Jakob Butturff regains Go Bowling! PBA 60th Anniversary Classic lead

16 February, 2018

PBA National Tour

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Third-round leader Jakob Butturff lost his first four matches and dropped out of the lead in the Go Bowling! PBA 60th Anniversary Classic at Woodland Bowl Thursday night, but surged back with four straight wins to close his round and regain the lead.

Butturff (pictured right and above), an unorthodox double-jointed left-hander, overtook Marshall Kent (left) of Yakima, Wash., to start Thursday’s competition, rolling games of 268, 258, 290, 217, 185, 237, 300 and 209 in the morning round.

The two-time PBA Tour titlist lost head-to-head matches with games of 215, 245, 205 and 246 to start the evening round, but then won his last four matches with games of 211, 244, 182 and 216. Butturff finished the day with a 32-game total of 7,735 pins, including match play bonus pins, and a 94-pin lead over Kent.

“The lanes were tighter on the back ends to start and my ball just wasn’t finishing the way I wanted,” the 23-year-old left-hander said. “It was a matter of staying patient, and we’ve got 16 more games to bowl on Friday, so we’ll see what happens.”

Kent, who also posted a 4-4 match play record, finished with 7,641 pins, 42 ahead of two-handed player Keven Williams (left) of Springfield, Mo. Indianapolis’ Matt Sanders (right) was fourth with a 7,479 total and Andrew Cain of Phoenix was fifth with 7,410 pins – one pin ahead of Andrew Anderson of Holly, Mich.

Williams, Cain (left) and Anderson (right) all are trying for their first PBA Tour titles.

The finals two eight-game match play rounds are set for Friday at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. EST. After 48 games, the top five players will advance to Sunday’s live ESPN stepladder finals at 1 p.m. EST.

The Go Bowling! PBA 60th Anniversary Classic, dedicated to the organization’s 60th year of competition, is part of a season-long celebration will be the unveiling of the PBA’s 60 Most Memorable Moments, the PBA 60th Anniversary Celebration dinner and PBA Hall of Fame induction ceremonies Saturday, and Sunday’s 60th Anniversary Classic finals. The Indianapolis tournament is part of the 2018 Go Bowling! PBA Tour schedule.

All preliminary rounds, plus the annual PBA League Draft on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. and the PBA 60th Anniversary Celebration Dinner Saturday at 6:30 p.m., will be live streamed on PBA’s online bowling channel, Xtra Frame.

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Go Bowling! PBA 60th Anniversary Classic – Fourth Round Standings

Players with position, hometown, match-play record and 32-game total including match play bonus pins; top five after 48 games advance to ESPN stepladder finals Sunday at 1 p.m. EST

1, Jakob Butturff, Tempe, Ariz., 4-4, 7,735
2, Marshall Kent, Yakima, Wash., 4-4, 7,641
3, Keven Williams, Springfield, Mo.,, 5-3, 7,599
4, Matt Sanders, Indianapolis, 3-5, 7,479
5, Andrew Cain, Phoenix, 6-2, 7,410
6, Andrew Anderson, Holly, Mich., 3-5, 7,409
7, Anthony Pepe, Elmhurst, N.Y., 5-3, 7,404
8, Bill O’Neill, Langhorne, Pa., 5-3, 7,370
9, Kristopher Prather, Plainfield, Ill., 5-3, 7,353
10, Brandon Novak, Chillicothe, Ohio, 5-3, 7,346
11, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 4-3-1, 7,325
12, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 5-3, 7,305
13, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 3-4-1, 7,303
14, AJ Chapman, Manchester, Iowa, 3-5, 7,272
15, Shota Kawazoe, Japan, 4-4, 7,256
16, Anthony Simonsen, Austin, Texas, 5-3, 7,249
17, Graham Fach, Canada, 3-5, 7,204
18, Dom Barrett, England, 3-4-1, 7,153
19, Richie Teece, England, 3-4-1, 7,144
20, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 3-5, 7,129
21, Arturo Quintero, Mexico, 4-4, 7,115
22, Charlie Brown Jr, Grandville, Mich., 5-3, 7,005
23, DJ Archer, Friendswood, Texas, 1-7, 6,894
24, Richard McCormick, Cincinnati, Ohio, 3-5, 6,892

Go Bowling! PBA 60th Anniversary Classic – Third Round Standings

Players with position, hometown and 24-game total; top 24 advance to round robin match play

1, Jakob Butturff, Tempe, Ariz., 5,851, $100
2, Marshall Kent, Yakima, Wash., 5,753, $100
3, Matt Sanders, Indianapolis, 5,622
4, Keven Williams, Springfield, Mo.,, 5,593
5, Andrew Anderson, Holly, Mich., 5,533
6, Kristopher Prather, Plainfield, Ill., 5,512
7, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 5,495
8, AJ Chapman, Manchester, Iowa, 5,480
9, Bill O’Neill, Langhorne, Pa., 5,459
10, Anthony Pepe, Elmhurst, N.Y., 5,428
11, Graham Fach, Canada, 5,417
12, DJ Archer, Friendswood, Texas, 5,400
13, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 5,394
14, Dom Barrett, England, 5,388
15, Shota Kawazoe, Japan, 5,374
16, Andrew Cain, Phoenix, 5,363
17, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 5,356
18, Charlie Brown Jr, Grandville, Mich., 5,355
18, Brandon Novak, Chillicothe, Ohio, 5,355
20, Anthony Simonsen, Austin, Texas, 5,354
21, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 5,345
22, Richie Teece, England, 5,319
23, Richard McCormick, Cincinnati, Ohio, 5,309, $100
24, Arturo Quintero, Mexico, 5,304

Missed Cut:
25, Chris Via, Springfield, Ohio, 5,296, $2,000
26, Brian Robinson, Morgantown, W.Va., 5,286, $1,950
27, Patrick Girard, Canada, 5,274, $1,900
28, EJ Tackett, Huntington, Ind., 5,262, $1,850
29, Brad Miller, Maryland Heights, Mo., 5,260, $1,775
29, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 5,260, $1,875
31, Jesper Svensson, Sweden, 5,248, $1,700
32, Kyle Troup, Taylorsville, N.C., 5,241, $1,650
33, Zeke Bayt, Westerville, Ohio, 5,240, $1,600
34, Gary Faulkner Jr., Memphis, Tenn., 5,219, $1,650
35, Darren Tang, San Francisco, 5,216, $1,500
36, Gabriel Garcia, Port St. Lucie, Fla., 5,210, $1,450
37, Tannya Roumimper, Indonesia, 5,117, $1,400

300 games (1) – Jakob Butturff.

Herbert Bickel