Walter Ray Williams Jr. shoots big games to win PBA50 Sun Bowl in The Villages
04/24/13
In a stepladder final made up of three of the Professional Bowlers Association's all-time greats, Hall of Famer Walter Ray Williams Jr. (pictured left) of Ocala, Fla., prevailed to win his fifth career PBA50 Tour title by capturing the Sun Bowl in The Villages presented by Hammer title Tuesday at Spanish Springs Lanes.
Williams, the reigning PBA50 Player of the Year, defeated fellow Hall of Famer and 2012 PBA50 Rookie of the Year Amleto Monacelli (right) of Venezuela, 276-216, in the championship match to win the second tournament of the 2013 PBA50 Tour season and the $7,500 top prize.
Williams found it necessary to implement the unusual technique of using a different ball on each lane of the championship pair in the title match to get the desired ball reaction on each lane.
"It's not something I normally do, but I practiced with a few balls and was able to determine that if I needed to make a change like that I had the equipment I could do it with," Williams said. "It turned out that I made the right decisions at the right time and Amleto had a couple bad breaks and I was fortunate to get the win."
It was a rematch of the last time Williams and Monacelli, a 19-time Tour winner, met in a PBA50 Tour championship match when Monacelli defeated Williams 255-247 to win the 2012 PBA Senior U.S. Open last June in Las Vegas.
"Anytime you can beat Amleto it's an accomplishment," said Williams, who owns 47 PBA Tour titles which tops the all-time list. "There were so many great players in this tournament I feel very fortunate to have won it."
Williams advanced to the title match by defeating Bo Goergen (left) of Sanford, Mich., 258-191, in the semifinal. Goergen, who was trying for his first PBA50 Tour win, made a dramatic jump from seventh in the match play position round to make the final stepladder spot.
In the opening match, Goergen defeated Hall of Famer Pete Weber (right) of St. Ann, Mo., 259-256. Weber, a 37-time PBA Tour winner who is competing as a rookie on the PBA50 Tour this season, won the PBA Tournament of Champions on March 31 for a record-tying 10th major title and also became the first player to win PBA's triple crown twice.
Weber was also a member of the New York City WTT KingPins team that won the inaugural PBA League Elias Cup.
Several scoring records were set during the Sun Bowl In The Villages which included the first 900 series in PBA history bowled by Joe Scarborough (left) of Mars Hill, N.C., during the tournament's first qualifying round. He ended the tournament finishing in a tie for 49th place.
A record twenty 300 games were bowled in the tournament (previous record 19, Columbus, Ohio, 2010) and Scarborough along with Williams tied the record for most 300 games bowled in one tournament with three.
Another milestone was set in the Sun Bowl In The Villages when 87-year-old Darrell Ducat (right) became the oldest player ever to bowl in a PBA event.
Throughout the 2013 PBA50 Tour season, players will be competing for the opportunity to advance to the nationally-televised PBA50 Tour Finals which will be conducted as part of the World Series of Bowling V in Las Vegas in November. The top three players in points at the conclusion of the season will advance to the PBA50 Tour Finals.
The PBA50 Tour makes its first visit to the Birmingham, Ala., area for the third stop of the season when the PBA50 Greater Birmingham Open presented by Ebonite will be conducted at Lightning Strikes in Trussville April 28-May 1.
PBA's online bowling channel Xtra Frame will return with start-to-finish coverage of the PBA50 Miller High Life Classic presented by Columbia 300 at George Pappas Victory Lanes in Mooresville, N.C., May 5-8.
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Championship Round:
1, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 534 (2 games), $7,500
2, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 216 (1 game), $4,000
3, Bo Goergen, Sanford, Mich., 450 (2 games), $2,500
4, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 256 (1 game), $2,000
Playoff Results:
First Match: No. 4 Goergen def. No. 3 Weber, 259-256
Semifinal Match: No. Williams Jr. def. Goergen, 258-191
Championship: Williams Jr. def. No. 1 Monacelli, 276-216
Players with position, hometown, won-lost-tied record, 32-game total and money won. Top four advanced to stepladder finals. a-amateur.
1. Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 11-5, 8,265
2. Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 9-7, 8,130
3. Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 12-4, 8,124
4. Bo Goergen, Sanford, Mich., 7-8-1, 8,061
5. Wayne Webb, Columbus, Ohio, 10-6, 8,058, $1,800
6. Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 11-5, 8,039, $1,700
7. Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 10-5-1, 7,977, $1,600
8. Marty Berke, Allentown, Pa., 10-6, 7,927, $1,550
9. Bryan Goebel, Shawnee, Kan., 7-9, 7,899, $1,500
10. Don Sylvia, Lady Lake, Fla., 8-8, 7,827, $1,450
11. Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 10-6, 7,804, $1,425
12. Richard McDaniel, Coconut Creek, Fla., 7-9, 7,776, $1,400
13. John Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., 7-9, 7,765, $1,375
14. Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., 10-6, 7,719, $1,350
15. Bob Learn Jr., Erie, Pa., 7-9, 7,708, $1,325
16. Hugh Miller, Seattle, 10-6, 7,705, $1,300
Missed cut to final match play round:
17. Ron Dixon, Boynton Beach, Fla., 4-4, 5,753, $1,200
18. Steve Neff, Homosassa Springs, Fla., 4-4, 5,752, $1,180
19. Tom Baker, King, N.C., 4-4, 5,748, $1,160
20. Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 6-2, 5,740, $1,140
21. Timothy Kauble, Marion, Ohio, 3-5, 5,713, $1,130
22. Rick Minier, Houston, Texas, 2-6, 5,708, $1,120
23. Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 0-8, 5,682, $1,110
24. a-Larry Barwick, Wauchula, Fla., 1-6-1, 5,647, $1,100
25. Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 3-4-1, 5,635, $1,090
26. Steve Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y., 5-2-1, 5,633, $1,080
27. Nick Morgan, Sacramento, Calif., 2-5-1, 5,582, $1,075
28. a-Roger Kossert, Lithia, Fla., 2-6, 5,555, $1,070
29. Wayne Bolin, Lumberton, N.C., 2-6, 5,551, $1,065
30. Gary Morgan, Marietta, Ga., 1-7, 5,545, $1,060
31. Keith Sharp, Orlando, Fla., 2-6, 5,501, $1,055
32. Darrell Adams, Flintstone, Ga., 2-6, 5,466, $1,050
300 Games (20, PBA50 record) - Don Blatchford, Wayne Webb, Joe Scarborough (3), Christopher Keane, Bo Goergen, Walter Ray Williams Jr. (3), Darrell Adams, Richard McDaniel, Tim Kauble (2), Bill McCorkle, Amleto Monacelli, Bryan Goebel, Pete Weber, Johnny Petraglia, Don Sylvia.
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Reigning PBA50 Player of the Year defeats fellow Hall of Famer and 2012 PBA50 Rookie of the Year Amleto Monacelli, 276-216, for fifth career PBA50 Tour title; several scoring records set during the tournament
In a stepladder final made up of three of the Professional Bowlers Association's all-time greats, Hall of Famer Walter Ray Williams Jr. (pictured left) of Ocala, Fla., prevailed to win his fifth career PBA50 Tour title by capturing the Sun Bowl in The Villages presented by Hammer title Tuesday at Spanish Springs Lanes.Williams, the reigning PBA50 Player of the Year, defeated fellow Hall of Famer and 2012 PBA50 Rookie of the Year Amleto Monacelli (right) of Venezuela, 276-216, in the championship match to win the second tournament of the 2013 PBA50 Tour season and the $7,500 top prize.
Williams found it necessary to implement the unusual technique of using a different ball on each lane of the championship pair in the title match to get the desired ball reaction on each lane.
"It's not something I normally do, but I practiced with a few balls and was able to determine that if I needed to make a change like that I had the equipment I could do it with," Williams said. "It turned out that I made the right decisions at the right time and Amleto had a couple bad breaks and I was fortunate to get the win."
It was a rematch of the last time Williams and Monacelli, a 19-time Tour winner, met in a PBA50 Tour championship match when Monacelli defeated Williams 255-247 to win the 2012 PBA Senior U.S. Open last June in Las Vegas.
"Anytime you can beat Amleto it's an accomplishment," said Williams, who owns 47 PBA Tour titles which tops the all-time list. "There were so many great players in this tournament I feel very fortunate to have won it." Williams advanced to the title match by defeating Bo Goergen (left) of Sanford, Mich., 258-191, in the semifinal. Goergen, who was trying for his first PBA50 Tour win, made a dramatic jump from seventh in the match play position round to make the final stepladder spot.
In the opening match, Goergen defeated Hall of Famer Pete Weber (right) of St. Ann, Mo., 259-256. Weber, a 37-time PBA Tour winner who is competing as a rookie on the PBA50 Tour this season, won the PBA Tournament of Champions on March 31 for a record-tying 10th major title and also became the first player to win PBA's triple crown twice.
Weber was also a member of the New York City WTT KingPins team that won the inaugural PBA League Elias Cup.
