Kevin Croucher (pictured left) of Grants Pass, Ore., averaged 251.6 to lead qualifying after the second round Monday in the PBA50 Sun Bowl in The Villages presented by Hammer at Spanish Springs Lanes.

Croucher, who owns one PBA50 Tour title and five regional titles, finished qualifying with a 4,027 16-game pinfall total after bowling 1,960 in the first round and finishing with games of 279, 298, 227, 258, 257, 258, 255 and 235 for 2,067 in his second eight-game round.

"Last year I only bowled three tournaments but this year I plan to bowl as many as I can," said the 57-year-old bowling proprietor. "The last three months I've been working on my game pretty extensively to get ready for this season and it looks like it's paying off so far."

Croucher's PBA50 Tour win came in the 2007 Senior Decatur (Ill.) Open. Last season his best finish was 11th in the Northern California Classic.

Croucher leads 32 players who advanced to Tuesday's match play rounds. Rounding out the top five were Bo Goergen (left), Sanford, Mich., 3,988; Reigning PBA50 Player of the Year and Hall of Famer Walter Ray Williams Jr. (right), Ocala, Fla., 3,886; Hall of Famer Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 3,861, and Don Sylvia, Lady Lake, Fla., 3,856.

First round leader Mark Williams of Beaumont, Texas, slipped to 17th place with 3,767 behund a 1,769 series Monday.

Bob Learn Jr. (left) of Erie, Pa., winner of the season-opening PBA50 Pasco County Suncoast Open last week, made the cut in 21st place with 3,719 total with PBA Hall of Famer Pete Weber (right) of St. Ann, Mo. in 25th place at 3,691.

Joe Scarborough of Mars Hill, N.C., who bowled the first 900 series in PBA history during first round qualifying on Sunday, failed to advance to match play finishing in a tie for 49th with a 3,573 pinfall.

The top 32 players from Monday's second round advanced to match play which begins at 9 a.m. ET. After match play, the top four players will advance to the stepladder finals at 7 p.m.

PBA's online bowling channel Xtra Frame is providing start-to-finish coverage of the PBA50 Sun Bowl In The Villages.

 

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PBA50 Sun Bowl in The Villages - Second Round Qualifying

Players with position, hometown and 16-game total. a-denotes amateur; s-super seniors out of the regular prize list cashing for $700.

1, Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 4,027
2, Bo Goergen, Sanford, Mich., 3,988
3, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 3,886
4, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 3,861
5, Don Sylvia, Lady Lake, Fla., 3,856
6, John Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., 3,843
7, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 3,814
8, Marty Berke, Allentown, Pa., 3,810
9, Rick Minier, Houston, Texas, 3,801
10, Richard McDaniel, Coconut Creek, Fla., 3,799
11, Bryan Goebel, Shawnee, Kan., 3,787
12, Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 3,783
13, Wayne Webb, Columbus, Ohio, 3,782
14, Hugh Miller, Seattle, 3,776
15, Steve Neff, Homosassa Springs, Fla., 3,775
16, Wayne Bolin, Lumberton, N.C., 3,770
17, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 3,767
18, Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 3,753
19, a-Larry Barwick , Wauchula, Fla., 3,729
20, Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 3,724
21, Bob Learn Jr., Erie, Pa., 3,719
22, Timothy Kauble, Marion, Ohio, 3,717
23, Ron Dixon, Boynton Beach, Fla., 3,707
24, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 3,702
25, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 3,691
26, Nick Morgan, Sacramento, Calif., 3,684
27, Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., 3,678
28, Gary Morgan, Marietta, Ga., 3,676
29, Darrell Adams, Flintstone, Ga., 3,669
30, Steve Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y., 3,664
31, Keith Sharp, Orlando, Fla., 3,663
32, a-Roger Kossert, Lithia, Fla., 3,660

