Bob Learn Jr. leads opening round in PBA Senior South Shore Open
08/08/12
Professional Bowlers Association Senior Tour rookie Bob Learn Jr. (pictured left) of Erie, Pa., averaged 234.2 to take the first round lead Tuesday in the PBA Senior South Shore Open presented by DV8 at Olympia Lanes.
The 50-year-old Learn opened qualifying in the next-to-last tournament of the season with an 1,874 eight-game pinfall total with games of 225, 259, 237, 243, 223, 234, 228 and 225.
Learn, a five-time PBA Tour winner, is trying for his second title of the season having won the PBA Senior Mooresville Classic in May in just his third Senior Tour event. He was somewhat surprised at how well he did in the Tuesday's first round after a six-week break for the Senior Tour.
"I was pretty busy working during the break so basically the only bowling I did were demonstrations at bowling trade shows," said Learn, who also works as a regional sales manager for bowling grip manufacturer Turbo Grips.
Learn was able to adjust quickly to a challenging lane condition that required him to throw the ball hard with little hook.
"It was a low-volume (lane conditioning) pattern, so the best thing for me to do was throw with a lot of speed and straight," he said. "I think I was consistently throwing the ball well over 20 miles per hour for most of the block. I like to throw it hard and I had a ball that rolled more end-over-end so I was pretty well prepared."
Learn holds a 15-pin lead over Hall of Famer Wayne Webb (left) of Columbus, Ohio, in second with 1,859. Rounding out the top five are Rick Minier (right), Cypress, Texas with 1,845 including a 300-game, and Hall of Famers Tom Baker, King, N.C., and Johnny Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., with 1,826 and 1,825, respectively.
Eight-game qualifying continues Wednesday after which the field of 124 players will be cut to the top 32 who will advance to match play Thursday morning. Round of 8 and championship rounds will get underway Thursday at 5 p.m.
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Players with position, hometown and 8-game total
1, Bob Learn Jr., Erie, Pa., 1,874
2, Wayne Webb, Columbus, Ohio, 1,859
3, Rick Minier, Cypress, Texas, 1,845
4, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 1,826
5, Johnny Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., 1,825
6, Jeff Richgels, Madison, Wis., 1,822
7, Dave Bernhardt, Romeo, Mich., 1,820
8, Dale Csuhta, Wadsworth, Ohio, 1,818
9, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 1,816
10, Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 1,803
11, Hugh Miller, Seattle, 1,795
12, Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 1,784
13, Jim Knoblauch, Waukesha, Wis., 1,776
14, Ron Profitt, Brookville, Ohio, 1,773
15, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 1,771
16, Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 1,767
17, Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., 1,752
18, John Chapman, Canada, 1,734
19, Charlie Tapp, Kalamazoo, Mich., 1,732
20, Ron Winger, Las Vegas, 1,729
21, Dennis Lane, Kingsport, Tenn., 1,727
22, Paul McCordic, Sugar Land, Texas, 1,717
23, (tie) a- Doug Spicer, Canton, Mich., and Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 1,716
25, Robert Flaws, Chicago Ridge, Ill., 1,711
26, Bill Neumann, Rensselaer, NY, 1,708
27, Henry Gonzalez, Colorado Springs, Colo., 1,707
28, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 1,705
29, (tie) Don Holmes, Itasca, Ill., and Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 1,696
31, Harley Trumbull, New Boston, Mich., 1,687
32, Peter Knopp, Germany, 1,680
33, (tie) Larry Popp, Marion, Ohio, and Dick Gran, Hartville, Ohio, 1,668
35, John Shreve Sr., Elyria, Ohio, 1,666
36, William Peters, Dayton, Ohio, 1,664
37, Marc Lineberry, Camanche, Iowa, 1,663
38, Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 1,658
39, (tie) a-Peter Minaudo, Chesterfield, Mich., and Joel Carlson, Omaha, Neb., 1,653
41, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., 1,651
42, Michael Chrzanowski, Shepherd, Mich., 1,650
