Walter Ray Williams Jr. leads after first round in PBA Senior Northern California Classic
06/21/11
Walter Ray Williams Jr. (pictured left) had no problem shaking off his loss to Ron Mohr in the championship match of the Professional Bowlers Association Senior Senior U.S. Open last Friday, taking the first-round lead in the PBA Senior Northern California Classic Monday at Harvest Park Bowl.
With the help of a 300 in the first game of the round, Williams finished with a 1,988 eight-game pinfall total adding games of 205, 259, 248, 225, 215, 259 and 277 for a 248.5 average.
“The first two games were an example of how this goes,” said Williams, who lost to Mohr in the Senior U.S. Open title match 246-189. “Bowling on a fresh lane condition in the first game of the block the lanes were playing pretty tight and I got away with some strikes on a few light hits. In the 205 game I hit the pocket more consistently but didn’t have the pin carry.
“I can’t complain because I’ve been bowling great overall,” the PBA legend added. “My mindset is always to move on to the next tournament and try to win that one.”
Williams leads Noel Vazquez (left) of Sacramento, Calif., who also rolled a 300 game, in second with 1,915, and Dick Baker (right) of Henderson, Nev., in third with 1,910.
Ron Mohr (below right), whose Senior U.S. Open title was his first major and fifth career Senior Tour title, finished the day in 16th with a 1,790 pinfall.
Williams, the holder of a record seven PBA Player of the Year crowns, was the 2010 Senior Rookie of the Year and is trying for his third Senior Tour title to go along with his career record of 47 Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour titles. His last Senior Tour win came in the Mark Roth Allentown Open in May.
Eight-game qualifying continues Tuesday after which the 100-player field will be cut to the top 32 who will advance to match play on Wednesday. Round of 8 and championship rounds will get underway Wednesday at 5 p.m. PT.
PBA.com’s Xtra Frame video service will provide second and final-day coverage of the Senior Northern California Classic.
2011 PBA Senior Tour Schedule and Champions
Players with position, hometown and 8-game total
1, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 1,988
2, Noel Vazquez, Sacramento, Calif., 1,915
3, Dick Baker , Henderson, Nev., 1,910
4, Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 1,894
5, Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 1,885
6, Koichiro Tamaki, Japan, 1,859
7, Gerald Calvin, Thousand Oaks, Calif., 1,848
8, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Township, Mich., 1,846
9, Hugh Miller, Seattle, 1,844
10, Mark McCreary, Livermore, Calif., 1,835
11, Chet Steengrafe, San Martin, Calif., 1,830
12, Ty Dawson, Sunnyvale, Calif., 1,823
13, Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla., 1,822
14, Junichi Yajima, Japan, 1,803
15, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 1,793
16, Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 1,790
17, Mark Scime, Winter Garden, Fla., 1,781
18, Jim Gordin, Modesto, Calif., 1,780
19, Bob Brady, Santa Monica, Calif., 1,778
20, Nick Morgan, Sacramento, Calif., 1,777
21, Peter Knopp, Germany, 1,776
22, John Shreve Sr., Elyria, Ohio, 1,774
23 (tie), Al Bella, Pittsburg, Calif., and Matt Surina, Puyallup, Wash., 1,765
25 (tie), Bill Stempke, Moorpark, Calif., Bill McCorkle, Westerville, Ohio,
and Bill Nichols, Roseville, Calif., 1,763
28, Don Sylvia, Reno, Nev., 1,756
29, Rodney Garrick, San Francisco, 1,755
30, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 1,751
31 (tie), Warren Nelson, Fresno, Calif., and Ross Packard, San Jose, Calif., 1,749
33, Ray Cobb, Highland, Calif., 1,747
34, Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., 1,740
35 (tie), Don Lane, San Francisco, and Ricky Beck, Box Elder, S.D., 1,738
37 (tie), Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., and Steve Davis, Manteca, Calif., 1,737
39, Thomas Ream, Tampa, Fla., 1,733
40, Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 1,732
41, Phil Gessner, Spring, Texas, 1,725
42, Marc Clyburn, Pittsburg, Calif., 1,722
43, Ron Garr, Ridgedale, Mo., 1,713
44, Roger Painter, Woodbridge, Va., 1,710
45 (tie), Darryl Bower, Middletown, Pa., and Edward Silva, Manteca, Calif., 1,709
47 (tie), Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., and Kent Wagner, Palmetto, Fla., 1,707
49, Darryl Traber, Waterford, Wis., 1,703
50, Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., 1,700
51, Terry Leong, Las Vegas, 1,695
52, Rohn Morton, Vancouver, Wash., 1,693
53 (tie), Henry Gonzalez, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Frank Gallo Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., 1,692
55, Kevin Foley, Reno, Nev., 1,691
56, Barry Gurney, West Hills, Calif., 1,668
57, Ron Winger, Las Vegas, 1,664
58, Lee Patterson, Antioch, Calif., 1,663
59, (tie), Ross Larsen, Riverside, Calif., and Chuck Best, Buda, Texas, 1,658
61, Mark Glover, Woodbridge, Va., 1,656
62, Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 1,652
63, Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., 1,651
64, Wayne Webb, Columbus, Ohio, 1,650
65, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 1,628
66 (tie), Jorge Gutierrez, Las Cruces, N.M., and Tim Pierce, Portland, Ore., 1,623
68, Christopher Keane, New City, N.Y., 1,613
69, Sam Carter, BenLomond, Calif., 1,609
70, Larry Galloway, Fresno, Calif., 1,603
71, Dewaine West, Temecula, Calif., 1,594
72, Pedro Flores, Salida, Calif., 1,592
73, Don Robinson, Boise, Idaho, 1,590
74 (tie), Russ Freeman, Antioch, Ill., and Jocko Mangin, Brentwood, Calif., 1,577
76, Lauri Karppala Jr., Folsom, Ca, 1,575
77 (tie), Dan Roberts, Brentwood, Calif., and Rodney Tramp, Porterville, Calif, 1,574
79, Kenneth Daily, San Leanardo, Calif., 1,572
80 (tie), Pete Milkovich, Hercules, Calif., and Shannon Starnes, Fort Worth, Texas, 1,562
82, Dennis Jones, Fremont, Calif., 1,556
83, Lorrie Sims, Oakley, Calif., 1,554
84, Michael Cristofani, Grass Valley, Calif., 1,550
85, Scott Hansel, Stockton, Calif., 1,546
86, David Chew, Brentwood, Calif., 1,539
87, Ray Randall, Dearborn, Mich., 1,520
88, William Shank, Waipahu, Hawaii, 1,504
89, Glenn Masukawa, Henderson, Nev., 1,503
90, Michael Palmer, Antioch, Calif., 1,498
91, Thomas Andres Sr., Highland, Calif., 1,484
92 (tie), Keith Pridgeon, Antioch, Calif., and Stan Winters, Simi Valley, Calif., 1,479
94, Fred Baldwin, Sturgis, Mich., 1,476
95, Duane Wilson, Brentwood, Calif., 1,471
96, Andy Anderson, Falls Church, Va., 1,470
97, Van Fenner, Reno, Nev., 1,461
98, Dan Clausse, Reno, Nev., 1,457
99, Randy Robertson, Evansville, Ind., 1,440
100, Fred Cole, Visalia, Calif., 1,437
300 Games (2) - W.R. Williams Jr., Noel Vazquez
2011 PBA Senior Tour #6
Harvest Park Bowl in Brentwood, Calif. (June 19-22, 2011)
Walter Ray Williams Jr. (pictured left) had no problem shaking off his loss to Ron Mohr in the championship match of the Professional Bowlers Association Senior Senior U.S. Open last Friday, taking the first-round lead in the PBA Senior Northern California Classic Monday at Harvest Park Bowl. With the help of a 300 in the first game of the round, Williams finished with a 1,988 eight-game pinfall total adding games of 205, 259, 248, 225, 215, 259 and 277 for a 248.5 average.
“The first two games were an example of how this goes,” said Williams, who lost to Mohr in the Senior U.S. Open title match 246-189. “Bowling on a fresh lane condition in the first game of the block the lanes were playing pretty tight and I got away with some strikes on a few light hits. In the 205 game I hit the pocket more consistently but didn’t have the pin carry.
“I can’t complain because I’ve been bowling great overall,” the PBA legend added. “My mindset is always to move on to the next tournament and try to win that one.” Williams leads Noel Vazquez (left) of Sacramento, Calif., who also rolled a 300 game, in second with 1,915, and Dick Baker (right) of Henderson, Nev., in third with 1,910.
Ron Mohr (below right), whose Senior U.S. Open title was his first major and fifth career Senior Tour title, finished the day in 16th with a 1,790 pinfall.
Williams, the holder of a record seven PBA Player of the Year crowns, was the 2010 Senior Rookie of the Year and is trying for his third Senior Tour title to go along with his career record of 47 Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour titles. His last Senior Tour win came in the Mark Roth Allentown Open in May. Eight-game qualifying continues Tuesday after which the 100-player field will be cut to the top 32 who will advance to match play on Wednesday. Round of 8 and championship rounds will get underway Wednesday at 5 p.m. PT.
PBA.com’s Xtra Frame video service will provide second and final-day coverage of the Senior Northern California Classic.