Missed Cut:
33, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 3,659, $940
34, Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 3,639, $938
35, Kevin Humble, Lake Mary, Fla., 3,637, $936
36, Paul Lemond, Jasper, Ind., 3,636, $934
37, Darryl Bower, Middletown, Pa., 3,625, $932
38, Charlie Tomey, Spartanburg, S.C., 3,610, $930
39, a-Duane Podgorski, Lakeland, Fla., 3,609, $928
40, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Township, Mich., 3,605, $926
41, Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 3,601, $924
42, (tie) Patrick King, Yankton, S.D., and Bob Handley, Winter Park, Fla., 3,596, $921
44, a-Howard Crowder, Tamarac, Fla., 3,589, $918
45, (tie) Jim Knoblauch, Waukesha, Wis., and John Shreve Sr., Elyria, Ohio, 3,586, $915
47, Henry Gonzalez, Colorado Springs, Colo., 3,582, $912
48, Mike Hastings, Millsboro, Del., 3,578, $910
49, (tie) Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, and Joe Scarborough, Mars Hill, N.C., 3,573, $907
51, Dennis Rakauskas, Apopka, Fla., 3,566, $904
52, Leif Sjoberg, Sweden, 3,564, $902
53, Daniel Miner, East Moline, Ill., 3,563, $900
54, s-Bill McCorkle, Westerville, Ohio, 3,561, $700
55, a-Philip Frey, Lutz, Fla., 3,559
56, William Peters, Dayton, Ohio, 3,546
57, John Conroy, Mahopac, N.Y., 3,539
58, s-Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 3,536, $700
59, s-Bob Brady, Santa Monica, Calif., 3,535, $700
60, Ron Jacobson, Jupiter, Fla., 3,531
61, s-Emilio Mora Sr., Defiance, Ohio, 3,524, $700
62, s-Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., 3,522, $700
63, Tommy Kress, Rochester, N.Y., 3,517
64, Todd Haney, Spartanburg, S.C., 3,513
65, Brian Cooper, Henderson, Nev., 3,511
66, Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 3,509
67, s-Gary Hiday, Indianapolis, 3,505, $700
68, Christopher Keane, New City, N.Y., 3,503
69, Todd Kjell, Roscoe, Ill., 3,496
70, s-Vince Mazzanti Jr., Levittown, Pa., 3,491, $700
71, s-Andy Ippolito, The Villages, Fla., 3,489, $700
72, s-Frank Gallo Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., 3,477, $700
73, s-Gene Morrison, Spring Lake, N.C., 3,472, $700
74, s-Marc Lineberry, Camanche, Iowa, 3,470, $700
75, Jeffrey Herman, Bonaire, Ga., 3,465
76, s-Rich Giragosian, Charlotte, N.C., 3,464, $700
77, a-Widmar Vargas, Riverview, Fla., 3,462
78, Randy Robertson, Evansville, Ind., 3,460
79, Doug O'Bryant, Jasper, Ga., 3,459
80, Fred Ferreira, Kings Park, N.Y., 3,450
81, Danny Gould, Palm Bay, Fla, 3,448
82, a-Roger Tramp, Deltona, Fla., 3,445
83, (tie) a-Edward Roberts, Braintree, Mass., and Mark Scime, Winter Garden, Fla., 3,444
85, Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., 3,442
86, Jim Pitts, Elmira, N.Y., 3,440
87, a-Lucy Sandelin, Tampa, Fla., 3,437
88, (tie) Lee Brosius, Ashburn, Va., and David Taylor, Seminole, Fla., 3,434
90, Terry Metzner, Kentwood, Mich., 3,431
91, Larry Williams, St. Augustine, Fla., 3,430
92, Jim Lesiuk, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., 3,424
93, Larry Felts Jr., Moore, S.C., 3,422
94, Bob Chamberlain, The Villages, Fla., 3,417
