Jesper Svensson (pictured left), a two-handed lefty from Sweden, averaged a stunning 247 to win the qualifying round of the Professional Bowlers Association's Chameleon Championship presented by HotelPlanner.com Thursday in the GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling VII presented by Silver Legacy at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev.

The Chameleon Championship is the third of four PBA "animal pattern" championships that serve as qualifying legs of the Rolltech PBA World Championship.

Svensson, who is trying for his second PBA Tour title and first on American soil, fired games of 226, 279, 204, 246, 247, 259, 268, 235 and 259 for a 2,223 total to race into a 62-pin lead over Denmark's Thomas Larsen (right).

After making his professional debut in PBA WSOB VI in Las Vegas last fall, the slender 20-year-old won his first PBA title in the PBA International-World Bowling Tour Kingdom of Bahrain Open in March.

"I actually got lined up in the first game," Svensson said of Thursday's round. "I had some problems early in the third game, but I got some strikes late and saved it. After that, it was pretty good."

Like most of the emerging young two-handed players, Svensson said he started bowling with two hands at a very young age because "I couldn't throw the ball with one hand, so I used two, and I continued on. I've been a full-time bowler for a year now. I like coming to the World Series because it's a good learning experience. It's great to be here. I'm going to come back for many years."

After three animal pattern qualifying rounds to make the 61-player cut for the Rolltech PBA World Championship, England's Stuart Williams (left) was bowling at a 236.5 pace to take a 103-pin lead over Canada's Patrick Girard (right).

Rookie Jakob Butturff (left) of Chandler, Ariz., was in third place followed by 2013 PBA Rookie of the Year EJ Tackett (right) of Huntington, Ind., and two-time 2015 title winner Ryan Ciminelli of Cheektowaga, N.Y.

Friday's nine-game Scorpion Championship round will determine the cashers for the World Championship.

Thursday's Chameleon round proved to be the most challenging for Boston Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts, who is bowling in professional competition for the first time in Reno. Betts averaged 190.2 for the round, finishing in a tie for 204th place in the 246-player field.

"I was really frustrated with myself," Betts (left) said. "My mechanics aren't good. I'd throw it good for a while, but I was not very consistent. I feel like I'm understanding what I need to do, but physically I'm not repeating shots and you can't compete in any sport if you can't repeat. That's what I'm really frustrated about."

The top 24 players in each of the four "animal pattern" championships that are part of the PBA World Series of Bowling VII advance to best-of-five-game match play elimination rounds that will take place next Monday and Tuesday.

The top 61 players based on 36-game pinfall totals after the four animal pattern legs will advance to the cashers' round of the PBA World Championship on Saturday.

All qualifying and match play rounds of the WSOB are being covered live, exclusively by PBA's online video streaming service, Xtra Frame.

 

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PBA Chameleon Championship - Final Qualifying Standings

Players with position, hometown and 9-game total; top 24 advance to best-of-five-game single-elimination match play next Tuesday; top 8 receive a first round bye; n-denotes non-member; f-denotes female

1, Jesper Svensson, Sweden, 2,223
2, Thomas Larsen, Denmark, 2,161
3, E.J. Tackett, Huntington, Ind., 2,154
4, Jakob Butturff, Chandler, Ariz., 2,130
5, Stuart Williams, England, 2,128
6 (tie), n-Warren Crawford, McKinleyville, Calif., and Pascal Winternheimer, Germany, 2,121
8, Kyle Troup, Taylorsville, N.C., 2,119
9, Gary Faulkner Jr., Memphis, Tenn., 2,114
10, Scott Norton, Mission Viejo, Calif., 2,100
11, Matthew McNiel, Prior Lake, Minn., 2,098
12, Patrick Girard, Canada, 2,087
13, Kim Bolleby, Thailand, 2,084
14, n-Ronnie Sparks Jr., Ecorse, Mich., 2,078
15, Martin Larsen, Sweden, 2,066
16, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 2,058
17 (tie), Anthony Pepe, Elmhurst, N.Y.; Rhino Page, Orlando, Fla., and Bill O'Neill, Langhorne, Pa., 2,055
20, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 2,054
21, n-Zeke Bayt, Henderson, Nev., 2,051
22, n-Chris Drewes, Wichita, Kan., 2,049
23, Tom Hess, Urbandale, Iowa, 2,048
24, Cameron Weier, Tacoma, Wash., 2,047

