Coming off the month-long break in the 2015 PBA50 Tour season schedule, two-time PBA50 Player of the Year Ron Mohr (pictured left) of Las Vegas came back refreshed by averaging 246.6 to take the first round lead Monday in the PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & Casino Open presented by Roto Grip at Island Xtreme Bowl in Welch, Minn.

The eight-time PBA50 Tour winner finished the round with a 1,973 pinfall bowling games of 225, 269, 236, 216, 258, 227, 277 and 265.

"I missed a single-pin spare in the first game and that was a wake-up call," said Mohr. "It was kind of a good thing it happened because it reminded me to pay attention and focus on every shot."

Mohr's best finish this season was third in the Johnny Petraglia BVL Open. He is hoping to end a three-year drought without a PBA50 Tour win.

"I've been bowling well and really can't complain," said Mohr, whose last win came in the 2012 Senior Decatur (Ill.) Open. "I just need to concentrate on making good shots in key situations and hope I get a few breaks along the way."

Mohr holds a 57-pin lead over two-time PBA50 Tour winner Bob Learn Jr. (right) of Erie, Pa., who finished the round in second with a 1,916 pinfall.

Rounding out the top five after the first round were Chris Keane, Cape Coral, Fla., 1,870; PBA Hall of Famer Pete Weber (left) of St. Ann, Mo., 1,851, and retired two-time major league all-star pitcher John Burkett (right) of Southlake, Texas, 1,842.

Weber, the 2015 Suncoast PBA Senior U.S. Open winner, is trying for his second win of the season and fifth of his career. Burkett, competing in his PBA50 Tour rookie season, is trying to improve upon a season's-best finish of fourth which came in the Northern California Classic.

Defending champion Hall of Famer Walter Ray Williams Jr (left) of Oxford, Fla., finished the first round in 19th with a 1,725 pinfall.

The 90-player field will return for another eight-game qualifying round Tuesday which will determine the 30 players who will advance to match play on Wednesday. The top five after match play will advance to the stepladder finals scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CT.

Xtra Frame, PBA's online bowling channel, is providing live coverage of the Treasure Island Resort & Casino Open.

 

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PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & Casino Open - First Round Standings

Players with position, hometown and 8-game total; ss-denotes PBA60 players ages 60 and over; a-denotes amateur

1, Ron Mohr, Las Vegas, 1,973
2, Bob Learn Jr., Erie, Pa., 1,916
3, Chris Keane, Cape Coral, Fla., 1,870
4, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 1,851
5, John Burkett, Southlake, Texas, 1,842
6, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 1,824
7, Bryan Goebel, Shawnee, Kan., 1,801
8, ss-Tom Baker, King, N.C., 1,797
9, a-Sam Lantto, Eden Prairie, Minn., 1,789
10, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., 1,785
11, Peter Knopp, Germany, 1,772
12, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 1,766
13, Bob Micek, Woodbury, Minn., 1,764
14, (tie) Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., and ss-Dave Bernhardt, Romeo, Mich., 1,747
16, Brian Cooper, Henderson, Nev., 1,745
17, ss-Dale Eagle, Laguna Niguel, Calif., 1,742
18, ss-Paul McCordic, Sugar Land, Texas, 1,727
19, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla., 1,725
20, ss-Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 1,713
21, Brian Voss, Centennial, Colo., 1,704
22, Kevin Foley, Reno, Nev., 1,701
23, Darron Peters, Temecula, Calif., 1,699
24, ss-John Dudak, Orland Park, Ill., 1,695
25, Tommy Martin, Olive Branch, Miss., 1,693
26, Todd Kjell, Roscoe, Ill., 1,690
27, Darryl Traber, Waterford, Wis., 1,687
28, (tie) Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., and ss-James Knoblauch, Waukesha, Wis., 1,676
30, (tie) Rob Rice, Sunnyside, Wash., and a-Ron Cleveland, St. Paul, Minn., 1,669
32, ss-Edward Silva, Manteca, Calif., 1,667
33, John Brockland, St. Charles, Mo., 1,663
34, (tie) ss-Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., and Terry Metzner, Kentwood, Mich., 1,658
36, Joel Carlson, Omaha, Neb., 1,651
37, Brian LeClair, Delmar, N.Y., 1,640
38, ss-Steven Jansson, Barnes, Wisc., 1,639
39, David Axon, Bellevue, Neb., 1,632
40, ss-Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 1,631
41, Jerry Brunette Jr., Rochester, N.Y., 1,627
42, Jeff Richgels, Madison, Wis., 1,615
43, Kent Wagner, Bradenton, Fla., 1,599
44, ss-Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 1,594
45, (tie) ss-Phillip Moros, Lombard, Ill., and ss-Steve Stein, Staten Island, N.Y., 1,592
47, ss-Thomas Ream, Tampa, Fla., 1,589
48, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 1,587
49, ss-Marc Lineberry, Camanche, Iowa, 1,586
50, ss-Jerry Lau, St. Peters, Mo., 1,579
51, Tracy Teeters, Eugene, Ore., 1,578
52, (tie) Michael Chrzanowski, Shepherd, Mich., and Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 1,577
54, Robert Spaulding, Mckinney, Texas, 1,574
55, ss-Bill Henson, Westerville, Ohio, 1,571
56, Lyle Zikes, Arlington Heights, Ill., 1,570
57, Brent Beery, Kansas City, Mo., 1,564
58, Dave Flemming, Fairborn, Ohio, 1,563
59, Tom Carter, Columbus, Ohio, 1,561
60, ss-Bill McCorkle, Westerville, Ohio, 1,557
61, Don Breeden, Clive, Iowa, 1,555
62, a-David Oulman, Medford, Minn., 1,554
63, Dana Wright, St. Paul, Minn., 1,552
64, ss-Dennis Lane, Kingsport, Tenn., 1,543
65, Jeff Moore, Boone, Iowa, 1,537
66, Tony Majcher, Rolling Meadows, Ill., 1,535
67, ss-Tim Pierce, Portland, Ore., 1,527
68, ss-Bill Hewlett, Eagle, Idaho, 1,526
69, ss-Paul Mielens, Menomonie, Wis., 1,525
70, (tie) Dennis Erckfritz, Sioux Falls, S.D., and ss-Howard Frostman, Washburn, Wis., 1,514
72, ss-Bob Knipple, Long Beach, Calif., 1,510
73, Warren Burr, Wilmington, Del., 1,497
74, ss-Mike Schmid, St. Paul, Minn., 1,495
75, ss-Brendan Bierch, Grafton, Mass., 1,481
76, a-Curtis Matlock, Cloquet, Minn., 1,472
77, ss-George Lord, Lakeland, Fla., 1,463
78, ss-a-Dale Lipovsky, Apple Valley, Minn., 1,455
79, ss-Galen Keas, Alda, Neb., 1,442
80, John Austin, Friendswood, Texas, 1,441
81, ss-Glen Nakagawa, Highland Village, Texas, 1,439
82, ss-Larry Helton, Bolingbrook, Ill., 1,435
83, ss-Bill Idzior, Crown Point, Ind., 1,421
84, Al Danz Jr., Escanaba, Mich., 1,412
85, ss-Ken Waters, Kingsport, Tenn., 1,408
86, Robert Teeters, Lapel, Ind., 1,405
87, Brian Miller, Springfield, Ohio, 1,399
88, ss-Lew Elting, Carlsbad, Calif., 1,388
89, ss-Allen Meskan, Addison, Ill., 1,316
90, a- Dean Bruinsma, Clear Lake, S.D., 1,288