43, Daniel Miner, East Moline, Ill., 1,643
44, (tie) Mark Jones, Amelia, Ohio, Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., and Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 1,639
47, (tie) Bruce Hall, Los Altos Hills, Calif., and Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 1,638
49, Dave Sill, Titusville, Fla., 1,637
50, (tie) Richard Nardozza, Clearfield, Pa., William Banks, Laurel Hill, N.C., and Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 1,636
53, Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla., 1,635
54, (tie) a-Jake Greene, Chicago, Ill., and Christopher Keane, New City, N.Y., 1,634
56, a-Kevin Humble, Lake Mary, Fla., 1,633
57, Bill Idzior, Crown Point, Ind., 1,631
58, Larry Graybeal, Elizabethton, Tenn., 1,628
59, Roy Buckley, New Albany, Ohio, 1,624
60, Vince Honeycutt, Buford, Ga., 1,619
61, Timothy Kauble, Marion, Ohio, 1,618
62, (tie) Richard Hunt, Valparaiso, Ind., and Vince Mazzanti Jr., Levittown, Pa., 1,612
64, Mark Everette, Aliquippa, Pa., 1,611
65, (tie) Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., and Michael Truitt, Orland Park, Ill., 1,606
67, (tie) Norb Wetzel, Fond du Lac, Wis., and Bill Sell, Menasha, Wis., 1,604
69, Bill McCorkle, Westerville, Ohio, 1,598
70, Don Sylvia, Reno, Nev., 1,595
71, (tie) Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, and Emilio Mora Sr., Defiance, Ohio, 1,594
73, Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 1,590
74, Freddie Childress, Bassett, Va., 1,583
75, (tie) Dave Osim, Roscommon, Mich., William Keenan, Jr., Orlando, Fla., and Frank Miceli, Elk Grove Vlg, Ill, 1,580
78, (tie) Bo Goergen, Sanford, Mich., and Tim Pierce, Portland, Ore., 1,576
80, Gary Hiday, Indianapolis, 1,575
81, Barry Witmer, St. Charles, Mo., 1,574
82, Bill Spigner, Vernon Hills, Ill., 1,573
83, (tie) Bob Andersen, Forest City, N.C., and Dannie Hettinger, Circleville, Ohio, 1,569
85, Frank Gallo Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., 1,567
86, (tie) Bill Nichols, Roseville, Calif., and Barry Gurney, West Hills, Calif., 1,563
88, Randy Shewmake, Ft. Worth, Texas, 1,557
89, (tie) Tom Howison, Chillicothe, Ohio, Patrick King, Yankton, S.D., and Rudy Garcia, Ft. Worth, Texas, 1,553
92, (tie) Rick Woloszyn, Griffith, Ind., and Ricky Beck, Box Elder, S.D., 1,552
94, Ron Garr, Ridgedale, Mo., 1,551
95, R.J. Alman, Murrysville, Pa., 1,549
96, Bill Henson, Westerville, Ohio, 1,548
97, Donald Breihan, Columbia, S.C., 1,543
98, Kent Wagner, Palmetto, Fla., 1,535
99, Dave Dunphy, Canada, 1,510
100, Keith Hennricks, Green Bay, Wis., 1,508
101, Galen Keas, Alda, Neb., 1,506
102, John Dudak, Orland Park, Ill., 1,503
103, Brendan Bierch, Grafton, Mass., 1,497
104, Andy Anderson, Falls Church, Va., 1,480
105, James Souder, Greeneville, Tenn, 1,478
106, Todd Kjell, Roscoe, Ill., 1,475
107, Michael Camerano, Brookfield, Ill., 1,471
108, Ken Waters, Kingsport, Tenn., 1,468
109, a-Norm Ginsberg, Kissimmee, Fla., 1,464
110, Harv Pallas, Stevensville, Mich., 1,455
111, Jim Sanford, Painesville, Ohio, 1,447
112, Dan Clausse, Reno, Nev., 1,444
113, (tie) Garry Blanton, Owensboro, Ky., and Rich Wilkinson, Bennington, Neb., 1,443
115, (tie) William Zwit, Galesburg, Ill., 1,433
116, Sam Perrotta, Lincoln Park, N.J., 1,415
117, Allen Brothers, Punxsutawney, Pa., 1,387
118, George Lord, Lakeland, Fla., 1,382
119, a-Bill Carpenter, Middletown, Ohio, 1,381
120, Edward Szklarski, Burbank, Ill., 1,362
121, Allen Meskan, Addison, Ill., 1,320
122, Ronald Gustainus, Lake Worth, Fla., 1,316
123, Ray Randall, Dearborn, Mich., 1,302
124, Robert Teeters, Lapel, Ind., 1,258
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Professional Bowlers Association Senior Tour rookie Bob Learn Jr. (pictured left) of Erie, Pa., averaged 234.2 to take the first round lead Tuesday in the PBA Senior South Shore Open presented by DV8 at Olympia Lanes.The 50-year-old Learn opened qualifying in the next-to-last tournament of the season with an 1,874 eight-game pinfall total with games of 225, 259, 237, 243, 223, 234, 228 and 225.
