In seven PBA50 Tour tournaments this season, Ron Mohr of Las Vegas has been the qualifying leader in three of them. The goal now is to turn his success in qualifying into a tournament win.

The two-time PBA50 Player of the Year (pictured left and above) averaged 242.8 after the second round of the PBA50 Northern California Classic presented by MOTIV Tuesday at Harvest Park Bowl for his third top-qualifier crown.

He led qualifying with a 3,885 pinfall total, 13 pins ahead of PBA Hall of Famer Pete Weber of St. Ann, Mo., who is trying for his fifth consecutive PBA50 Tour title.

Mohr led Monday’s first round with a 1,975 eight-game pinfall and followed it up with a 1,910 pinfall in Tuesday’s second round on games of 237, 268, 255, 235, 209, 277, 203 and 226.

“If these tournaments were 16 games I’m in business,” said Mohr, who owns eight career PBA50 Tour titles. “I feel like I’m doing everything I need to do to win but I just need to make it happen for the whole of the tournament.”

Mohr, who was top qualifier for the Sun Bowl in The Villages and last week’s Fountain Valley Open, is trying for his first PBA50 Tour title since winning the Senior Decatur (Ill.) Open in August of 2012. Weber beat Mohr, 204-162, in the championship match of the Sun Bowl In The Villages in April which started Weber’s record run of four consecutive titles.

Weber (right) finished qualifying with a 3,872 pinfall bowling 1,917 in Monday’s first eight-game round and 1,955 pinfall in Tuesday’s second round on games of 280, 225, 226, 233, 268, 259, 247 and 217.

After his win in the Sun Bowl In The Villages Weber won the Mooresville Ford Open, Johnny Petraglia BVL Open and then successfully defending his PBA Senior U.S. Open title June 3 before skipping last week’s PBA50 Fountain Valley Open.

Tournament defending champion hall of famer Amleto Monacelli (left) advanced to match play qualifying 19th with a 3,578 pinfall. Monacelli is trying for his second consecutive title this season after winning the Fountain Valley Open.

Rounding out the top five after qualifying were Noel Vazquez of Sacramento, Calif., 3,729; Brian Cooper of Henderson, Nev., 3,714, and Robert Brown of Cody, Wyo., 3,711.

Joe Goldstein Sr. of San Bruno, Calif., and Brian Kretzer (right) of Dayton, Ohio, were the last players who directly qualified for match play as they tied for 23rd place with 3,559.

After a cashers round Wednesday morning, 24 players will compete in match play which will determine the top five players who will advance to the stepladder finals at 6:30 p.m. PT. All of the action will be streamed live on PBA’s online bowling channel Xtra Frame.

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PBA50 Northern California Classic – Second Round Standings

Players with position, hometown and 16-game total; top 24 advance to match play. Positions 25-36 plus eight PBA60 players (places 37-44) advance to cashers round to determine eight additional match play finalists; n-denotes non-member, ss-denotes PBA60 player ages 60 and over advancing to cashers round

1, Ron Mohr, Las Vegas, 3,885
2, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 3,872
3, Noel Vazquez, Sacramento, Calif., 3,729
4, Brian Cooper, Henderson, Nev., 3,714
5, Robert Brown, Cody, Wyo., 3,711
6, Brian LeClair, Delmar, N.Y., 3,687
7, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., 3,680
8, Ty Dawson, Sunnyvale, Calif., 3,677
9, Johnny Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., 3,676
10, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 3,672
11, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla., 3,671
12, Dave Arnold, Elk Grove, Calif., 3,667
13, John Burkett, Southlake, Texas, 3,653
14, Mark McCreary, Livermore, Calif., 3,638
15, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 3,621
16, Craig Miller, Tracy, Calif., 3,618
17, Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 3,603
18, Sam Maccarone, Blackwood, N.J., 3,594
19, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 3,578
20, Bryan Goebel, Shawnee, Kan., 3,575
21, Christopher Keane, Cape Coral, Fla., 3,569
22, Warren Nelson, Middleburg, Fla., 3,564
23, (tie) Joe Goldstein Sr., San Bruno, Calif., and Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 3,559

25, Wayne Webb, Columbus, Ohio, 3,541
26, Peter Knopp, Germany, 3,537
27, n-Dennis Jones, Fremont, Calif., 3,532
28, Jim Horan, Mountain View, Calif., 3,528
29, James Hansen, Anchorage, Alaska, 3,527
30, Bill Hewlett, Las Vegas, Nev., 3,506
31, Eddie Graham, Centerville, Ohio, 3,504
32, n-Terry Leong, Las Vegas, 3,502
33, Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 3,490
34, John Dudak, Orland Park, Ill., 3,475
35, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 3,466
36, Bob Learn Jr., Erie, Pa., 3,465

