Bob Learn Jr. (pictured left) of Erie, Pa., averaged 229.6 Wednesday to maintain his lead after the second round of the Professional Bowlers Association Senior South Shore Open presented by DV8 at Olympia Lanes.

The Senior Tour rookie led first-round qualifying with a 1,874 eight-game pinfall total and followed it up with 1,837 in Wednesday's round for a 3,711 16-game overall total (231.9 average) holding a narrow six-pin lead over Hall of Famer Wayne Webb (right) of Columbus, Ohio, in second with 3,705.

Learn, who won the Senior Mooresville (N.C.) Classic earlier this season for his first Senior Tour title, bowled games of 245, 256, 225, 247, 186, 233, 216 and 229 in the second round to lead 32 players who advanced to match play which begins Thursday morning. As a result of finishing in the top eight, he earned a two-round bye in match play.

Learn had just one open frame in 16 games when he failed to convert a 3-6-9-10 spare in his 186 game.

"During both rounds I've had the opportunity to play all parts of the lane which should prepare me well for match play," said the 50-year-old Learn. "The lanes played a little tighter today but I was able to make the adjustments I needed to make to get back on track.

"In match play you can bowl on a lane condition totally different from what you experience in qualifying but I'll be ready for whatever condition is out there."

Rounding out the top eight are Hall of Famer Tom Baker (left), King, N.C., 3,631; Ron Profitt, Brookville, Ohio, 3,627; Jeff Richgels, Madison, Wis., 3,625; Hall of Famer Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas; Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 3,606, and 2012 USBC Senior Masters winner Mike Edwards (right), Tulsa, Okla., 3,603.

Senior Player of the Year points leader Hall of Famer Walter Ray Williams Jr., of Ocala, Fla., who is trying to clinch that title in Hammond, is in ninth with 3,568.

The tournament's Round of Eight and championship rounds will get underway Thursday at 5 p.m.

The Senior South Shore Open is the next-to-last tournament of the 2012 Senior tour season which wraps up with the Senior Decatur (Ill.) Open presented by Brunswick Aug. 11-14.

 

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PBA Senior South Shore Open - Second Round Results

Players with position, hometown and 16-game total. Top 32 advance to Thursday's match play rounds. ss-indicates super seniors out of the regular prize fund cashing for $700. a-indicates amateur

1, Bob Learn Jr., Erie, Pa., 3,711
2, Wayne Webb, Columbus, Ohio, 3,705
3, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 3,631
4, Ron Profitt, Brookville, Ohio, 3,627
5, Jeff Richgels, Madison, Wis., 3,625
6, (tie) Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, and Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 3,606
8, Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., 3,603
9, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 3,568
10, Rick Minier, Houston, Texas, 3,555
11, Jim Knoblauch, Waukesha, Wis., 3,537
12, Dale Csuhta, Wadsworth, Ohio, 3,532
13, Hugh Miller, Seattle, 3,526
14, Robert Flaws, Chicago Ridge, Ill., 3,515
15, Charlie Tapp, Kalamazoo, Mich., 3,488
16, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 3,474
17, Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 3,468
18, Patrick King, Yankton, S.D., 3,452
19, Paul McCordic, Sugar Land, Texas, 3,446
20, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 3,445
21, Ron Winger, Las Vegas, 3,442
22, a-Doug Spicer, Canton, Mich., 3,436
23, Johnny Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., 3,428
24, John Chapman, Canada, 3,401
25, Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 3,399
26, Dave Bernhardt, Romeo, Mich., 3,392
27, Dennis Lane, Kingsport, Tenn., 3,381
28, Don Sylvia, Reno, Nev., 3,376
29, Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 3,365
30, Christopher Keane, New City, N.Y., 3,363
31, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., 3,359
32, Dave Sill, Titusville, Fla., 3,354

