Bowling on a lane condition he's not entirely comfortable with, Jake Peters (pictured left) of Henderson, Nev., averaged 235.5 on the 40-foot Professional Bowlers Association Bear lane condition to lead first round qualifying in the PBA Bear Open Tuesday at the FireLake Bowling Center in Shawnee, Okla.

Peters leads 18 players who advanced to Tuesday evening's second six-game round which will determine the top five players who will advance to Saturday's Bear Open stepladder finals to be held on the special lane installation at the Grand Casino Hotel & Resort Event Center at 2:30 p.m. CT.

Peters, whose lone PBA Tour title came in the 2013 Summer Swing Badger Open in Milwaukee, completed first round qualifying with a 1,413 six-game pinfall total behind games of 257, 234, 232, 248, 197 and 245.

"I've never had good success on the Bear condition, or the Wolf condition for that matter, so I was pretty nervous about bowling on those coming in here," said Peters. "I've made a concentrated effort to get ready for these conditions and making the right equipment choices has been the major part of that.

"It's paid off so far and I have the feeling that everything's coming together," he continued. "I hope the momentum carries into tonight's round but in reality it's going to feel like I'm starting over, so there's a lot of work to do."

Rounding out the top five after Tuesday's first round were two-time reigning PBA Player of the Year Jason Belmonte (left) of Australia in second with 1,388; five-time Tour titlist Bill O'Neill of Langhorne, Pa., 1,384; Patrick Girard (right) of Canada, 1,377, and 15-time Tour winner Tommy Jones of Simpsonville, S.C., 1,373.

O'Neill (left) and Jones (right) are trying to make their second consecutive stepladder final after qualifying for the Wolf Open finals Monday.

The Bear Open is the second of five events that compose Oklahoma's Grand Casino Hotel & Resort PBA Summer Swing. All five events (Wolf, Bear, Badger and Oklahoma Opens plus the Grand Casino Resort King of the Swing) will be televised by CBS Sports Network on consecutive Tuesday nights beginning with the Wolf Open on May 26 at 8 p.m. ET. The Bear Open finals will air June 2 at 9 p.m. ET.

The Bear Open is also the second of three qualifying legs in determining the field of 18 match play finalists for the Oklahoma Open. After 12 games O'Neill leads with a 2,824 pinfall total, 34 pins ahead of Jones with 2,790.

All preliminary rounds of the PBA Wolf, Bear and Badger Opens, plus match play rounds of the Oklahoma Open are being covered live on PBA's online bowling channel, Xtra Frame.

 

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PBA Bear Open - First Round Standings

Players with position, hometown/country and 6-game total; top 18 advance to second qualifying round; a-denotes amateur

1, Jake Peters, Henderson, Nev., 1,413
2, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 1,388
3, Bill O'Neill, Langhorne, Pa., 1,384
4, Patrick Girard, Canada, 1,377
5, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 1,373
6, Marshall Kent, Yakima, Wash., 1,365
7, Connor Pickford, Charlotte, N.C., 1,349
8, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 1,343
9, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 1,333
10, Jesse Buss, Belvidere, Ill., 1,322
11, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 1,318
12, Anthony Lavery-Spahr, Pasadena, Texas, 1,315
13, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 1,313
14, (tie) Tyler Jensen, Ft. Worth, Texas, and Scott Newell, Deland, Fla., 1,308
16, J.R. Raymond, Bay City, Mich., 1,307
17, Chris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore., 1,306
18, Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., 1,305

