Bowling in his first PBA50 Tour tournament, non-member Ron Nelson Jr. of Bridgeview, Ill., averaged 256.6 in Wednesday’s final qualifying round to lead 24 players who advanced to match play in the PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & Casino World Championship presented by Storm at Island Xtreme Bowl in Welch, Minn.

After finishing 18th in Monday’s first round on the Viper lane condition pattern, Nelson (pictured left) moved steadily up the standings to eighth after the second round Tuesday on the Chameleon pattern before bowling a 1,283 five-game pinfall with games of 222, 289, 268, 259 and 245 Wednesday on the Scorpion pattern.

For the three qualifying rounds, Nelson had a 3,585 15-game qualifying pinfall good for a 239 overall average.

“To use a golf analogy you might say I had a good day pitching and putting,” said Nelson, who owns one PBA regional tournament title and finished ninth in the 2009 U.S. Open. “I came in with a good game plan with my equipment and how I wanted to play the lanes. I got comfortable right away and started striking.”

The 24-player match play field will bowl two six-game rounds Saturday beginning at 9 a.m. CT which will determine the top five for the stepladder finals at 7 p.m.

Finishing second after qualifying was PBA Hall of Famer Parker Bohn III (pictured right and above) of Jackson, N.J., who had a 3,568 15-game pinfall. The 35-time PBA Tour winner moved into second with a 1,287 pinfall in the third round bowling games of 300, 216, 255, 268 and 248.

Even though Bohn won the Treasure Island Resort & Casino Open conducted last season as a standard event for his third PBA50 Tour title, he approaches the World Championship differently.

“You always have a good feeling when you come to a center where you’ve had success,” said Bohn.

“In the multi-event tournaments that we bowl on completely different lane conditions you are literally walking out of the same center at the end of the day but I approach it as each day you’re walking into a different center in a new city. You have to clear your mind and prepare like it’s a brand new tournament.”

Trying for his third consecutive major title of the season, Hall of Famer and defending PBA50 Player of the Year Pete Weber (left) of St. Ann, Mo., finished qualifying in third with a 3,566 pinfall. He bowled a third round leading 1,294 pinfall with games of 279, 215, 242, 258 and 300 to finish two pins behind Bohn.

The winner of the PBA Senior U.S. Open and USBC Senior Masters is in the midst of a milestone season in which he has already won a record five PBA50 Tour tournaments including four consecutively.

Hall of Famer Norm Duke (right) of Clermont, Fla., who was the qualifying leader after the first two rounds, dropped to sixth finishing with a 3,500 pinfall total.

As the top qualifier in Wednesday’s third round Weber will also lead 24 finalists for the Treasure Island Resort & Casino Scorpion Championship match play round Thursday at 5:30 p.m. After Thursday’s match play the top five will advance to the Scorpion stepladder finals Friday at 5:30 p.m. which will award a PBA50 regional title to the winner.

Bowling fans can catch all the action on pba.com’s online bowling channel Xtra Frame.

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PBA50 World Championship – Third Round Standings

Players with position, hometown and 15-game total; top 24 advance to World Championship match play Saturday; n-denotes non-member

1, n-Ron Nelson Jr., Bridgeview, Ill., 3,585
2, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 3,568
3, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 3,566
4, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 3,519
5, Bo Goergen, Sanford, Mich., 3,501
6, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 3,500
7, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 3,437
8, Sam Maccarone, Blackwood, N.J., 3,427
9, Bob Learn Jr., Erie, Pa., 3,423
10, Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 3,404
11, Andrew Frawley, Australia, 3,400
12, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 3,399
13, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., 3,394
14, Randy Scharf, Gillette, Wyo., 3,379
15, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 3,374
16, Tommy Martin, Olive Branch, Miss., 3,361
17, Tom Carter, Columbus, Ohio, 3,342
18, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 3,337
19, Ron Mohr, Las Vegas, 3,331
20, Robert Brown, Cody, Wyo., 3,325
21, Ricky Schissler, Brighton, Colo., 3,310
22, Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 3,304
23, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla., 3,296
24, David Axon, Bellevue, Neb., 3,295

