2007 Denny's PBA Tour Trials which will take place May 29-June 3 at Stardust Bowl II in Merrillville, Ind. This year's event will offer seven exemptions for the 2007-08 Denny's PBA Tour season.
Spectrum Lanes in Wyoming, Mich. (March 21-25, 2007)
It's not how you start, but how you finish. Although a great start and a great finish are okay too, as Doug Kent can attest to. Kent became the sixth bowler in Denny's Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour history to win two Majors in one season, defeating Chris Barnes, 237-216, Sunday to win the 2007 Denny's World Championship at DeVos Place.
Should computers or humans decide Bowler of the Year, Bowler of the Month and Hall of Fame winners? This writer votes for humans and expresses views about Marshall Holman, Norm Duke, Earl Anthony, Don Carter, Dick Weber and Kelly Kulick.
The third of four Majors on the Denny's PBA Tour takes place this week, the 2007 Denny's World Championship at Spectrum Lanes in Wyoming, Mich. with the finals taking place Sunday, March 25 at DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, Mich. A lot is at stake this week as this will be the final event of the season which awards points, as next week's season-ending PBA Tournament of Champions is an invitational event.
Woodland Bowl in Indianapolis, Ind. (March 14-18, 2007)
Norm Duke knows all too well the feeling of firing a 300 game in a national TV semifinal only to lose in the title match. That’s why Duke showed no mercy in Sunday’s 2007 Pepsi Championship title match. After third-seeded Ryan Shafer fired the 18th nationally televised 300 game in PBA Tour history in the semifinals, the top-seeded Duke showed why he dominated the tournament from start to finish, defeating Shafer 235-219 to win his third title of the season and the 26th of his career.
After a one-week break, the Denny’s PBA Tour hits the home stretch this week with just three events remaining, starting with the 2007 Pepsi Championship at Woodland Bowl in Indianapolis, Ind., March 14-18. The event marks the final round-robin, stepladder format of the season with the five-bowler finals taking place Sunday, March 18 at 12:30 p.m. EST.
Director of Denny's PBA Tour discusses 2007 Denny's World Championship
This week, the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) sat down with Kirk von Krueger, Director of the Denny's PBA Tour, to discuss changes and upgrades to the 2007 Denny's World Championship. The third of four Major events on the Tour schedule, takes place March 18-25 at Spectrum Lanes in Wyoming, Mich., and DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, Mich. The event is open only to PBA members and offers a $50,000 top prize along with a four-season Tour exemption.
The Professional Bowlers Association, from a publicity standpoint, is, without question, the most important segment of the bowling industry. Bowling fans throughout the country are certainly appreciative of the leadership of the present PBA regime. It is nothing short of blasphemous to be critical of the manner in which they conduct business. Nevertheless, I feel that there is room for constructive suggestions and certainly express my opinions with positive intent.
Winners of four Majors, points leader and fan vote leader to participate
The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) has announced additional details of the 2007 Motel 6 Roll to Riches which will be taped Thursday, April 5 at Sequoia Pro Bowl in Columbus, Ohio, at 7 p.m. EST. The show will air on ESPN Sunday, April 15 as two back-to-back, one-hour shows from 1-2 p.m. and 2-3 p.m. EST.
After the grueling 64th U.S. Open last week, bowlers will get a chance to heal their wounds this week as the Denny’s PBA Tour takes a one-week break before returning with the final three events of the season, the 2007 Pepsi Championship, March 14-18 in Indianapolis, Ind. followed by the final two Majors of the 2006-07 season, the 2007 Denny’s World Championship and the 2007 PBA Tournament of Champions.
Brunswick Zone Carolier in North Brunswick, N.J. (Feb. 26 - March 4, 2007)
There are few things Pete Weber has yet to accomplish in his PBA Hall of Fame career, but surprisingly he has never been named PBA Player of the Year. With a win in the most grueling tournament of the season Sunday, he's one step closer to that elusive award. Weber defeated Wes Malott, 210-204, Sunday to win the 64th U.S. Open at Brunswick Zone Carolier, his fourth career U.S. Open crown and record-tying eighth career Major title.
The second of four Majors on the Denny's PBA Tour is underway as the 64th U.S. Open takes place this week at Brunswick Zone Carolier in North Brunswick, N.J. Tommy Jones (l.) will look to become just the second bowler in Denny's PBA Tour history to successfully defend a U.S. Open crown (Don Carter, Andy Varipapa and Dick Weber each won back-to-back BPAA All-Stars, the U.S. Open's predecessor which does not count as a Tour title).
Denny’s, PBA, USBC announce the top male and female varsity bowlers to compete at the All-American High School Championships
The roster of competitors for the inaugural Denny’s All-American High School Championships is now complete with today’s announcement by tournament sponsors of an elite group of 29 senior student-athletes chosen to compete in the March event.