Several scoring records were set during the Sun Bowl In The Villages which included the first 900 series in PBA history bowled by Joe Scarborough (left) of Mars Hill, N.C., during the tournament's first qualifying round. He ended the tournament finishing in a tie for 49th place.A record twenty 300 games were bowled in the tournament (previous record 19, Columbus, Ohio, 2010) and Scarborough along with Williams tied the record for most 300 games bowled in one tournament with three.
Another milestone was set in the Sun Bowl In The Villages when 87-year-old Darrell Ducat (right) became the oldest player ever to bowl in a PBA event.
Throughout the 2013 PBA50 Tour season, players will be competing for the opportunity to advance to the nationally-televised PBA50 Tour Finals which will be conducted as part of the World Series of Bowling V in Las Vegas in November. The top three players in points at the conclusion of the season will advance to the PBA50 Tour Finals.
The PBA50 Tour makes its first visit to the Birmingham, Ala., area for the third stop of the season when the PBA50 Greater Birmingham Open presented by Ebonite will be conducted at Lightning Strikes in Trussville April 28-May 1.
PBA's online bowling channel Xtra Frame will return with start-to-finish coverage of the PBA50 Miller High Life Classic presented by Columbia 300 at George Pappas Victory Lanes in Mooresville, N.C., May 5-8.
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PBA50 Sun Bowl in The Villages presented by Hammer - Stepladder Finals
Championship Round:1, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 534 (2 games), $7,500
2, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 216 (1 game), $4,000
3, Bo Goergen, Sanford, Mich., 450 (2 games), $2,500
4, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 256 (1 game), $2,000
Playoff Results:
First Match: No. 4 Goergen def. No. 3 Weber, 259-256
Semifinal Match: No. Williams Jr. def. Goergen, 258-191
Championship: Williams Jr. def. No. 1 Monacelli, 276-216
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PBA50 Sun Bowl in The Villages - Match Play Results
Players with position, hometown, won-lost-tied record, 32-game total and money won. Top four advanced to stepladder finals. a-amateur.
1. Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 11-5, 8,265
2. Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 9-7, 8,130
3. Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 12-4, 8,124
4. Bo Goergen, Sanford, Mich., 7-8-1, 8,061
5. Wayne Webb, Columbus, Ohio, 10-6, 8,058, $1,800
6. Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 11-5, 8,039, $1,700
7. Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 10-5-1, 7,977, $1,600
8. Marty Berke, Allentown, Pa., 10-6, 7,927, $1,550
9. Bryan Goebel, Shawnee, Kan., 7-9, 7,899, $1,500
10. Don Sylvia, Lady Lake, Fla., 8-8, 7,827, $1,450
11. Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 10-6, 7,804, $1,425
12. Richard McDaniel, Coconut Creek, Fla., 7-9, 7,776, $1,400
13. John Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., 7-9, 7,765, $1,375
14. Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., 10-6, 7,719, $1,350
15. Bob Learn Jr., Erie, Pa., 7-9, 7,708, $1,325
16. Hugh Miller, Seattle, 10-6, 7,705, $1,300
Missed cut to final match play round:
17. Ron Dixon, Boynton Beach, Fla., 4-4, 5,753, $1,200
18. Steve Neff, Homosassa Springs, Fla., 4-4, 5,752, $1,180
19. Tom Baker, King, N.C., 4-4, 5,748, $1,160
20. Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 6-2, 5,740, $1,140
21. Timothy Kauble, Marion, Ohio, 3-5, 5,713, $1,130
22. Rick Minier, Houston, Texas, 2-6, 5,708, $1,120
23. Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 0-8, 5,682, $1,110
24. a-Larry Barwick, Wauchula, Fla., 1-6-1, 5,647, $1,100
25. Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 3-4-1, 5,635, $1,090
26. Steve Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y., 5-2-1, 5,633, $1,080
27. Nick Morgan, Sacramento, Calif., 2-5-1, 5,582, $1,075
28. a-Roger Kossert, Lithia, Fla., 2-6, 5,555, $1,070
29. Wayne Bolin, Lumberton, N.C., 2-6, 5,551, $1,065
30. Gary Morgan, Marietta, Ga., 1-7, 5,545, $1,060
31. Keith Sharp, Orlando, Fla., 2-6, 5,501, $1,055
32. Darrell Adams, Flintstone, Ga., 2-6, 5,466, $1,050
300 Games (20, PBA50 record) - Don Blatchford, Wayne Webb, Joe Scarborough (3), Christopher Keane, Bo Goergen, Walter Ray Williams Jr. (3), Darrell Adams, Richard McDaniel, Tim Kauble (2), Bill McCorkle, Amleto Monacelli, Bryan Goebel, Pete Weber, Johnny Petraglia, Don Sylvia.
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