Missed Cut:
19, (tie) Dom Barrett, England, and Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill., 1,293
21, John Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y., 1,292
22, Gary Faulkner Jr., Memphis, Tenn., 1,283
23, Shawn Maldonado, Houston, 1,281
24, (tie) D.J. Archer, Friendswood, Texas, and Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 1,280
26, Randy Weiss, Columbia, S.C., 1,279
27, Todd Book, Russells Point, Ohio, 1,277
28, (tie) Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., and Kris Koeltzow, Wheat Ridge, Colo., 1,276
30, Greg Ostrander, Freehold, N.J., 1,274
31, (tie) Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan., and Jason Sterner, Covington, Ga., 1,268
33, (tie) Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., Tom Hess, Urbandale, Iowa, and John Szczerbinski, N. Tonawanda, N.Y., 1,261
36, Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla., 1,257
37, Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 1,256
38, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 1,252
39, Stuart Williams, England, 1,247
40, E.J. Tackett, Huntington, Ind., 1,245
41, Robert Smith, Ventura, Calif., 1,243
42, Ildemaro Ruiz, Venezuela, 1,241
43, Kevin Andes, Somerset, Mass., 1,240
44, Craig LeMond, Jasper, Ind., 1,239
45, (tie) Brian Valenta, Lockport, Ill., and Josh Blanchard, Mesa, Ariz., 1,238
47, John Burkett, Southlake, Texas, 1,237
48, Christopher Colella, Templeton, MA, 1,235
49, Tim Gillick, Milford, Conn., 1,231
50, Kristopher Prather, Milton, Fla., 1,229
51, Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 1,227
52, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 1,226
53, Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., 1,225
54, Brian Himmler, Cincinnati, 1,223
55, (tie) Jon VanHees, Charlestown, R.I., and Dick Allen, Columbia, S.C., 1,216
57, Mike Fagan, Ft. Worth, Texas, 1,213
58, (tie) Arturo Quintero, Mexico, and Brad Miller, St. Charles, Mo., 1,211
60, (tie) Patrick Allen, Mount Kisco, N.Y., and Ronnie Sparks Jr., Ecorse, Mich., 1,207
62, Dave Wodka, Beavercreek, Ohio, 1,204
63, Craig Nidiffer, Trenton, Mich., 1,202
64, (tie) Gabriel Yanes, Shertz, Texas, and Anthony Simonsen, Princeton, Texas, 1,199
66, Scott Norton, Mission Viejo, Calif., 1,198
67, (tie) Thomas Larsen, Denmark, and Johnathan Bower, Middletown, Pa., 1,197
69, a-Perry Hall Jr., Oklahoma City, 1,192
70, Clint Land, Houston, 1,190
71, John Furey, Freehold, N.J., 1,187
72, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 1,185
73, Terrance Bright, Atlanta, 1,184
74, Andrew Graff, Las Vegas, 1,183
75, Dale Coleman, High Springs, Fla., 1,179
76, Blake Demore, Springfield, Mo., 1,178
77, Kyle Troup, Taylorsville, N.C., 1,176
78, Mike DeVaney, Winchester, Calif., 1,173
79, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 1,171
80, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 1,166
81, Michael Haugen Jr., Phoenix, 1,165
82, Brett Cooper, Denver, 1,164
83, Sean Lavery-Spahr, Pasadena, Texas, 1,161
84, David Haynes, Las Vegas, 1,159
85, (tie) Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., and Miguel Lopez, Wichita, Kan., 1,158
87, Michael DeVore II, Oak Ridge, Tenn., 1,153
88, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla., 1,148
89, Lee Vanderhoef, Canton, Ga., 1,144
90, Aaron Lorincz, Saginaw, Mich., 1,143
91, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 1,142
92, (tie) Tom Daugherty, Wesley Chapel, Fla., Rhino Page, Orlando, Fla., and Dirk Gibson, Little Rock, Ark., 1,133
95, Humberto Vazquez, Mexico, 1,132
96, Julio Cesar Blancas, Mexico, 1,129
97, Devin Bidwell, Wichita, Kan., 1,118
98, a-Trey Ford III, Bartlesville, Okla., 1,117
99, Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 1,110
100, Joe Findling, Mesquite, Texas, 1,109
101, Anthony Pepe, Elmhurst, N.Y., 1,107
102, Dan Buchman, Maple Shade, N.J., 1,106
103, Matt Bollhalter, Niceville, Fla., 1,104
104, Austin Hunt, Kennewick, Wash., 1,099
105, Corey Bottos, Houston, 1,095
106, Mason Edmondson, Amarillo, Texas, 1,093
107, Zachary Dwyer, Ft. Walton Beach, Fla., 1,085
108, Cory Gilbert, Dickson, Tenn., 1,082
109, (tie) Joe Paluszek, Bensalem, Pa., and a-Bryant Ezell, Fayetteville, Ark., 1,075
111, Kenneth Bland Jr., Chibolo, Texas, 1,071
112, a-A.J. Johnson, Oswego, Ill., 1,061
113, Nicholas Johnsen, Rosenberg, Texas, 1,053
114, Justin Morris, McLoud, Okla., 1,052
115, Sheldon Oliver, Oklahom City, Okla., 1,042
116, Chris Skillings, Shawnee, Okla., 1,023
117, Daniel Hochstein, Farmington Hills, Mich., 1,011
118, a-Floyd Speck, Marshalltown, Iowa, 996
119, Jeff Hatt, Oklahoma City, 993
120, Robert McBride, Dallas, 969