Learn, a five-time PBA Tour winner, is trying for his second title of the season having won the PBA Senior Mooresville Classic in May in just his third Senior Tour event. He was somewhat surprised at how well he did in the Tuesday's first round after a six-week break for the Senior Tour.
"I was pretty busy working during the break so basically the only bowling I did were demonstrations at bowling trade shows," said Learn, who also works as a regional sales manager for bowling grip manufacturer Turbo Grips.
Learn was able to adjust quickly to a challenging lane condition that required him to throw the ball hard with little hook.
"It was a low-volume (lane conditioning) pattern, so the best thing for me to do was throw with a lot of speed and straight," he said. "I think I was consistently throwing the ball well over 20 miles per hour for most of the block. I like to throw it hard and I had a ball that rolled more end-over-end so I was pretty well prepared."Learn holds a 15-pin lead over Hall of Famer Wayne Webb (left) of Columbus, Ohio, in second with 1,859. Rounding out the top five are Rick Minier (right), Cypress, Texas with 1,845 including a 300-game, and Hall of Famers Tom Baker, King, N.C., and Johnny Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., with 1,826 and 1,825, respectively.
Eight-game qualifying continues Wednesday after which the field of 124 players will be cut to the top 32 who will advance to match play Thursday morning. Round of 8 and championship rounds will get underway Thursday at 5 p.m.
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PBA Senior South Shore Open - First Round Results
Players with position, hometown and 8-game total
1, Bob Learn Jr., Erie, Pa., 1,874
2, Wayne Webb, Columbus, Ohio, 1,859
3, Rick Minier, Cypress, Texas, 1,845
4, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 1,826
5, Johnny Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., 1,825
6, Jeff Richgels, Madison, Wis., 1,822
7, Dave Bernhardt, Romeo, Mich., 1,820
8, Dale Csuhta, Wadsworth, Ohio, 1,818
9, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 1,816
10, Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 1,803
11, Hugh Miller, Seattle, 1,795
12, Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 1,784
13, Jim Knoblauch, Waukesha, Wis., 1,776
14, Ron Profitt, Brookville, Ohio, 1,773
15, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 1,771
16, Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 1,767
17, Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., 1,752
18, John Chapman, Canada, 1,734
19, Charlie Tapp, Kalamazoo, Mich., 1,732
20, Ron Winger, Las Vegas, 1,729
21, Dennis Lane, Kingsport, Tenn., 1,727
22, Paul McCordic, Sugar Land, Texas, 1,717
23, (tie) a- Doug Spicer, Canton, Mich., and Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 1,716
25, Robert Flaws, Chicago Ridge, Ill., 1,711
26, Bill Neumann, Rensselaer, NY, 1,708
27, Henry Gonzalez, Colorado Springs, Colo., 1,707
28, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 1,705
29, (tie) Don Holmes, Itasca, Ill., and Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 1,696
31, Harley Trumbull, New Boston, Mich., 1,687
32, Peter Knopp, Germany, 1,680
33, (tie) Larry Popp, Marion, Ohio, and Dick Gran, Hartville, Ohio, 1,668
35, John Shreve Sr., Elyria, Ohio, 1,666
36, William Peters, Dayton, Ohio, 1,664
37, Marc Lineberry, Camanche, Iowa, 1,663
38, Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 1,658
39, (tie) a-Peter Minaudo, Chesterfield, Mich., and Joel Carlson, Omaha, Neb., 1,653
41, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., 1,651
42, Michael Chrzanowski, Shepherd, Mich., 1,650
