Bowling in his first PBA50 Tour tournament, John Donovan of Melbourne, Fla., averaged 237 to earn top qualifier honors Monday after the second round of the PBA50 Pasco County Florida Open at Lane Glo Bowl in New Port Richey, Fla.

Donovan, who owns two QubicaAMF PBA regional titles, led qualifying with a 3,799 16-game pinfall total to edge out first round leader Craig Auerbach (rigth) of Sunrise, Fla., in second by 23 pins. Auerbach finished qualifying with 3,776.

Donovan credited bowling with fellow lefthander and Pasco County Florida Open defending champion Parker Bohn III of Jackson, N.J., during qualifying for his success. Bohn finished the day in third with a 3,774 pinfall.

“Parker was great and he kept things light,” said the 50-year-old Donovan, whose day job is a rural mail carrier. “With both of us bowling a similar line, we were kind of sharing notes out there.

“I’m definitely surprised to be where I’m at,” Donovan added. “This was an opportunity of a lifetime and I’m glad I made the decision to compete here.”

Bohn (left), a 35-time PBA Tour titlist and three-time PBA50 Tour winner, won last year’s Pasco County Open by beating fellow Hall of Famer Norm Duke (20th place, 3,608; pictured above), 263-222, in the championship match. It was Bohn’s first of two PBA50 Tour wins in 2015 with a win in the Treasure Island Resort & Casino Open coming later in the season.

Rounding out the top five after qualifying were 2015 PBA50 Rookie of the Year Mike Scroggins (left) of Amarillo, Texas, who was last season’s only three time winner (3,764), and two-time PBA50 Tour winner Jack Jurek (right) of Lackawanna, N.Y. (3,723).

After Monday’s round, 24 players advanced directly into Tuesday’s match play rounds beginning at noon ET. An additional eight players will earn match play spots after a cashers round Tuesday morning. Tuesday’s match play rounds will determine the top five players for the stepladder finals scheduled for 7 p.m.

Fans can catch all the action on PBA’s online bowling channel Xtra Frame. The Pasco County Florida Open is presented by the Pasco County Tourist Development Council and sponsored by the Law Office of Lucas Magazine.

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PBA50 Pasco County Florida Open – Second Round Standings

Players with position, hometown and 16-game total, top 24 advance to match play; 25th-50th places plus eight PBA60 players advance to cashers round which will determine eight additional match play finalists; ; n-denotes non-member, ss-denotes PBA60 player ages 60 and over

1, John Donovan, Melbourne, Fla., 3,799
2, Craig Auerbach, Sunrise, Fla., 3,776
3, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 3,774
4, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 3,764
5, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 3,723
6, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 3,722
7, John Dougherty III, Fort Walton Beach, Fla., 3,711
8, Brian LeClair, Delmar, N.Y., 3,694
9, Stoney Baker, Canton, Ga., 3,693
10, Stephen Pavlinko, Sewell, N.J., 3,681
11, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 3,674
12, Darin Hays, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 3,662
13, Brian Cooper, Henderson, Nev., 3,659
14, Todd Haney, Boiling Springs, S.C., 3,652
15, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 3,650
16, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla., 3,644
17, Warren Nelson, Hemet, Calif., 3,639
18, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., 3,631
19, C.K. Moore, Gulf Breeze, Fla., 3,623
20, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 3,608
21, Sam Maccarone, Blackwood, N.J., 3,592
22, David Williams Jr., Omaha, Neb., 3,573
23, Brian Voss, Centennial, Colo., 3,566
24, Darryl Bower, Middletown, Pa., 3,564

25, John Conroy, Mahopac, N.Y., 3,557
26, Bryan Goebel, Shawnee, Kan., 3,549
27, Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 3,545
28, Ernie Segura Jr., Taylor, Mich., 3,538
29, Scott Greiner, Platte City, Mo., 3,536
30, Roger Kossert, Lithia, Fla., 3,532
31, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 3,531
32, James Hansen, Anchorage, Alaska, 3,528
33, (tie) Bob Learn Jr., Erie, Pa., and Dennis Rakauskas, Apopka, Fla., 3,522
35, Brian Brazeau, Ocala, Fla., 3,519
36, John Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., 3,514
37, Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 3,505
38, Marty Berke, Allentown, Pa., 3,504
39, Tommy Martin, Olive Branch, Miss., 3,498
40, Bo Goergen, Sanford, Mich., 3,497
41, (tie) James Knoblauch, Waukesha, Wis., and Tracy Teeters, Eugene, Ore., 3,496
43, Don Breeden, Clive, Iowa, 3,491
44, (tie) Dave Sill, Titusville, Fla., and Steven Jansson, Barnes, Wis., 3,489
46, Christopher Keane, Cape Coral, Fla., 3,474
47, Todd Kjell, Roscoe, Ill., 3,471
48, Doug O’Bryant, Ball Ground, Ga., 3,467
49, Jerry Brunette Jr., Rochester, N.Y., 3,462
50, Frank Gallo Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., 3,461