Other Cashers:
25, Anthony Simonsen, Princeton, Texas, 2,046, $600
26, J.R. Raymond, Bay City, Mich., 2,043, $600
27, Dom Barrett, England, 2,037, $600
28, n-Jon Trzcinski, Bay Shore, N.Y., 2,030, $600
29, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 2,020, $500
30, B.J. Moore III, Apex, N.C., 2,018, $500
31, Joonas Jehkinen, Finland, 2,017, $500
32, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 2,010, $500

Failed to Cash:
33, Nathan Bohr, Austin, Texas, 2,009
34, Tobias Börding, Germany, 2,008
35 (tie), Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., and Shawn Maldonado, Houston, 2,007
37, Kristopher Prather, Milton, Fla., 2,006
38, Ryan Graywacz, Feeding Hills, Mass., 2,004
39, n-Jimmy Cook, Indianapolis, 2,003
40, Josh Blanchard, Mesa, Ariz., 1,999
41 (tie), Devin Bidwell, Wichita, Kan., and Gerald Marrs, Huntley, Ill., 1,992
43 (tie), Manuel Otalora, Colombia, and Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 1,986
45, n-Anton Ahlgren, Sweden, 1,983
46, Lee Vanderhoef, Canton, Ga., 1,982
47, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 1,980
48, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 1,979
49, n-Christopher Sand, St Clair Shores, Mich, 1,978
50, n-Wankang Qi, China, 1,977
51, Myles Duty, Modesto, Calif., 1,973
52, Joe Goldstein Sr., San Bruno, Calif., 1,968
53, D.J. Archer, Friendswood, Texas, 1,963
54, Joseph Hostetler, Louisville, Ohio, 1,959
55 (tie), Jake Peters, Henderson, Nev., and Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan., 1,956
57, Dennis Horan Jr., Oakley, Calif., 1,955
58, Michael Haugen Jr., Phoenix, 1,954
59, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 1,951
60, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 1,949
61, Carsten Hansen, Denmark, 1,948
62 (tie), Mitch Beasley, Nashville, Tenn., and T.J. Schmidt, Mishawaka, Ind., 1,947
64, David Maycock, Bermuda, 1,945
65, Paul Moor, England, 1,943
66, Paul LeMond, Jasper, Ind., 1,942
67, n-Erik Vermilyea, Eagan, Minn., 1,939
68 (tie), Daisuke Nakamura, Japan; Tim Foy Jr., Seaford, Del., and Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 1,938
71 (tie), Hashim Guinomla, Philippines, and n-Kamron Doyle, Brentwood, Tenn., 1,937
73, Zhongli Mi, China, 1,933
74, Mike DeVaney, Winchester, Calif., 1,930
75, Chris Arcaro, Wilmington, N.C., 1,928
76 (tie), Shota Kawazoe, Japan; n-Charles Easton, Sylvania, Ohio, and Jaime Gonzalez, Colombia, 1,927
79, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 1,921
80, n-Eric Fritton, Waukesha, Wis., 1,920
81 (tie), Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., and Brian Valenta, Lockport, Ill., 1,919
83, J.T. Jackson, Sherman Oaks, Calif., 1,915
84, Clint Land, Houston, 1,913
85 (tie), Brian LeClair, Delmar, N.Y., and Andrew Suscreba, Clifton, N.J., 1,912
87, Hugh Miller, Mercer Island, Wash., 1,911
88 (tie), Santiago Mejia, Colombia, and Will Barnes, Wichita, Kan., 1,909
90 (tie), Mark Sullivan, Indianapolis, and Ildemaro Ruiz, Venezuela, 1,908
92, Joonas Jahi, Finland, 1,907
93, Chris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore., 1,906