43, Daniel Miner, East Moline, Ill., 1,643
44, (tie) Mark Jones, Amelia, Ohio, Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., and Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 1,639
47, (tie) Bruce Hall, Los Altos Hills, Calif., and Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 1,638
49, Dave Sill, Titusville, Fla., 1,637
50, (tie) Richard Nardozza, Clearfield, Pa., William Banks, Laurel Hill, N.C., and Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 1,636
53, Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla., 1,635
54, (tie) a-Jake Greene, Chicago, Ill., and Christopher Keane, New City, N.Y., 1,634
56, a-Kevin Humble, Lake Mary, Fla., 1,633
57, Bill Idzior, Crown Point, Ind., 1,631
58, Larry Graybeal, Elizabethton, Tenn., 1,628
59, Roy Buckley, New Albany, Ohio, 1,624
60, Vince Honeycutt, Buford, Ga., 1,619
61, Timothy Kauble, Marion, Ohio, 1,618
62, (tie) Richard Hunt, Valparaiso, Ind., and Vince Mazzanti Jr., Levittown, Pa., 1,612
64, Mark Everette, Aliquippa, Pa., 1,611
65, (tie) Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., and Michael Truitt, Orland Park, Ill., 1,606
67, (tie) Norb Wetzel, Fond du Lac, Wis., and Bill Sell, Menasha, Wis., 1,604
69, Bill McCorkle, Westerville, Ohio, 1,598
70, Don Sylvia, Reno, Nev., 1,595
71, (tie) Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, and Emilio Mora Sr., Defiance, Ohio, 1,594
73, Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 1,590
74, Freddie Childress, Bassett, Va., 1,583
75, (tie) Dave Osim, Roscommon, Mich., William Keenan, Jr., Orlando, Fla., and Frank Miceli, Elk Grove Vlg, Ill, 1,580
78, (tie) Bo Goergen, Sanford, Mich., and Tim Pierce, Portland, Ore., 1,576
80, Gary Hiday, Indianapolis, 1,575
81, Barry Witmer, St. Charles, Mo., 1,574
82, Bill Spigner, Vernon Hills, Ill., 1,573
83, (tie) Bob Andersen, Forest City, N.C., and Dannie Hettinger, Circleville, Ohio, 1,569
85, Frank Gallo Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., 1,567
86, (tie) Bill Nichols, Roseville, Calif., and Barry Gurney, West Hills, Calif., 1,563
88, Randy Shewmake, Ft. Worth, Texas, 1,557
89, (tie) Tom Howison, Chillicothe, Ohio, Patrick King, Yankton, S.D., and Rudy Garcia, Ft. Worth, Texas, 1,553
92, (tie) Rick Woloszyn, Griffith, Ind., and Ricky Beck, Box Elder, S.D., 1,552
94, Ron Garr, Ridgedale, Mo., 1,551
95, R.J. Alman, Murrysville, Pa., 1,549
96, Bill Henson, Westerville, Ohio, 1,548
97, Donald Breihan, Columbia, S.C., 1,543
98, Kent Wagner, Palmetto, Fla., 1,535
99, Dave Dunphy, Canada, 1,510
100, Keith Hennricks, Green Bay, Wis., 1,508
101, Galen Keas, Alda, Neb., 1,506
102, John Dudak, Orland Park, Ill., 1,503
103, Brendan Bierch, Grafton, Mass., 1,497
104, Andy Anderson, Falls Church, Va., 1,480
105, James Souder, Greeneville, Tenn, 1,478
106, Todd Kjell, Roscoe, Ill., 1,475
107, Michael Camerano, Brookfield, Ill., 1,471
108, Ken Waters, Kingsport, Tenn., 1,468
109, a-Norm Ginsberg, Kissimmee, Fla., 1,464
110, Harv Pallas, Stevensville, Mich., 1,455
111, Jim Sanford, Painesville, Ohio, 1,447
112, Dan Clausse, Reno, Nev., 1,444
113, (tie) Garry Blanton, Owensboro, Ky., and Rich Wilkinson, Bennington, Neb., 1,443
115, (tie) William Zwit, Galesburg, Ill., 1,433
116, Sam Perrotta, Lincoln Park, N.J., 1,415
117, Allen Brothers, Punxsutawney, Pa., 1,387
118, George Lord, Lakeland, Fla., 1,382
119, a-Bill Carpenter, Middletown, Ohio, 1,381
120, Edward Szklarski, Burbank, Ill., 1,362
121, Allen Meskan, Addison, Ill., 1,320
122, Ronald Gustainus, Lake Worth, Fla., 1,316
123, Ray Randall, Dearborn, Mich., 1,302
124, Robert Teeters, Lapel, Ind., 1,258
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