95, Ron Profitt, Brookville, Ohio, 3,409
96, Tom Howison, Chillicothe, Ohio, 3,408
97, a-Chuck Richardson, The Villages, Fla., 3,407
98, Pete Couture, Titusville, Fla., 3,404
99, Thomas Ream, Tampa, Fla., 3,402
100, a-Bob Caputo Sr., The Villages, Fla., 3,400
101, Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 3,397
102, Tom Kennedy, Shepherdsville, Ky., 3,396
103, Joel Carlson, Omaha, Neb., 3,393
104, Bill Argenbright, Fisherville, Va., 3,390
105, Steve Bova, Massapequa, N.Y., 3,387
106, Nick Panicaro, Ocala, Fla., 3,386
107, Steve Lang, Indianapolis, Ind., 3,384
108, Dale Lee, Brandon, Fla., 3,380
109, Robert Callari, Bloomfield, N.Y., 3,375
110, Guppy Troup, Taylorsville, N.C., 3,373
111, Steve Stein, Staten Island, N.Y., 3,372
112, Peter Knopp, Germany, 3,371
113, Jerry Lau, St. Peters, Mo., 3,364
114, Larry Graybeal, Elizabethton, Tenn., 3,362
115, Kevin Foley, Reno, Nev., 3,356
116, Lee Rucker, Fort Myers, Fla., 3,328
117, Jim Price, Harrrisburg, N.C., 3,325
118, Dan Howsmon, Lutz, Fla., 3,308
119, a-Patrick Trudeau, St. Petersburg, Fla., 3,289
120, a-John Pullen, Oyster Bay, N.Y., 3,287
121, a-Gerald Teel, The Villages, Fla., 3,282
122, Michael Owen, Gainesville, Fla., 3,280
123, Dan Ahlquist, Sweden, 3,279
124, (tie) Ron Glick, Morganville, N.J., and Dennis Farris, The Villages, Fla., 3,275
126, Ed Cutter, Manassas Park, Va., 3,259
127, (tie) Sal Bongiorno, Hollywood, Fla., and Randy Rose, Gloucester, Va., 3,253
129, William Keenan, Jr., Orlando, Fla., 3,248
130, George Lord, Lakeland, Fla., 3,234
131, a-Edgar Gomez, Colombia, 3,228
132, Brian Miller, Springfield, Ohio, 3,219
133, Timothy Bates, Orlando, Fla., 3,202
134, (tie) a- Gene Masterson Jr., Port Orange, Fla., and Chuck Best, Buda, Texas, 3,192
136, Steven Boxerman, University City, Mo., 3,169
137, a-Ed Fenstermacher, Summerfield, FL, 3,146
138, J.C. Quintana, Miami, 3,138
139, a-Robert Vega, The Villages, Fla., 3,136
140, Stephen Lippman, Palm Harbor, Fla., 3,122
141, Bob Andersen, Forest City, N.C., 3,121
142, Don Michaelsen Sr., Plant City, Fla., 3,082
143, Dennis Amato, Pine Brook, N.J., 3,081
144, Dave Bernhardt, Romeo, Mich., 3,043
145, a-Mike Schmid, St. Paul, Minn., 3,041
146, Dave Paquin, Kannapolis, N.C., 3,038
147, Lindell Woolard, Tallahassee, Fla., 3,021
148, Garry Blanton, Owensboro, Ky., 3,007
149, Richard Felten, Rockville, Md., 2,976
150, Dave Schultz, Jackson, Wis., 2,931
151, Ken Waters, Kingsport, Tenn., 2,915
152, Patsy DellaPenna, Palm Harbor, Fla., 2,892
153, Sam Perrotta, Lincoln Park, N.J., 2,887
154, Ray Randall, Dearborn, Mich., 2,845
155, a-Ricky Bolatto, Sebring, Fla., 2,812
156, a-Darrell Ducat, Perrysburg, Ohio, 2,423
157, a-Larry Montgomery, Safety Harbor, Fla., 2,283 (withdrew)
158, Bill Ursillo, Bluffton, S.C., 2,224 (withdrew)
159, Scott Ettinger, Westfield, N.J., 1,066 (withdrew)

300 Games (12) - Bo Goergen, W.R. Williams Jr., Darrell Adams, Richard McDaniel, Tim Kauble, Bill McCorkle (second round). Don Batchford, Wayne Webb, Joe Scarborough (3), Christopher Keane (first round).