94, Noel Vazquez, Sacramento, Calif., 1,901
95, n-Adam Barta, Girard, Ohio, 1,892
96 (tie), Keven Williams, Springfield, Mo., and Ron Mohr, Las Vegas, 1,891
98, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla., 1,890
99, Craig LeMond, Jasper, Ind., 1,889
100 (tie), Dave Wodka, Beavercreek, Ohio, and Jason Sterner, Covington, Ga., 1,886
102 (tie), f-Inngellimar Beasley, Venezuela, and Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 1,883
104, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 1,882
105 (tie), Jon VanHees, Charlestown, R.I., and John Furey, Freehold, N.J., 1,879
107, Cris Ferreira, Visalia, Calif., 1,876
108, Eddy Smith, Stanwood, Wash., 1,874
109 (tie), Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., and Humberto Vazquez, Mexico, 1,872
111, Joachim Karlsson, Sweden, 1,869
112 (tie), Patrick Allen, Mount Kisco, N.Y.; Terrance Bright, Atlanta, and f-Liz Kuhlkin, Rotterdam, N.Y., 1,866
115 (tie), n-Matt Gasn, Laurel, Md., and Aaron Lorincz, Belleville, Mich., 1,864
117 (tie), Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., and n-Carlos Tobon, Colombia, 1,863
119 (tie), n-Trey Ford III, Bartlesville, Okla., and Pontus Andersson, Sweden, 1,862
121 (tie), Kevin Donovan, Painted Post, N.Y., and Anthony LaCaze, Hoffman Estates, Ill., 1,859
123 (tie), Marshall Kent, Yakima, Wash., and Austin Hunt, Kennewick, Wash., 1,858
125, Andrew Cain, Phoenix, 1,857
126, Casey Knutson, Femley, Nev., 1,854
127, Dick Allen, Columbia, S.C., 1,853
128, Magnus Johnson Jr., Sweden, 1,851
129, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 1,849
130, Jeremy Mooney, West Palm Beach, Fla., 1,848
131, Sam Cooley, Australia, 1,847
132 (tie), Jonathan Sellers, Stratford, Conn., and Bryon Smith, Roseburg, Ore., 1,844
134, PJ Haggerty, Roseville, Calif., 1,843
135, David Canady, Germany, 1,841
136, Markus Jansson, Sweden, 1,840
137 (tie), Jeff Evans, Supply, N.C., and n-Matthew Farber, Plainview, N.Y., 1,838
139, Julio Cesar Blancas, Mexico, 1,836
140 (tie), Shuichi Heki, Japan, and Brad Miller, Maryland Hts, Mo., 1,833
142, Jesse Buss, Belvidere, Ill., 1,832
143 (tie), Patrick Dombrowski, Parma, Ohio; Richie Teece, England, and n-Jianchao Du, China, 1,831
146, Joe Paluszek, Bensalem, Pa., 1,830
147 (tie), Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind.; Tom Daugherty, Wesley Chapel, Fla., and Josh Conner, Columbus, Ohio, 1,828
150, Pat Nolan, Japan, 1,827
151 (tie), Connor Pickford, Charlotte, N.C., and Will Garber, Modesto, Calif., 1,825
153, A.J. Johnson, Oswego, Ill., 1,824
154, Chad Lusche, Parker, Colo., 1,821
155, n-Rob Edwards, Vancouver, Wash., 1,820
156, Brandon Novak, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1,817
157, Jordan Jung, Canada, 1,815
158, Zhiyong Wang, China, 1,814
159, f-Yuka Tsuchiya, Japan, 1,812
160, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 1,811
161 (tie), Miguel Lopez, Wichita, Kan., and Jonathan Hocsman, Argentina, 1,808
163, Scott Newell, Deland, Fla., 1,807
164, Brian Nicodemus, Akron, Ind., 1,806
165, Luke Matthys, Whitestown, Ind., 1,804
166, Lin Yao, China, 1,802
167, Ernest Lukacs Jr., Manville, N.J., 1,799
