Ron Mohr and John Burkett top PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & Casino Open qualifying
07/22/15
2015 PBA50 Tour #8
Ron Mohr (pictured left) of Las Vegas earned top qualifier honors for the PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & Casino Open presented by Roto Grip Tuesday at Island Xtreme Bowl, but withstood a charge from retired Major League Baseball All-Star pitcher John Burkett (right) of Southlake, Texas, who finished the day in second just eight pins behind.
Mohr and Burkett led a field of 38 players from the original 90-player field who advanced to Wednesday's match play rounds.
Mohr, an eight-time PBA50 Tour winner and two-time PBA50 Player of the Year, finished the round with a 3,777 16-game pinfall (236 average) bowling games of 227, 213, 259, 213, 233, 217, 216 and 226 in Tuesday's eight-game second round.
"My goal was to earn the two-round bye for match play but after that I wanted to go for the lead," said Mohr.
"I was able to find a good shot on each pair of lanes today. Bowling on a fresh lane condition this morning I knew it was going to be a little harder to shoot a big number but I bowled well enough where at least I wasn't going backwards."
Burkett earned his best qualifying finish of the season with a 3,769 16-game pinfall (235.5 average). He bowled games of 213, 204, 256, 226, 275, 267, 248 and 238 in the second round.
"This is definitely another milestone for me," said the 50-year-old Burkett who has made match play in five of the six tournaments he has entered this season. "To be able to challenge for the qualifying lead in a field with this much talent is a huge confidence boost for me."
Mohr's best finish this season was third in the Johnny Petraglia BVL Open and he is hoping to end a three-year drought without a PBA50 Tour win.
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 back in June.
Rounding out the top eight players who earned a two-round match play bye were PBA Hall of Famers Parker Bohn III (left) of Jackson, N.J. and Pete Weber (right) of St. Ann, Mo. who finished third and fourth respectively, with 3,685 and 3,671 pinfall totals.
Finishing fifth was two-time PBA50 Tour winner Bob Learn Jr. of Erie, Pa., with 3,656, followed by 10-time PBA Tour winner Bryan Goebel, Shawnee, Kan., 3,654; three-time PBA50 Tour winner Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., 3,644, and two-time PBA50 Tour winner Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 3,625. Defending champion Hall of Famer Walter Ray Williams Jr. of Oxford, Fla., advanced to match play finishing 17th with a 3,478 pinfall.
Wednesday's rounds begin at 9 a.m. CT. The top five after match play will advance to the stepladder finals scheduled for 6 p.m. CT. Xtra Frame, PBA's online bowling channel, is providing live coverage of the Treasure Island Resort & Casino Open.
Ron Mohr averages 246.6 to take first round lead in PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & Casino Open
2015 PBA50 Tour Schedule & Champions
Players with position, hometown and 16-game total; top 16 advance to match play; 17th-30th places plus eight PBA60 players advance to cashers round to determine eight additional match play finalists; ss-denotes PBA60 players ages 60 and over out of the regular prize list cashing for $1,000; a-denotes amateur
1, Ron Mohr, Las Vegas, 3,777
2, John Burkett, Southlake, Texas, 3,769
3, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 3,685
4, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 3,671
5, Bob Learn Jr., Erie, Pa., 3,656
6, Bryan Goebel, Shawnee, Kan., 3,654
7, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., 3,644
8, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 3,625
9, Brian Voss, Centennial, Colo., 3,603
10, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 3,566
11, a-Sam Lantto, Eden Prairie, Minn., 3,564
12, Christopher Keane, Cape Coral, Fla., 3,563
13, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 3,542
14, Dale Eagle, Laguna Niguel, Calif., 3,519
15, Brian LeClair, Delmar, N.Y., 3,513
16, Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 3,499
17, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla., 3,478
18, Paul McCordic, Sugar Land, Texas, 3,443
19, David Axon, Bellevue, Neb., 3,442
20, Brian Cooper, Henderson, Nev., 3,440
21, Jeff Richgels, Madison, Wis., 3,437
22, Peter Knopp, Germany, 3,434
23, Tommy Martin, Olive Branch, Miss., 3,421
24, Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 3,408
25, Darron Peters, Temecula, Calif., 3,405
26, Todd Kjell, Roscoe, Ill., 3,383
27, Jerry Brunette Jr., Rochester, N.Y., 3,369
28, Bob Micek, Woodbury, Minn., 3,367
29, Darryl Traber, Waterford, Wis., 3,363
30, John Dudak, Orland Park, Ill., 3,344
31, (tie) ss-Bill McCorkle, Westerville, Ohio, 3,312
32, ss-Edward Silva, Manteca, Calif., 3,302,
33, ss-Steve Stein, Staten Island, N.Y., 3,300
34, ss-Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 3,282
35, ss-Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 3,267
36, ss-James Knoblauch, Waukesha, Wis., 3,258
37, ss-Dave Bernhardt, Romeo, Mich., 3,255
38, ss-Thomas Ream, Tampa, Fla., 3,253
Missed Cut:
39, Dave Flemming, Fairborn, Ohio, 3,329
40, a-Ron Cleveland, St. Paul, Minn., 3,316
41, Kevin Foley, Reno, Nev., 3,312
42, Joel Carlson, Omaha, Neb., 3,304
43, (tie) Brent Beery, Kansas City, Mo., and Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 3,291
45, Rob Rice, Sunnyside, Wash., 3,281
46, Terry Metzner, Kentwood, Mich., 3,273
47, a-David Oulman, Medford, Minn., 3,268
48, Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., 3,252
49, Kent Wagner, Bradenton, Fla., 3,249
50, Robert Spaulding, Mckinney, Texas, 3,233
51, John Brockland, St. Charles, Mo., 3,223
52, Lyle Zikes, Arlington Heights, Ill., 3,222
53, Dennis Lane, Kingsport, Tenn., 3,215
54, Tracy Teeters, Eugene, Ore., 3,204
55, Phillip Moros, Lombard, Ill., 3,186
56, Warren Burr, Wilmington, Del., 3,181
57, Marc Lineberry, Camanche, Iowa, 3,178
58, Jerry Lau, St. Peters, Mo., 3,177
59, Bill Hewlett, Eagle, Idaho, 3,156
60, Don Breeden, Clive, Iowa, 3,143
61, Tony Majcher, Rolling Meadows, Ill., 3,133
62, Jeff Moore, Boone, Iowa, 3,116
63, Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 3,112
64, Tom Carter, Columbus, Ohio, 3,111
65, Bob Knipple, Long Beach, Calif., 3,102
66, Michael Chrzanowski, Shepherd, Mich., 3,101
67, Steven Jansson, Barnes, Wisc., 3,093
68, Dana Wright, St. Paul, Minn., 3,090
69, John Austin, Friendswood, Texas, 3,050
70, Paul Mielens, Menomonie, Wis., 3,023
71, Bill Henson, Westerville, Ohio, 3,017
72, Brian Miller, Springfield, Ohio, 2,999
73, a-Curtis Matlock, Cloquet, Minn., 2,988
74, Brendan Bierch, Grafton, Mass., 2,983
75, Glen Nakagawa, Highland Village, Texas, 2,982
76, George Lord, Lakeland, Fla., 2,978
77, Tim Pierce, Portland, Ore., 2,972
78, Dennis Erckfritz, Sioux Falls, S.D., 2,935
79, Howard Frostman, Washburn, Wis., 2,915
80, Mike Schmid, St. Paul, Minn., 2,910
81, Ken Waters, Kingsport, Tenn., 2,905
82, Galen Keas, Alda, Neb., 2,903
83, Bill Idzior, Crown Point, Ind., 2,895
84, Larry Helton, Bolingbrook, Ill., 2,836
85, Lew Elting, Carlsbad, Calif., 2,808
86, Allen Meskan, Addison, Ill., 2,722
87, Al Danz Jr., Escanaba, Mich., 2,714
88, Robert Teeters, Lapel, Ind., 2,670
89, a- Dean Bruinsma, Clear Lake, S.D., 2,601
90, a-Dale Lipovsky, Apple Valley, Minn., 1,455
Mohr and Burkett led a field of 38 players from the original 90-player field who advanced to Wednesday's match play rounds.
