Harman sets the pace in Round of 64 at NBS in Reno
01/04/08
Steve Harman’s rookie season on the Denny’s Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour has been up-and-down so far, but with his performance Thursday, he may be ready for a break out second half. Photo PBA.
Harman led the Round of 64 in the 2008 ConstructionJobs.com Championship at the National Bowling Stadium with a 3,085 14-game pinfall to earn the top seed for Friday’s match play.
The 33-year-old finished third in the 2007 Lake County Indiana Denny’s PBA Tour Trials last summer to earn his first career exemption, but he was inconsistent the first half of this season and came into the week 48th in the PBA World Point Rankings. He made match play just three times in the first eight events, but did have a confidence-building ninth-place finish in the Lumber Liquidators Championship, the second-to-last event of the first half.
"The first half was trying, exhausting and up-and-down, more than anything. I just haven’t been able to put two weeks together,” Harman (Indianapolis) said. “I just needed a couple weeks to refresh my mind. This is the first time I’ve been away from my family."
On Thursday, Harman got off to a slow start in the first seven-game block, averaging just 197.40 over the first five games, but he made a ball change and finished the block with games of 278 and 255. He used a completely different ball for the entire second block and averaged 223.57 over the final seven games to take the lead.
"The last two games (the first block) I grabbed a ball I hadn’t thrown all day and moved to a completely different part of lane to see what would happen and I just kept striking," Harman said. "I didn’t throw that ball all night tonight though. The lanes played a lot tighter for me than they did this morning."
Harman is confident he can improve on his first half performance with at least one event on each of the PBA’s five different patterns under his belt.
"The second time I’m seeing the patterns, I’m bowling better on them," Harman said. "When you bowl in the regionals the lanes break down totally different. As well as I bowled today, that gives me a lot of confidence moving forward."
Harman will face No. 32 Roger Kossert (right, Brandon, Fla.), a PBA Senior Tour bowler who earned the final spot in match play by just two pins over Jack Jurek.
Three players who enjoyed a lot of success in the first half of the season follow Harman. Chris Barnes (Double Oak, Texas), who is second in the PBA World Point Rankings, finished second with 3,050.
PBA Hall of Famer Parker Bohn III (Jackson, N.J.), who won the final event of the first half for his 31st career title, finished third with 3,006 while all-time Denny’s PBA Tour titles leader Walter Ray Williams Jr. finished fourth with 3,004. Williams (Ocala, Fla.) dominated the first half of the season, winning two titles and making five championship round appearances.
Barnes will face No. 31 Ryan Shafer (Horseheads, N.Y.), Bohn will face No. 30 Michael Fagan (Patchogue, N.Y.) while Williams will face No. 29 Curtis Woods Jr. (Santa Rosa, Calif.) in Friday’s single elimination match play Round of 32.
Defending champion Patrick Allen (Wesley Chapel, Fla.), who has already won one title this season, finished eighth with 2,943 and will face No. 25 Riga Kalfas. Last season, Allen tied a PBA record by going 14-0 in match play en route to the title.
The top 32 advanced to match play Friday which gets underway at Noon PST. The Rounds of 32 and 16 take place Friday with the Round of 8 taking place Saturday morning.
The final four will advance to Sunday’s live ESPN-televised finals which take place at the National Bowling Stadium at 10 a.m. PST. The winner will take home $25,000 and an exemption for the 2008-09 Denny’s PBA Tour season.
Tour Qualifying Round
Players with position, hometown and 14-game pinfall. Places 1-32 advanced. Places 33-64 cash.