 

Oklahoma Open Standings

Top 50 after 12 of 18 qualifying games; top 18 after Wednesday's Badger Open qualifying round advance to round-robin match play on Thursday

1, Bill O'Neill, Langhorne, Pa., 2,824
2, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 2,790
3, Marshall Kent, Yakima, Wash., 2,765
4, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 2,726
5, Tyler Jensen, Ft. Worth, Texas, 2,681
6, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 2,675
7, Patrick Allen, Mount Kisco, N.Y., 2,668
8, John Szczerbinski, N. Tonawanda, N.Y., 2,654
8, Patrick Girard, Canada, 2,654
10, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 2,647
11, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 2,638
12, Dom Barrett, England, 2,634
13, Scott Newell, Deland, Fla., 2,629
14, (tie) Jesse Buss, Belvidere, Ill., and Connor Pickford, Charlotte, N.C., 2,621
16, J.R. Raymond, Bay City, Mich., 2,619
17, Robert Smith, Ventura, Calif., 2,618
18, Mike Fagan, Ft. Worth, Texas, 2,602
19, Greg Ostrander, Freehold, N.J., 2,601
20, Stuart Williams, England, 2,597
21, Jake Peters, Henderson, Nev., 2,593
22, Kyle Troup, Taylorsville, N.C., 2,583
23, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 2,582
24, Chris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore., 2,578
25, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 2,577
26, Scott Norton, Mission Viejo, Calif., 2,575
27, Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan., 2,570
28, Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill., 2,569
29, Shawn Maldonado, Houston, 2,568
30, Kris Koeltzow, Wheat Ridge, Colo., 2,566
31, Brett Cooper, Denver, 2,565
32, (tie) Jason Sterner, Covington, Ga., Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla., and Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 2,555
35, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 2,544
36, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 2,536
37, Randy Weiss, Columbia, S.C., 2,529
38, Anthony Pepe, Elmhurst, N.Y., 2,528
39, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 2,516
40, Ildemaro Ruiz, Venezuela, 2,514
41, Rhino Page, Orlando, Fla., 2,513
41, Craig Nidiffer, Trenton, Mich., 2,513
43, Miguel Lopez, Wichita, Kan., 2,506
44, John Burkett, Southlake, Texas, 2,501
45, (tie) Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., and Christopher Colella, Templeton, MA, 2,499
47, E.J. Tackett, Huntington, Ind., 2,497
48, Anthony Lavery-Spahr, Pasadena, Texas, 2,491
49, Dick Allen, Columbia, S.C., 2,489
50, Ronnie Sparks Jr., Ecorse, Mich., 2,486