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2011 PBA Senior Tour Schedule and Champions
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Players with position, hometown and 8-game total
1, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 1,988
2, Noel Vazquez, Sacramento, Calif., 1,915
3, Dick Baker , Henderson, Nev., 1,910
4, Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 1,894
5, Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 1,885
6, Koichiro Tamaki, Japan, 1,859
7, Gerald Calvin, Thousand Oaks, Calif., 1,848
8, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Township, Mich., 1,846
9, Hugh Miller, Seattle, 1,844
10, Mark McCreary, Livermore, Calif., 1,835
11, Chet Steengrafe, San Martin, Calif., 1,830
12, Ty Dawson, Sunnyvale, Calif., 1,823
13, Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla., 1,822
14, Junichi Yajima, Japan, 1,803
15, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 1,793
16, Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 1,790
17, Mark Scime, Winter Garden, Fla., 1,781
18, Jim Gordin, Modesto, Calif., 1,780
19, Bob Brady, Santa Monica, Calif., 1,778
20, Nick Morgan, Sacramento, Calif., 1,777
21, Peter Knopp, Germany, 1,776
22, John Shreve Sr., Elyria, Ohio, 1,774
23 (tie), Al Bella, Pittsburg, Calif., and Matt Surina, Puyallup, Wash., 1,765
25 (tie), Bill Stempke, Moorpark, Calif., Bill McCorkle, Westerville, Ohio,
and Bill Nichols, Roseville, Calif., 1,763
28, Don Sylvia, Reno, Nev., 1,756
29, Rodney Garrick, San Francisco, 1,755
30, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 1,751
31 (tie), Warren Nelson, Fresno, Calif., and Ross Packard, San Jose, Calif., 1,749
33, Ray Cobb, Highland, Calif., 1,747
34, Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., 1,740
35 (tie), Don Lane, San Francisco, and Ricky Beck, Box Elder, S.D., 1,738
37 (tie), Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., and Steve Davis, Manteca, Calif., 1,737
39, Thomas Ream, Tampa, Fla., 1,733
40, Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 1,732
41, Phil Gessner, Spring, Texas, 1,725
42, Marc Clyburn, Pittsburg, Calif., 1,722
43, Ron Garr, Ridgedale, Mo., 1,713
44, Roger Painter, Woodbridge, Va., 1,710
45 (tie), Darryl Bower, Middletown, Pa., and Edward Silva, Manteca, Calif., 1,709
47 (tie), Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., and Kent Wagner, Palmetto, Fla., 1,707
49, Darryl Traber, Waterford, Wis., 1,703
50, Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., 1,700
51, Terry Leong, Las Vegas, 1,695
52, Rohn Morton, Vancouver, Wash., 1,693
53 (tie), Henry Gonzalez, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Frank Gallo Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., 1,692
55, Kevin Foley, Reno, Nev., 1,691
56, Barry Gurney, West Hills, Calif., 1,668
57, Ron Winger, Las Vegas, 1,664
58, Lee Patterson, Antioch, Calif., 1,663
59, (tie), Ross Larsen, Riverside, Calif., and Chuck Best, Buda, Texas, 1,658
61, Mark Glover, Woodbridge, Va., 1,656
62, Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 1,652
63, Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., 1,651
64, Wayne Webb, Columbus, Ohio, 1,650
65, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 1,628
66 (tie), Jorge Gutierrez, Las Cruces, N.M., and Tim Pierce, Portland, Ore., 1,623
68, Christopher Keane, New City, N.Y., 1,613
69, Sam Carter, BenLomond, Calif., 1,609
70, Larry Galloway, Fresno, Calif., 1,603
71, Dewaine West, Temecula, Calif., 1,594
72, Pedro Flores, Salida, Calif., 1,592
73, Don Robinson, Boise, Idaho, 1,590
74 (tie), Russ Freeman, Antioch, Ill., and Jocko Mangin, Brentwood, Calif., 1,577
76, Lauri Karppala Jr., Folsom, Ca, 1,575
77 (tie), Dan Roberts, Brentwood, Calif., and Rodney Tramp, Porterville, Calif, 1,574
79, Kenneth Daily, San Leanardo, Calif., 1,572
80 (tie), Pete Milkovich, Hercules, Calif., and Shannon Starnes, Fort Worth, Texas, 1,562
82, Dennis Jones, Fremont, Calif., 1,556
83, Lorrie Sims, Oakley, Calif., 1,554
84, Michael Cristofani, Grass Valley, Calif., 1,550
85, Scott Hansel, Stockton, Calif., 1,546
86, David Chew, Brentwood, Calif., 1,539
87, Ray Randall, Dearborn, Mich., 1,520
88, William Shank, Waipahu, Hawaii, 1,504
89, Glenn Masukawa, Henderson, Nev., 1,503
90, Michael Palmer, Antioch, Calif., 1,498
91, Thomas Andres Sr., Highland, Calif., 1,484
92 (tie), Keith Pridgeon, Antioch, Calif., and Stan Winters, Simi Valley, Calif., 1,479
94, Fred Baldwin, Sturgis, Mich., 1,476
95, Duane Wilson, Brentwood, Calif., 1,471
96, Andy Anderson, Falls Church, Va., 1,470
97, Van Fenner, Reno, Nev., 1,461
98, Dan Clausse, Reno, Nev., 1,457
99, Randy Robertson, Evansville, Ind., 1,440
100, Fred Cole, Visalia, Calif., 1,437
300 Games (2) - W.R. Williams Jr., Noel Vazquez