1, Steve Harman, Indianapolis, 3,085
2, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 3,050
3, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 3,006
4, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 3,004
5, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 2,987
6, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 2,961
7, Doug Kent, Newark, N.Y., 2,947
8, Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 2,943
9, Mitch Beasley, Arlington, Texas, 2,939
10, Ritchie Allen, Columbia, S.C., 2,929
11, David Traber, Hebron, Ill., 2,922
12, Tom Daugherty, Tampa, Fla., 2,920
13, Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 2,913
14, Robert Smith, Captain Cook, Hawaii, 2,908
15, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 2,905
16, Ken Simard, Greenville, S.C., 2,903
17, Chris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore, 2,899
18, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 2,898
19, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 2,892
20, Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 2,889
21, Brian Himmler, Cincinnati, 2,877
22, Tommy Delutz Jr., Flushing, N.Y., 2,875
23, Chad Kloss, Greenfield, Wis., 2,874
24, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 2,873
25, Riga Kalfas, Florence, Ky., 2,870
26, Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., 2,867
27, Troy Wollenbecker, Miami, 2,865
28, Joe Ciccone, Buffalo, N.Y., 2,855
29, Curtis Woods Jr., Santa Rosa, Calif., 2,847
30, Michael Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y., 2,846
30, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 2,846
32, Roger Kossert, Brandon, Fla., 2,838
Missed Cut:
33, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 2,836, $1,800
34, Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan, 2,835, $1,800
35, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 2,833, $1,800
35, PJ Haggerty, Clovis, Calif., 2,833, $1,800
37, Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill., 2,826, $1,800
38, Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 2,824, $1,800
39, Lee Vanderhoef, Greenville, S.C., 2,823, $1,800
40, Mike Mineman, Belleville, Ill., 2,807, $1,800
41, Stevie Weber, Chalmette, La, 2,796, $1,800
42, Edward VanDaniker Jr., Essex, Md., 2,795, $1,800
43, Ronnie Russell, Indianapolis, 2,786, $1,800
43, Sean Swanson, Springfield, Mo., 2,786, $1,800
45, Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 2,777, $1,800
46, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 2,757, $1,800
47, Jim Tomek Jr., Camp Hill, Pa., 2,754, $1,800
48, Mason Sherman, Moorpark, Calif., 2,745, $1,800
49, Bill O'Neill, Levittown, Pa., 2,741, $1,800
49, Dave Arnold, Dublin, Calif., 2,741, $1,800
51, Mike DeVaney, Temecula, Calif., 2,709, $1,800
52, David Leverage, Peoria, Ariz., 2,708, $1,800
53, Todd Book, Cantonment, Fla., 2,705, $1,800
54, Michael Machuga, Erie, Pa., 2,694, $1,800
55, Brian LeClair, Athens, N.Y., 2,688, $1,800
56, Dave D'Entremont, Middleburg Heights, Ohio, 2,669, $1,800
57, Jon Brandon, Santa Clarita, Calif., 2,662, $1,800
58, Kurry Crayton, Birmingham, Ala., 2,657, $1,800
59, Steve Rogers, Bourbonnais, Ill., 2,653, $1,800
60, Jason Wojnar, Chicago, 2,615, $1,800
61, Michael Haugen Jr., Cave Creek, Ariz., 2,610, $1,800
62, Mark Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 2,583, $1,800
63, Billy Oatman, Chicago, 2,554, $1,800
64, Bob Udseth, Hanover Park, Ill., 2,119, $1,560
300 games (2) – Ritchie Allen, Troy Wollenbecker
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National Bowling Stadium in Reno, NV (Jan. 2-6, 2008)
Steve Harman’s rookie season on the Denny’s Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour has been up-and-down so far, but with his performance Thursday, he may be ready for a break out second half. Photo PBA.Harman led the Round of 64 in the 2008 ConstructionJobs.com Championship at the National Bowling Stadium with a 3,085 14-game pinfall to earn the top seed for Friday’s match play.
The 33-year-old finished third in the 2007 Lake County Indiana Denny’s PBA Tour Trials last summer to earn his first career exemption, but he was inconsistent the first half of this season and came into the week 48th in the PBA World Point Rankings. He made match play just three times in the first eight events, but did have a confidence-building ninth-place finish in the Lumber Liquidators Championship, the second-to-last event of the first half.
"The first half was trying, exhausting and up-and-down, more than anything. I just haven’t been able to put two weeks together,” Harman (Indianapolis) said. “I just needed a couple weeks to refresh my mind. This is the first time I’ve been away from my family."
On Thursday, Harman got off to a slow start in the first seven-game block, averaging just 197.40 over the first five games, but he made a ball change and finished the block with games of 278 and 255. He used a completely different ball for the entire second block and averaged 223.57 over the final seven games to take the lead.
"The last two games (the first block) I grabbed a ball I hadn’t thrown all day and moved to a completely different part of lane to see what would happen and I just kept striking," Harman said. "I didn’t throw that ball all night tonight though. The lanes played a lot tighter for me than they did this morning."
Harman is confident he can improve on his first half performance with at least one event on each of the PBA’s five different patterns under his belt.
"The second time I’m seeing the patterns, I’m bowling better on them," Harman said. "When you bowl in the regionals the lanes break down totally different. As well as I bowled today, that gives me a lot of confidence moving forward."
Harman will face No. 32 Roger Kossert (right, Brandon, Fla.), a PBA Senior Tour bowler who earned the final spot in match play by just two pins over Jack Jurek. Three players who enjoyed a lot of success in the first half of the season follow Harman. Chris Barnes (Double Oak, Texas), who is second in the PBA World Point Rankings, finished second with 3,050.
PBA Hall of Famer Parker Bohn III (Jackson, N.J.), who won the final event of the first half for his 31st career title, finished third with 3,006 while all-time Denny’s PBA Tour titles leader Walter Ray Williams Jr. finished fourth with 3,004. Williams (Ocala, Fla.) dominated the first half of the season, winning two titles and making five championship round appearances.