Missed Cut:
33, Vince Mazzanti Jr., Levittown, Pa., 3,353, $900
34, Bruce Hall, Los Altos Hills, Calif., 3,349, $900
35, William Peters, Dayton, Ohio, 3,347, $900
36, Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 3,339, $900
37, Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 3,328, $900
38, Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., 3,319, $900
39, Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 3,314, $900
40, Kent Wagner, Palmetto, Fla., 3,307, $900
41, Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., 3,306, $900
42, Ricky Beck, Box Elder, S.D., 3,298
43, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 3,296
44, Peter Knopp, Germany, 3,294
45, ss-Roy Buckley, New Albany, Ohio, 3,293, $700
46, ss-Michael Chrzanowski, Shepherd, Mich., 3,292, $700
47, ss-Michael Truitt, Orland Park, Ill., 3,278, $700
48, ss-Harley Trumbull, New Boston, Mich., 3,275, $700
49, (tie) Freddie Childress, Bassett, Va., and Mark Everette, Aliquippa, Pa., 3,266
51, Rick Woloszyn, Griffith, Ind., 3,265
52, ss, a-Jake Greene , Chicago, Ill., 3,261, $700
53, ss-Henry Gonzalez, Colorado Springs, Colo., 3,259, $700
54, ss-Larry Graybeal, Elizabethton, Tenn., 3,254, $700
55, ss, a-Peter Minaudo, Chesterfield, Mich., 3,248, $700
56, John Shreve Sr., Elyria, Ohio, 3,240
57, Larry Popp, Marion, Ohio, 3,236
58, Mark Jones, Amelia, Ohio, 3,234
59, a-Kevin Humble, Lake Mary, Fla., 3,228
60, Timothy Kauble, Marion, Ohio, 3,227
61, Don Holmes, Itasca, Ill., 3,225
62, Marc Lineberry, Camanche, Iowa, 3,221
63, Michael Camerano, Brookfield, Ill., 3,220
64, (tie) Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, and Bill McCorkle, Westerville, Ohio, 3,219
66, Bill Neumann, Rensselaer, NY, 3,218
67, Tim Pierce, Portland, Ore., 3,217
68, Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 3,215
69, Vince Honeycutt, Buford, Ga., 3,214
70, Emilio Mora Sr., Defiance, Ohio, 3,203
71, Bill Henson, Westerville, Ohio, 3,202
72, Bill Sell, Menasha, Wis., 3,198
73, Bill Nichols, Roseville, Calif., 3,194
74, Barry Gurney, West Hills, Calif., 3,192
75, Daniel Miner, East Moline, Ill., 3,188
76, (tie) Gary Hiday, Indianapolis, and Dick Gran, Hartville, Ohio, 3,186
78, Richard Nardozza, Clearfield, Pa., 3,181
79, Richard Hunt, Valparaiso, Ind., 3,178
80, Brendan Bierch, Grafton, Mass., 3,177
81, Tom Howison, Chillicothe, Ohio, 3,176
82, Dannie Hettinger, Circleville, Ohio, 3,169
83, (tie) R.J. Alman, Murrysville, Pa., and William Banks, Laurel Hill, N.C., 3,159
85, Ron Garr, Ridgedale, Mo., 3,144
86, a-Norm Ginsberg, Kissimmee, Fla., 3,140
87, Joel Carlson, Omaha, Neb., 3,139
88, Rudy Garcia, Ft. Worth, Texas, 3,138
89, Harv Pallas, Stevensville, Mich., 3,135
90, Dave Osim, Roscommon, Mich., 3,133
91, Bill Spigner, Vernon Hills, Ill., 3,127
92, Frank Gallo Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., 3,124
93, Bob Andersen, Forest City, N.C., 3,118
94, Rich Wilkinson, Bennington, Neb., 3,113
95, Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla., 3,110
96, Norb Wetzel, Fond du Lac, Wis., 3,104
97, Andy Anderson, Falls Church, Va., 3,089
98, Bill Idzior, Crown Point, Ind., 3,088
99, William Keenan, Jr., Orlando, Fla., 3,071
100, John Dudak, Orland Park, Ill., 3,070
101, Todd Kjell, Roscoe, Ill., 3,065
102, Barry Witmer, St. Charles, Mo., 3,061
103, Frank Miceli, Elk Grove Vlg, Ill, 3,052
104, Donald Breihan, Columbia, S.C., 3,016
105, Sam Perrotta, Lincoln Park, N.J., 3,001
106, (tie) Ken Waters, Kingsport, Tenn., and Galen Keas, Alda, Neb., 2,983
108, Keith Hennricks, Green Bay, Wis., 2,980
109, Dave Dunphy, Canada, 2,945
110, Garry Blanton, Owensboro, Ky., 2,939
111, Randy Shewmake, Ft. Worth, Texas, 2,932
112, Jim Sanford, Painesville, Ohio, 2,930
113, James Souder, Greeneville, Tenn, 2,924
114, Edward Szklarski, Burbank, Ill, 2,872
115, Dan Clausse, Reno, Nev., 2,867
116, a-William Zwit, Galesburg, Ill., 2,843
117, Allen Meskan, Addison, Ill., 2,804
118, a-Bill Carpenter, Middletown, Ohio, 2,767
119, Ronald Gustainus, Lake Worth, Fla, 2,703
120, Ray Randall, Dearborn, Mich., 2,681
121, Allen Brothers, Punxsutawney, Pa., 2,648
122, George Lord, Lakeland, Fla., 2,446 (WD)
123, Bo Goergen, Sanford, Mich., 1,576 (WD)
124, Bob Teeters, Lapel, Ind., 1258 (WD)

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