168 (tie), Andrew Graff, Las Vegas, and Chen Huang, China, 1,797
170, n-Jason Munkberg, Redding, Calif., 1,796
171, Toby Contreras, Lee's Summit, Mo., 1,795
172, Ray Cobb, Highland, Calif., 1,792
173, Shigeo Saitoh, Japan, 1,786
174, n-Benjamin Canfield, Tempe, Ariz., 1,785
175, Harrison Jarvis, San Antonio, Tex, 1,781
176, f-Missy Parkin, Laguna Hills, Calif., 1,780
177, Dave Bernhardt, Romeo, Mich., 1,778
178, Dean Richards, Tacoma, Wash., 1,774
179, Chuck Tillson, Santa Rosa, Calif., 1,773
180, Bob Spaulding, Colorado Springs, Colo., 1,769
181, Will Vidulich, Parsippany, N.J., 1,768
182, Greg Ostrander, Freehold, N.J., 1,767
183 (tie), John Szczerbinski, N. Tonawanda, N.Y., and Christopher Yoshimura, Rochester, Minn., 1,766
185, Junia Yoshida, Japan, 1,762
186 (tie), Wayne Garber, Modesto, Calif., and Scott Robertson, Australia, 1,758
188, Adam Ferri, Jeannette, Pa., 1,751
189 (tie), Warren Burr, Wilmington, Del., and Andre Eubanks, Los Angeles, 1,750
191 (tie), Cody Copeland, Abilene, Texas, Bob Learn Jr., Erie, Pa., 1,749
193, Johnathan Bower, Middletown, Pa., 1,747
194, f-Jacqueline Carbonetto, Blauvelt, N.Y., 1,744
195, John Austin Jr., Friendswood, Texas, 1,742
196 (tie), f-Elise Bolton, Merritt Island, Fla., and Chris Colella, Templeton, Mass., 1,739
198, Blake Demore, Springfield, Mo., 1,738
199, Craig Auerbach, Sunrise, Fla., 1,735
200, Nobuhito Fujii, Japan, 1,730
201, Brian Robinson, Morgantown, W.Va., 1,728
202, n-Michael Villarreal, Lakewood, Calif., 1,727
203, David Shinn, West Columbia, S.C., 1,714
204 (tie), n-David Labinski, Milwaukee, and n-Mookie Betts, Boston, 1,712
206, Brijesh Patel, Hollywood, Calif., 1,706
207 (tie), Armando Santacruz, Ecuador; Glenn Morgan, Carson City, Nev., and f-April Lord Wittig, Steilacoom, Wash., 1,702
210, Bryan Osborne, Cypress, Calif., 1,699
211, Brett Cunningham, Clay, N.Y., 1,698
212 (tie), Derek Handy, Redmond, Wash., and n-Carl-Oskar Palmer, Sweden, 1,695
214 (tie), Randy Weiss, Columbia, S.C.; David Haynes, Las Vegas, and Daniel Fransson, Sweden, 1,685
217, n-Nelson Sand, Maple Valley. Wash., 1,682
218, Alvar Cardona, Spain, 1,678
219, Matt Dammann, Canada, 1,677
220, Peng Zhang, China, 1,670
221, Wes Newman, Panama City, Fla, 1,668
222 (tie), Mark Fennell, Seattle, and n-Stephen Bennett, Hampton, Va., 1,661
224, David Sevier, Gilbert, Ariz., 1,658
225, Steve Adams, Grass Valley, Calif., 1,655
226, n-Bill Fong, Plano, Texas, 1,651
227, Mateo Hernandez, Argentina, 1,645
228, Jeff Roche, Dearborn, Mich., 1,641
229, n-Don Allen III, Vancouver, Wash., 1,610
230, Mike Watson, Grass Valley, Calif., 1,599
231, Akiko Suzuki, Japan, 1,592
232, n-Harold Hill Jr., San Diego, 1,569
233, Tommy Barna, Westminster, Md., 1,562
234, n-Thomas Musante, San Mateo, Calif., 1,547
235, Steve Ford, Seaside, Ore., 1,545
236, Jean Perez, Puerto Rico, 1,515
237, n-Michael Duran, Banning, Calif., 1,491
238, Jimmy Smith, Puyallup, Wash., 1,472
239, Adrian McCoy, British Virgin Islands, 1,467
240, Matthew Graham, Stockton, Calif., 1,466
241, n-John Leathers, Anaconda, Mont., 1,464
(Five players have withdrawn)