Barnes will face No. 31 Ryan Shafer (Horseheads, N.Y.), Bohn will face No. 30 Michael Fagan (Patchogue, N.Y.) while Williams will face No. 29 Curtis Woods Jr. (Santa Rosa, Calif.) in Friday’s single elimination match play Round of 32.
Defending champion Patrick Allen (Wesley Chapel, Fla.), who has already won one title this season, finished eighth with 2,943 and will face No. 25 Riga Kalfas. Last season, Allen tied a PBA record by going 14-0 in match play en route to the title.
The top 32 advanced to match play Friday which gets underway at Noon PST. The Rounds of 32 and 16 take place Friday with the Round of 8 taking place Saturday morning.
The final four will advance to Sunday’s live ESPN-televised finals which take place at the National Bowling Stadium at 10 a.m. PST. The winner will take home $25,000 and an exemption for the 2008-09 Denny’s PBA Tour season.
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Tour Qualifying Round
Round of 64
Players with position, hometown and 14-game pinfall. Places 1-32 advanced. Places 33-64 cash.
1, Steve Harman, Indianapolis, 3,085
2, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 3,050
3, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 3,006
4, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 3,004
5, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 2,987
6, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 2,961
7, Doug Kent, Newark, N.Y., 2,947
8, Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 2,943
9, Mitch Beasley, Arlington, Texas, 2,939
10, Ritchie Allen, Columbia, S.C., 2,929
11, David Traber, Hebron, Ill., 2,922
12, Tom Daugherty, Tampa, Fla., 2,920
13, Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 2,913
14, Robert Smith, Captain Cook, Hawaii, 2,908
15, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 2,905
16, Ken Simard, Greenville, S.C., 2,903
17, Chris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore, 2,899
18, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 2,898
19, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 2,892
20, Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 2,889
21, Brian Himmler, Cincinnati, 2,877
22, Tommy Delutz Jr., Flushing, N.Y., 2,875
23, Chad Kloss, Greenfield, Wis., 2,874
24, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 2,873
25, Riga Kalfas, Florence, Ky., 2,870
26, Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., 2,867
27, Troy Wollenbecker, Miami, 2,865
28, Joe Ciccone, Buffalo, N.Y., 2,855
29, Curtis Woods Jr., Santa Rosa, Calif., 2,847
30, Michael Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y., 2,846
30, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 2,846
32, Roger Kossert, Brandon, Fla., 2,838
Missed Cut:
33, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 2,836, $1,800
34, Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan, 2,835, $1,800
35, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 2,833, $1,800
35, PJ Haggerty, Clovis, Calif., 2,833, $1,800
37, Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill., 2,826, $1,800
38, Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 2,824, $1,800
39, Lee Vanderhoef, Greenville, S.C., 2,823, $1,800
40, Mike Mineman, Belleville, Ill., 2,807, $1,800
41, Stevie Weber, Chalmette, La, 2,796, $1,800
42, Edward VanDaniker Jr., Essex, Md., 2,795, $1,800
43, Ronnie Russell, Indianapolis, 2,786, $1,800
43, Sean Swanson, Springfield, Mo., 2,786, $1,800
45, Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 2,777, $1,800
46, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 2,757, $1,800
47, Jim Tomek Jr., Camp Hill, Pa., 2,754, $1,800
48, Mason Sherman, Moorpark, Calif., 2,745, $1,800
49, Bill O'Neill, Levittown, Pa., 2,741, $1,800
49, Dave Arnold, Dublin, Calif., 2,741, $1,800
51, Mike DeVaney, Temecula, Calif., 2,709, $1,800
52, David Leverage, Peoria, Ariz., 2,708, $1,800
53, Todd Book, Cantonment, Fla., 2,705, $1,800
54, Michael Machuga, Erie, Pa., 2,694, $1,800
55, Brian LeClair, Athens, N.Y., 2,688, $1,800
56, Dave D'Entremont, Middleburg Heights, Ohio, 2,669, $1,800
57, Jon Brandon, Santa Clarita, Calif., 2,662, $1,800
58, Kurry Crayton, Birmingham, Ala., 2,657, $1,800
59, Steve Rogers, Bourbonnais, Ill., 2,653, $1,800
60, Jason Wojnar, Chicago, 2,615, $1,800
61, Michael Haugen Jr., Cave Creek, Ariz., 2,610, $1,800
62, Mark Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 2,583, $1,800
63, Billy Oatman, Chicago, 2,554, $1,800
64, Bob Udseth, Hanover Park, Ill., 2,119, $1,560
300 games (2) – Ritchie Allen, Troy Wollenbecker