37, ss-Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 3,443
38, ss-Bill Nichols, Bella Vista, Calif., 3,409
39, ss-Lee Brosius, Ashburn, Va., 3,384
40, ss-Chuck Richardson, The Villages, Fla., 3,348
41, ss-Dale Eagle, New Port Beach, Calif., and ss-Galen Keas, Alda, Neb., 3,346
43, ss-n-Sam Carter, Ben Lomond, Calif., 3,338
44, ss-Skip Pavone, San Jose, CA, 3,334

Missed Cut:
45, David Bolles, Stockton, Calif., 3,460
46, Brian Voss, Centennial, Colo., 3,444
47, Dave Dayton, Reno, Nev., 3,429
48, n-Joe Baca, Brentwood, Calif., 3,428
49, Ray Valdovino, Sacramento, Calif., 3,387
50, Tracy Teeters, Eugene, Ore., 3,370
51, Don Herrington, Ballston Lake, N.Y., 3,359
52, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 3,358
53, Rick Francis, Linden, Calif., 3,342
54, Joel Carlson, Omaha, Neb., 3,339
55, Scott Hansel, Stockton, Calif., 3,333
56, Thomas Ream, Tampa, Fla., 3,330
57, Tommy Martin, Olive Branch, Miss., 3,328
58, Junior Self, Martinez, Calif., 3,323
59, Joseph Petrovich, Tracy, Calif, 3,319
60, Kevin Foley, Reno, Nev., 3,306
61, (tie) n-Jim Taliaferro, Turlock, Calif., and Edward Silva, Manteca, Calif., 3,304
63, Jerry Brunette Jr., Rochester, N.Y., 3,299
64, Kenneth Bland Jr., Cibilo, Texas, 3,293
65, Dan Sasaki, Richmond, Callif., 3,292
66, Todd Kjell, Roscoe, Ill., 3,290
67, Henry Gonzalez, Colorado Springs, Colo., 3,288
68, (tie) n-Al Bella, Pittsburg, Calif., and Tom Carter, Columbus, Ohio, 3,272
70, Steve Stein, Staten Island, N.Y., 3,268
71, Edward Roberts, Braintree, Mass., 3,266
72, n-Forrest Cole, Riverton, Wyo., 3,262
73, Brian Miller, Springfield, Ohio, 3,260
74, Chuck Best, Buda, Texas, 3,258
75, Mike Hastings, Millsboro, Del., 3,256
75, Paul McCordic, Sugar Land, Texas, 3,256
77, Dennis Horan Jr., Oakley, Calif., 3,251
78, Don Sylvia, Daytona Beach, Fla., 3,246
79, Steve Davis, Manteca, Calif., 3,245
80, Terry Metzner, Kentwood, Mich., 3,237
81, Mike Keough, Stockton, Calif., 3,228
82, Jim Lesiuk, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., 3,223
83, Norm Spurlock, Kenner, La., 3,213
84, (tie) n-Phillip Spruill, San Francisco, and Rory Peterson, Sacramento, Calif., 3,212
86, (tie) Kerry Fulford, Ft. Worth, Texas, and Bob Spaulding, Colorado Springs, Colo., 3,203
88, Fred Cole, Visalia, Calif., 3,185
89, Jim Gordin, Modesto, Calif., 3,178
90, n-Larry Dyson, Stockton, Calif., 3,168
91, Tim Pierce, Portland, Ore., 3,165
92, Steven Jansson, Barnes, Wis., 3,134
93, Phil Regan, Mendocino, Calif., 3,116
94, Joe Beck, Montgomery, Ala., 3,071
95, n-David Chew, Brentwood, Calif., 3,069
96, Don Lane, San Francisco, 3,062
97, Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 3,053
98, Warren Burr, Wilmington, Del., 3,043
99, Duane Wilson, Brentwood, Calif., 3,042
100, n-Chris Sargent, Crockett, Calif., 2,999
101, Larry Galloway, Lakewood, Calif., 2,998
102, n-John Dorsett, Concord, Calif., 2,993
103, Glenn Morgan, Carson City, Nev., 2,961
104, n-Kevin Sweetman, Henderson, Colo., 2,917
105, Timothy Bell, Sacramento, Calif., 2,858
106, Bill Kaiser, Allen, Texas, 2,697
107, Lauri Karppala Jr., Folsom, Calif., 2,693
108, n-Roy Thomas, Visalia, Calif., 2,646
109, Nick Morgan, Sacramento, Calif., 1,569
110, Mike Saraiva, Napa, Calif., 1,428