Missed Cut:
25, *Warren Nelson, Middleburg, Fla., 3,285, $1,250
26, *Dave Han, Hoover, Ala., 3,276, $1,250
27, *David Williams Jr., Omaha, Neb., 3,262, $1,250
28, Brian Cooper, Henderson, Nev., 3,259
29, Mark Sullivan, Indianapolis, 3,258
30, Al Danz Jr., Escanaba, Mich., 3,238
31, Christopher Keane, Cape Coral, Fla., 3,234
32, Brian LeClair, Delmar, N.Y., 3,232
33, Todd Kjell, Roscoe, Ill., 3,231
34, ss-Paul McCordic, Sugar Land, Texas, $1,250
35, (tie) Danny Clark, New Palestine, Ind., and Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 3,206
37, Bob Micek, Woodbury, Minn., 3,203
38, ss-James Knoblauch, Waukesha, Wis., 3,191, $1,250
39, Stoney Baker, Canton, Ga., 3,186
40, Don Breeden, Clive, Iowa, 3,184
41, Bryan Goebel, Shawnee, Kan., 3,183
42, Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 3,181
43, Bobby Nelson, Las Vegas, Nev., 3,179
44, Jerry Sikora, Gibbon, Minn., 3,172
45, ss-Bill Nichols, Bella Vista, Calif., 3,171, $1,250
46, ss-Bill Henson, Westerville, Ohio, 3,161, $1,250
47, n-David Oulman, Medford, Minn., 3,139
48, n-Sam Lantto, Eden Prairie, Minn., 3,134
49, ss-Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 3,132, $1,250
50, Scott Greiner, Platte City, Mo., 3,130
51, Gary Alstott, Washington, Ill., 3,122
52, Mike Keough, Stockton, Calif., 3,120
53, ss-John Dudak, Orland Park, Ill., 3,118, $1,250
54, ss-Steve Stein, Staten Island, N.Y., 3,112, $1,250
55, Randy Peterson, Carrington, N.D., 3,108
56, ss-Brendan Bierch, Grafton, Mass., 3,096, $1,250
56, Dana Wright, St. Paul, Minn., 3,096
58, Tracy Teeters, Eugene, Ore., 3,078
59, (tie) Kenneth Bland Jr., Cibilo, Texas, and Kerry Fulford, Ft. Worth, Texas, 3,077
61, Dale Eagle, Twin Falls, Idaho, 3,076
62, Warren Burr, Wilmington, Del., 3,060
63, David Taylor, Largo, Fla., 3,045
63, Glenn Morgan, Carson City, Nev., 3,045
65, Patrick King, Yankton, S.D., 3,044
66, Lyle Zikes, Arlington Heights, Ill., 3,006
67, Edward Silva, Manteca, Calif., 2,970
68, Fred Cole, Visalia, Calif., 2,962
69, n-Mike Morris, Fargo, ND, 2,959
70, Gary Kammes, Winfield, Ill., 2,953
71, Galen Keas, Alda, Neb., 2,945
72, Paul Mielens, Menomonie, Wis., 2,942
73, Eugene Captain, Bertha, Minn., 2,904
74, Tim Pierce, Portland, Ore., 2,897
75, Jeffrey Taylor, Madison, Wis., 2,886
76, Mike Schmid, St. Paul, Minn., 2,875
77, Don Herrington, Ballston Lake, N.Y., 2,861
78, John Conroy, Mahopac, N.Y., 2,860
79, n-Ron Cleveland, St. Paul, Minn., 2,858
80, Steven Jansson, Barnes, Wis., 2,837
81, William Keenan Jr., Orlando, Fla., 2,794
82, Dean Bruinsma, Clear Lake, S.D., 2,620

PBA50 World Championship – Scorpion Championship Qualifying Results

Players with position, hometown and 5-game total. Top 24 advance to Thursday’s Scorpion Championship match play round. *indicates players cashing in Scorpion Championship regional prize list; ss-denotes PBA60 players ages 60 and over cashing for $200; n-denotes non-member

1, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 1,294
2, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 1,287
3, Ron Nelson Jr, Bridgeview, Ill., 1,283
4, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., 1,218
5, Danny Clark, New Palestine, Ind., 1,178
6, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 1,177
7, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 1,173
8, Todd Kjell, Roscoe, Ill., 1,159
9, Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 1,156
10, (tie) Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., and Robert Brown, Cody, Wyo., 1,149
12, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 1,147
13, Bo Goergen, Sanford, Mich., 1,145
14, Dave Han, Hoover, Ala., 1,134
15, Mike Keough, Stockton, Calif., 1,133
16, Warren Nelson, Middleburg, Fla., 1,129
17, Ricky Schissler, Brighton, Colo., 1,123
18, Randy Scharf, Gillette, Wyo., 1,118
19, Paul McCordic, Sugar Land, Texas, 1,116
20, Gary Alstott, Washington, Ill., 1,113
21, Andrew Frawley, Australia, 1,112
22, Bobby Nelson, Las Vegas, Nev., 1,107
23, Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 1,105
24, Bob Learn Jr., Erie, Pa., 1,100
25, Tom Carter, Columbus, Ohio, 1,099, $200
26, (tie) Patrick King, Yankton, S.D., 1,098, $200, and Bill Nichols, Bella Vista, Calif., 1,098, $200
28, Tommy Martin, Olive Branch, Miss., 1,091
29, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 1,088
30, Jerry Sikora, Gibbon, Minn., 1,086
31, n-David Oulman, Medford, Minn., 1,085
32, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 1,078
33, David Williams Jr., Omaha, Neb., 1,071
34, Christopher Keane, Cape Coral, Fla., 1,066
35, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla., 1,065
36, ss-Sam Maccarone, Blackwood, N.J., 1,064, $200
37, Mark Sullivan, Indianapolis, 1,062
38, Scott Greiner, Platte City, Mo., 1,058
39, Don Breeden, Clive, Iowa, 1,056
40, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 1,051
41, ss-Dale Eagle, Twin Falls, Idaho, 1,050, $200
42, ss-Bill Henson, Westerville, Ohio, 1,046, $200
43, Al Danz Jr., Escanaba, Mich., 1,042
44, (tie) Brian Cooper, Henderson, Nev., and Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 1,041
46, Kenneth Bland Jr., Cibilo, Texas, 1,039
47, Lyle Zikes, Arlington Heights, Ill., 1,035
48, Randy Peterson, Carrington, N.D., 1,032
49, ss-Kerry Fulford, Ft. Worth, Texas, 1,028, $200
50, (tie) Stoney Baker, Canton, Ga., and ss-Brendan Bierch, Grafton, Mass., 1,027, $200
52, ss-Edward Silva, Manteca, Calif., 1,026, $200
53, n-Mike Morris, Fargo, N.D., 1,024
54, ss-James Knoblauch, Waukesha, Wis., 1,023, $200
55, ss-Gary Kammes, Winfield, Ill., 1,022, $200
56, Bob Micek, Woodbury, Minn., 1,021
57, (tie) Bryan Goebel, Shawnee, Kan., and Brian LeClair, Delmar, N.Y., 1,016
59, Warren Burr, Wilmington, Del., 1,012
60, David Axon, Bellevue, Neb., 1,010
61, Eugene Captain, Bertha, Minn., 1,006
62, Tracy Teeters, Eugene, Ore., 1,000
63, (tie) Don Herrington, Ballston Lake, N.Y., and Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 995
65, Fred Cole, Visalia, Calif., 992
66, Galen Keas, Alda, Neb., 983
67, John Conroy, Mahopac, N.Y., 977
68, Tim Pierce, Portland, Ore., 966
69, Dana Wright, St. Paul, Minn., 964
70, Ron Mohr, Las Vegas, 961
71, n-Sam Lantto, Eden Prairie, Minn., 949
72, Steve Stein, Staten Island, N.Y., 945
73, David Taylor, Largo, Fla., 937
74, Glenn Morgan, Carson City, Nev., 929
75, Jeffrey Taylor, Madison, Wis., 924
76, n-Ron Cleveland, St. Paul, Minn., 922
77, William Keenan Jr., Orlando, Fla., 910
78, Mike ScHmid, St. Paul, Minn., 896
79, John Dudak, Orland Park, Ill., 893
80, Steven Jansson, Barnes, Wis., 877
81, Paul Mielens, Menomonie, Wis., 843
82, Dean Bruinsma, Clear Lake, S.D., 834