300 Games (1) - Zeke Bayt.

 

Rolltech PBA World Championship - Qualifying Standings after 27/36 games (top 100)

Top 61 after 36 games advance to cashers' round on Saturday at 10 a.m. PT

1, Stuart Williams, England, 6,386
2, Patrick Girard, Canada, 6,273
3, Jakob Butturff, Chandler, Ariz., 6,220
4, E.J. Tackett, Huntington, Ind., 6,186
5, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 6,181
6, Jesper Svensson, Sweden, 6,165
7, Bill O'Neill, Langhorne, Pa., 6,143
8 (tie), Thomas Larsen, Denmark, and Scott Norton, Mission Viejo, Calif., 6,141
10, Gary Faulkner Jr., Memphis, Tenn., 6,140
11, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 6,139
12, Joonas Jehkinen, Finland, 6,123
13, Matthew McNiel, Prior Lake, Minn., 6,118
14, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 6,087
15, Marshall Kent, Yakima, Wash., 6,083
16, Rhino Page, Orlando, Fla., 6,055
17, Paul Moor, England, 6,054
18 (tie), Kyle Troup, Taylorsville, N.C., and Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 6,053
20, n-Warren Crawford, McKinleyville, Calif., 6,049
21, Kim Bolleby, Thailand, 6,047
22, John Furey, Freehold, N.J., 6,043
23, n-Ronnie Sparks Jr., Ecorse, Mich., 6,031
24, Sam Cooley, Australia, 6,028
25, Martin Larsen, Sweden, 6,021
26, Anthony Pepe, Elmhurst, N.Y., 6,012
27, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla., 6,008
28, B.J. Moore III, Apex, N.C., 6,007
29, Josh Blanchard, Mesa, Ariz., 6,000
30, Kristopher Prather, Milton, Fla., 5,998
31, Ryan Graywacz, Feeding Hills, Mass., 5,997
32, Tom Hess, Urbandale, Iowa, 5,979
32, J.R. Raymond, Bay City, Mich., 5,979
34, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 5,976
35, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 5,953
36, n-Matt Gasn, Laurel, Md., 5,950
37, Magnus Johnson Jr., Sweden, 5,948
38, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 5,946
39, Devin Bidwell, Wichita, Kan., 5,932
40, Andrew Cain, Phoenix, 5,931
41, Markus Jansson, Sweden, 5,928
42 (tie), Pascal Winternheimer, Germany, and Tobias Boerding, Germany, 5,924
44, Daisuke Nakamura, Japan, 5,912
45, Manuel Otalora, Colombia, 5,899
46 (tie), Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, and T.J. Schmidt, Mishawaka, Ind., 5,890
48, Michael Haugen Jr., Phoenix, 5,887
49, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 5,876
50, n-Adam Barta, Girard, Ohio, 5,870
51, Ron Mohr, Las Vegas, 5,862
52, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 5,860
53, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 5,857
54, Dom Barrett, England, 5,852
55 (tie), n-Zeke Bayt, Henderson, Nev.; Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., and Anthony LaCaze, Hoffman Estates, Ill., 5,843
58, Cameron Weier, Tacoma, Wash., 5,837
59 (tie), Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., and Jake Peters, Henderson, Nev., 5,833
61, n-Jon Trzcinski, Bay Shore, N.Y., 5,828

62, Joseph Hostetler, Louisville, Ohio, 5,826
63, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 5,823
64, Ildemaro Ruiz, Venezuela, 5,818
65, Mark Sullivan, Indianapolis, 5,817
66, D.J. Archer, Friendswood, Texas, 5,813
67, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 5,807
68, Nathan Bohr, Austin, Texas, 5,801
69, Dennis Horan Jr., Oakley, Calif., 5,800
70, Patrick Allen, Mount Kisco, N.Y., 5,799
71, Bryon Smith, Roseburg, Ore., 5,787
72, Carsten Hansen, Denmark, 5,785
73, Anthony Simonsen, Princeton, Texas, 5,776
74, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 5,768
75, n-Christopher Sand, St Clair Shores, Mich, 5,767
76, n-Eric Fritton, Waukesha, Wis., 5,762
77, Patrick Dombrowski, Parma, Ohio, 5,754
78, Zhongli Mi, China, 5,735
79 (tie), Richie Teece, England, and Wayne Garber, Modesto, Calif., 5,729
81, n-Erik Vermilyea, Eagan, Minn., 5,728
82, David Maycock, Bermuda, 5,726
83, n-Kamron Doyle, Brentwood, Tenn., 5,724
84, n-Jimmy Cook, Indianapolis, 5,722
85, Aaron Lorincz, Belleville, Mich., 5,720
86, Mitch Beasley, Nashville, Tenn., 5,711
87, Santiago Mejia, Colombia, 5,710
88 (tie), Joe Goldstein Sr., San Bruno, Calif., and Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 5,703
90, Jesse Buss, Belvidere, Ill., 5,701
91, David Haynes, Las Vegas, 5,698
92 (tie), n-Charles Easton, Sylvania, Ohio, and Dave Wodka, Beavercreek, Ohio, 5,694
94 (tie), n-Chris Drewes, Wichita, Kan., and Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 5,687
96, Johnathan Bower, Middletown, Pa., 5,682
97, Craig LeMond, Jasper, Ind., 5,678
98, Jaime Gonzalez, Colombia, 5,677
99, Dean Richards, Tacoma, Wash., 5,671
100 (tie), Shota Kawazoe, Japan, and Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 5,670