Missed Cut:
51, Rory Peterson, Sacramento, Calif., 3,460
52, n-John Hough, Naples, Fla., 3,459
53, n-Ed Irwin, Hudson, Fla, 3,457
54, John Gant, Medford, Mass., 3,452
55, Ralph Brunt Jr., Jensen Beach, Fla., 3,450
56, Michael Owen, Gainesville, Fla., 3,444
57, Steve Kenyon, Dade City, Fla., 3,442
58, ss-Dave Bernhardt, Romeo, Mich., 3,440
59, Rick Woloszyn, Griffith, Ind., 3,434
60, Joe Scarborough, Charlotte, N.C., 3,433
61, (tie) n-Ken Fishman, Lutz, Fla., and Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 3,432
63, (tie) Gary Alstott, Washington, Ill., Robert Brown, Cody, Wyo., and Michael Shequin, Debary, Fla., 3,429
66, ss-Lee Brosius, Ashburn, Va., 3,418
67, Glenn Smith, New York, 3,415
68, ss-Paul Mielens, Menomonie, Wis., 3,411
69, Dave Han, Hoover, AL, 3,406
70, ss-Thomas Ream, Tampa, Fla., 3,405
71, Kenneth Bland Jr., Cibolo, Texas, 3,402
72, ss-Bill Henson, Westerville, Ohio, 3,396
73, Harry Alchin III, Madeira Beach, Fla., 3,393
74, ss-Ron Mohr, Las Vegas, 3,388
75, ss-Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 3,376
76, James Luck, Jacksonville, Fla., 3,366
77, (tie) Michael Truitt, New Port Richey, Fla., and ss-John Dudak, Orland Park, Ill., 3,364
79, Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 3,358
80, Jim Price, Harrrisburg, N.C., 3,357
81, Michael DeVore, Brandon, Fla., 3,355
82, Tony Johnson, Canton, Ohio, 3,348
83, Mark Scime, Winter Garden, Fla., 3,345
84, Brian Miller, Springfield, Ohio, 3,341
85, Timothy Regan, East Northport, N.Y., 3,338
86, John Burkett, Southlake, Texas, 3,336
87, James Deplanche, Taylor, Mich., 3,334
88, William Peters, Dayton, Ohio, 3,325
89, Larry Gross, Ocala, Fla., 3,320
90, Michael Kennedy, Victoria, Austraila, 3,309
91, Bob Chamberlain, The Villages, Fla., 3,304
92, Antonio Santa, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 3,303
93, David Taylor, Largo, Fla., 3,296
94, Warren Burr, Wilmington, Del., 3,278
95, Bill McCorkle, Westerville, Ohio, 3,275
96, Bill Sell, Menasha, Wis., 3,274
97, Tom Carter, Columbus, Ohio, 3,272
98, Don Herrington, Ballston Lake, N.Y., 3,271
99, Jon DeLaney, McKinney, Texas, 3,263
100, (tie) Michael Vella, Bellport, N.Y., and Mike Hastings, Millsboro, Del., 3,257
102, Tom Howison, Chillicothe, Ohio, 3,255
103, Peter Knopp, Germany, 3,253
104, Doug Becker, Clermont, Fla., 3,250
105, (tie) Tommy King, Oakdale, N.Y., 3,244
105, Ramon Torres, Carolina, Puerto Rico, and Terry Metzner, Kentwood, Mich., 3,232
108, Edgar Gomez, Colombia, 3,221
109, n-Stan Sprow, Lakeland, Fla., 3,217
110, David Welch, St. Louis, Mo., 3,212
111, Dale Eagle, Laguna Niguel, Calif., 3,198
112, n-Kenneth Smith, Spring Hill, Fla., 3,193
113, n-Glenn Francis, Palm Harbor, Fla., 3,190
114, Steve Stein, Staten Island, N.Y., 3,189
115, n-Charlie Gadd, West Palm Beach, Fla., 3,182
116, (tie) Glenn Morgan, Carson City, Nev., and Steven Grotowski, Ft Lauderdale, Fla, 3,180
118, Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 3,174
119, Bob Spaulding, Colorado Springs, Colo., 3,172
120, Lew Elting, Carlsbad, Calif., 3,171
121, (tie) Harry Wright, Venice, Fla., and Bob Pazur, Venice, Fla, 3,158
123, n-John Stronka, Davie, Fla., 3,155
124, Karl Ramonas, Port St. Lucie, Fla., 3,143
125, Stephen Lippman, Palm Harbor, Fla., 3,117
126, Lucien Casagrande, Canada, 3,114
127, John Austin Jr., League City, Texas, 3,112
128, Darrell Adams, Flintstone, Ga., 3,107
129, Steve Bova, Massapequa, N.Y., 3,101
130, Larry Montgomery, Safety Harbor, Fla., 3,097
131, Kevin Foley, Reno, Nev., 3,092
132, Dave Schultz, West Bend, Wis., 3,081
133, Ken Waters, Kingsport, Tenn., 3,079
134, Nick Panicaro, Ocala, Fla., 3,077
135, Peter Brainard, Tampa, Fla., 3,072
136, Dan Howsmon, Lutz, Fla., 3,059
137, James Souder, Greeneville, Tenn., 3,027
138, Larry Williams, St. Augustine, Fla., 3,011
139, n-Leonard Salemme, Hudson, Fla., 3,007
140, Howard Frostman, Washburn, Wis., 2,981
141, (tie) Larry Woomer, State College, Pa., and Patsy DellaPenna, Palm Harbor, Fla., 2,969
143, Robert Leonard Sr, Lockwood, N.Y., 2,952
144, Rich Holden, Chinchilla, Pa., 2,941
145, Joseph Long, Tarpon, Springs, Fla., 2,919
146, William Banks, Laurel Hill, N.C., 2,913
147, n-Jean-Marc Gagnon, Port Charlotte, Fla., 2,908
148, Stephen Wood, Naylor, Ga., 2,874
149, n-Michael Osterman, New Port Richey, Fla., 2,770
150, n-Rolando Sebelen, Dominican Republic, 2,768
151, William Medina, Whites Creek, Tenn., 2,761
152, n-Domingo Castro, Weston, Fla., 1,416