Mohr, an eight-time PBA50 Tour winner and two-time PBA50 Player of the Year, finished the round with a 3,777 16-game pinfall (236 average) bowling games of 227, 213, 259, 213, 233, 217, 216 and 226 in Tuesday's eight-game second round.
"My goal was to earn the two-round bye for match play but after that I wanted to go for the lead," said Mohr.
"I was able to find a good shot on each pair of lanes today. Bowling on a fresh lane condition this morning I knew it was going to be a little harder to shoot a big number but I bowled well enough where at least I wasn't going backwards."
Burkett earned his best qualifying finish of the season with a 3,769 16-game pinfall (235.5 average). He bowled games of 213, 204, 256, 226, 275, 267, 248 and 238 in the second round.
"This is definitely another milestone for me," said the 50-year-old Burkett who has made match play in five of the six tournaments he has entered this season. "To be able to challenge for the qualifying lead in a field with this much talent is a huge confidence boost for me."
Mohr's best finish this season was third in the Johnny Petraglia BVL Open and he is hoping to end a three-year drought without a PBA50 Tour win.
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 back in June.
Rounding out the top eight players who earned a two-round match play bye were PBA Hall of Famers Parker Bohn III (left) of Jackson, N.J. and Pete Weber (right) of St. Ann, Mo. who finished third and fourth respectively, with 3,685 and 3,671 pinfall totals.Finishing fifth was two-time PBA50 Tour winner Bob Learn Jr. of Erie, Pa., with 3,656, followed by 10-time PBA Tour winner Bryan Goebel, Shawnee, Kan., 3,654; three-time PBA50 Tour winner Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., 3,644, and two-time PBA50 Tour winner Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 3,625. Defending champion Hall of Famer Walter Ray Williams Jr. of Oxford, Fla., advanced to match play finishing 17th with a 3,478 pinfall.
Wednesday's rounds begin at 9 a.m. CT. The top five after match play will advance to the stepladder finals scheduled for 6 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 - Second Round Standings
Players with position, hometown and 16-game total; top 16 advance to match play; 17th-30th places plus eight PBA60 players advance to cashers round to determine eight additional match play finalists; ss-denotes PBA60 players ages 60 and over out of the regular prize list cashing for $1,000; a-denotes amateur
1, Ron Mohr, Las Vegas, 3,777
2, John Burkett, Southlake, Texas, 3,769
3, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 3,685
4, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 3,671
5, Bob Learn Jr., Erie, Pa., 3,656
6, Bryan Goebel, Shawnee, Kan., 3,654
7, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., 3,644
8, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 3,625
9, Brian Voss, Centennial, Colo., 3,603
10, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 3,566
11, a-Sam Lantto, Eden Prairie, Minn., 3,564
12, Christopher Keane, Cape Coral, Fla., 3,563
13, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 3,542
14, Dale Eagle, Laguna Niguel, Calif., 3,519
15, Brian LeClair, Delmar, N.Y., 3,513
16, Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 3,499
17, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla., 3,478
18, Paul McCordic, Sugar Land, Texas, 3,443
19, David Axon, Bellevue, Neb., 3,442
20, Brian Cooper, Henderson, Nev., 3,440
21, Jeff Richgels, Madison, Wis., 3,437
22, Peter Knopp, Germany, 3,434
23, Tommy Martin, Olive Branch, Miss., 3,421
24, Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 3,408
25, Darron Peters, Temecula, Calif., 3,405
26, Todd Kjell, Roscoe, Ill., 3,383
27, Jerry Brunette Jr., Rochester, N.Y., 3,369
28, Bob Micek, Woodbury, Minn., 3,367
29, Darryl Traber, Waterford, Wis., 3,363
30, John Dudak, Orland Park, Ill., 3,344
31, (tie) ss-Bill McCorkle, Westerville, Ohio, 3,312
32, ss-Edward Silva, Manteca, Calif., 3,302,
33, ss-Steve Stein, Staten Island, N.Y., 3,300
34, ss-Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 3,282
35, ss-Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 3,267
36, ss-James Knoblauch, Waukesha, Wis., 3,258
37, ss-Dave Bernhardt, Romeo, Mich., 3,255
38, ss-Thomas Ream, Tampa, Fla., 3,253
Missed Cut:
39, Dave Flemming, Fairborn, Ohio, 3,329
40, a-Ron Cleveland, St. Paul, Minn., 3,316
41, Kevin Foley, Reno, Nev., 3,312
42, Joel Carlson, Omaha, Neb., 3,304
43, (tie) Brent Beery, Kansas City, Mo., and Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 3,291
45, Rob Rice, Sunnyside, Wash., 3,281
46, Terry Metzner, Kentwood, Mich., 3,273
47, a-David Oulman, Medford, Minn., 3,268
48, Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., 3,252
49, Kent Wagner, Bradenton, Fla., 3,249
50, Robert Spaulding, Mckinney, Texas, 3,233
51, John Brockland, St. Charles, Mo., 3,223
52, Lyle Zikes, Arlington Heights, Ill., 3,222
53, Dennis Lane, Kingsport, Tenn., 3,215
54, Tracy Teeters, Eugene, Ore., 3,204
55, Phillip Moros, Lombard, Ill., 3,186
56, Warren Burr, Wilmington, Del., 3,181
57, Marc Lineberry, Camanche, Iowa, 3,178
58, Jerry Lau, St. Peters, Mo., 3,177
59, Bill Hewlett, Eagle, Idaho, 3,156
60, Don Breeden, Clive, Iowa, 3,143
61, Tony Majcher, Rolling Meadows, Ill., 3,133
62, Jeff Moore, Boone, Iowa, 3,116
63, Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 3,112
64, Tom Carter, Columbus, Ohio, 3,111
65, Bob Knipple, Long Beach, Calif., 3,102
66, Michael Chrzanowski, Shepherd, Mich., 3,101
67, Steven Jansson, Barnes, Wisc., 3,093
68, Dana Wright, St. Paul, Minn., 3,090
69, John Austin, Friendswood, Texas, 3,050
70, Paul Mielens, Menomonie, Wis., 3,023
71, Bill Henson, Westerville, Ohio, 3,017
72, Brian Miller, Springfield, Ohio, 2,999
73, a-Curtis Matlock, Cloquet, Minn., 2,988
74, Brendan Bierch, Grafton, Mass., 2,983
75, Glen Nakagawa, Highland Village, Texas, 2,982
76, George Lord, Lakeland, Fla., 2,978
77, Tim Pierce, Portland, Ore., 2,972
78, Dennis Erckfritz, Sioux Falls, S.D., 2,935
79, Howard Frostman, Washburn, Wis., 2,915
80, Mike Schmid, St. Paul, Minn., 2,910
81, Ken Waters, Kingsport, Tenn., 2,905
82, Galen Keas, Alda, Neb., 2,903
83, Bill Idzior, Crown Point, Ind., 2,895
84, Larry Helton, Bolingbrook, Ill., 2,836
85, Lew Elting, Carlsbad, Calif., 2,808
86, Allen Meskan, Addison, Ill., 2,722
87, Al Danz Jr., Escanaba, Mich., 2,714
88, Robert Teeters, Lapel, Ind., 2,670
89, a- Dean Bruinsma, Clear Lake, S.D., 2,601
90, a-Dale Lipovsky, Apple Valley, Minn., 1,455
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