The early deadline to enter the 2007 Lake County Indiana Denny's Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour Trials, which will award seven exemptions for the 2007-08 Denny's PBA Tour season, is fast approaching as bowlers entering on or before May 1 will receive a discounted price. The Trials take place May 29-June 3 at Stardust Bowl II in Merrillville, Ind. 
It's hard to top a season in which you win two Majors and set a career-high in earnings, but 18-year Denny's Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour veteran Doug Kent added to what was already a dream season. Kent defeated Norm Duke, six-strikes-to-three, to win the third annual Motel 6 Roll to Riches special event and take home the $150,000 winner-take-all top prize.
The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) has announced the season-ending awards for the 2006-07 PBA Regional Tour season. Each of the seven PBA Regions awarded a Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year and Pat Patterson award. The awards for Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year are voted on by the seven Regional Managers and John Weber, Director of the Senior and Regional Tours. The Pat Patterson award was selected by the respective Regional Managers.
By making the championship round in the season-ending Tournament of Champions, Norm Duke (l.) and Chris Barnes (r.) gave themselves a chance to nose ahead in a wide open PBA Player of the Year race. But after each lost their semifinal matches, the season ended with the most uncertainty and the most players in the running (nine) in a PBA Player of the Year race in years.
When two titles are considered a down year, it can only mean the bar has been raised to an unbelievably high level. Tommy Jones has raised the bar higher than any bowler in Denny's Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour history, capturing his 10th career title and second Major Sunday with a 257-222 win over Tony Reyes to win the 2007 PBA Tournament of Champions at Mohegan Sun Arena.
Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Commissioner and CEO Fred Schreyer announced today Norm Duke (left) and Walter Ray Williams Jr. (right) have been voted into the 2007 Motel 6 Roll to Riches special event via an online fan vote. The Motel 6 Roll to Riches features a winner-take-all $150,000 top prize. 
The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) announced today details of the 2007 Denny's PBA Tour Trials which will take place May 29-June 3 at Stardust Bowl II in Merrillville, Ind. This year's event will offer seven exemptions for the 2007-08 Denny's PBA Tour season.
It's not how you start, but how you finish. Although a great start and a great finish are okay too, as Doug Kent can attest to. Kent became the sixth bowler in Denny's Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour history to win two Majors in one season, defeating Chris Barnes, 237-216, Sunday to win the 2007 Denny's World Championship at DeVos Place.
Should computers or humans decide Bowler of the Year, Bowler of the Month and Hall of Fame winners? This writer votes for humans and expresses views about Marshall Holman, Norm Duke, Earl Anthony, Don Carter, Dick Weber and Kelly Kulick. 
Norm Duke knows all too well the feeling of firing a 300 game in a national TV semifinal only to lose in the title match. That’s why Duke showed no mercy in Sunday’s 2007 Pepsi Championship title match. After third-seeded Ryan Shafer fired the 18th nationally televised 300 game in PBA Tour history in the semifinals, the top-seeded Duke showed why he dominated the tournament from start to finish, defeating Shafer 235-219 to win his third title of the season and the 26th of his career. 
This week, the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) sat down with Kirk von Krueger, Director of the Denny's PBA Tour, to discuss changes and upgrades to the 2007 Denny's World Championship. The third of four Major events on the Tour schedule, takes place March 18-25 at Spectrum Lanes in Wyoming, Mich., and DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, Mich. The event is open only to PBA members and offers a $50,000 top prize along with a four-season Tour exemption.
The Professional Bowlers Association, from a publicity standpoint, is, without question, the most important segment of the bowling industry. Bowling fans throughout the country are certainly appreciative of the leadership of the present PBA regime. It is nothing short of blasphemous to be critical of the manner in which they conduct business. Nevertheless, I feel that there is room for constructive suggestions and certainly express my opinions with positive intent.
There are few things Pete Weber has yet to accomplish in his PBA Hall of Fame career, but surprisingly he has never been named PBA Player of the Year. With a win in the most grueling tournament of the season Sunday, he's one step closer to that elusive award. Weber defeated Wes Malott, 210-204, Sunday to win the 64th U.S. Open at Brunswick Zone Carolier, his fourth career U.S. Open crown and record-tying eighth career Major title.
The second of four Majors on the Denny's PBA Tour is underway as the 64th U.S. Open takes place this week at Brunswick Zone Carolier in North Brunswick, N.J. Tommy Jones (l.) will look to become just the second bowler in Denny's PBA Tour history to successfully defend a U.S. Open crown (Don Carter, Andy Varipapa and Dick Weber each won back-to-back BPAA All-Stars, the U.S. Open's predecessor which does not count as a Tour title).
The roster of competitors for the inaugural Denny’s All-American High School Championships is now complete with today’s announcement by tournament sponsors of an elite group of 29 senior student-athletes chosen to compete in the March event. 