Sweden’s Jesper Svensson, already the only player in Professional Bowlers Association history to win five titles by the age of 21, will try to make it six in the PBA Bear Open Saturday at Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, Mich.

From left to right, Jesper Svensson, E.J. Tackett, Josh Blanchard, John Szczerbinski and Jon Van Hees.

Svensson (right), a two-handed player who bowls from the left side, was top qualifier in the Bear Open Tuesday with a 12-game total of 2,706 pins, overtaking E.J. Tackett (left) of Huntington, Ind., in the final game to earn the top seed in the Bear Open stepladder finals.

The Bear Open is the second of four PBA Tour title events that are part of the PBA Fall Swing. The Bear Open finals will be contested Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in Thunderbowl Lanes’ historic arena bay, and will air on CBS Sports Network on Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 9 p.m. ET.

Svensson, a leading contender for PBA Player of the Year honors after winning the PBA Rookie of the Year title in 2015, is trying to become the PBA’s first four-time winner of 2016. He knows he’s leading the race, but he doesn’t want to think about it quite this early.

“To be honest, I’m trying to not think about it much,” Svensson said. “I’ll just try to bowl as good as I can. It’s nice to be in the lead, but I just hope I can stay there for the rest of the season.”

Svensson said bowling six games on the demanding Bear oiling pattern in the main section of Thunderbowl and another six in the historic arena bay “was hard, but it was hard for everyone. It was close at the end and I’m glad I could finish it up.

“I think I had a pretty good look in the arena,” he added. “I hope I can find the same kind of ball reaction during the TV show” which will be contested in the arena.

Also qualifying for the Bear Open finals were Tackett with 2,668 pins; Josh Blanchard (left) of Mesa, Ariz., with a 2,660 total; John Szczerbinski (right), N. Tonawanda, N.Y., 2,622, and Jon Van Hees (below left), Charlestown, R.I., 2,597.

After six qualifying games each on the short 32-foot Wolf lane oiling pattern and the flat, 40-foot U.S. Open-style Bear pattern, left-hander Anthony Pepe (right) of Elmhurst, N.Y., held the qualifying lead for the Detroit Open qualifying rounds which will be held Thursday in Thunderbowl’s arena bay.

The field of 18 Detroit Open qualifiers will be decided after Wednesday’s six qualifying games on the long, 52-foot Badger Open pattern.

The Detroit Open stepladder finals field will be determined Thursday by combining the pinfall totals for the first 18 qualifying games with scores from three additional six-game rounds on the Wolf, Bear and Badger patterns. Those rounds are scheduled for Thursday at 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

Also at stake as the PBA Fall Swing progresses will be berths in the King of the Swing special event that will conclude the Fall Swing.

The King of the Swing will include the winners of each of the three animal pattern events and the Detroit Open plus the highest-ranking player in competition points for the Fall Swing who doesn’t win a title.

All preliminary rounds of the Fall Swing are being covered live, exclusively on PBA’s online video streaming channel, Xtra Frame. For more information, click here.

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PBA Bear Open – Final Qualifying Standings

Players with position, hometown and 12-game total; top five advance to stepladder finals Saturday, Sept. 10, 2:30 p.m. ET; finals air on CBS Sports Network on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 9 p.m. ET

1, Jesper Svensson, Sweden, 2,706
2, E.J. Tackett, Huntington, Ind., 2,668
3, Josh Blanchard, Mesa, Ariz., 2,660
4, John Szczerbinski, N. Tonawanda, N.Y., 2,622
5, Jon Van Hees, Charlestown, R.I., 2,597

Missed Cut:
6, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 2,582, $1,500
7, Brandon Novak, Chillicothe, Ohio, 2,579, $1,300
8, Jason Sterner, Cocoa, Fla., 2,536, $1,100
9, Devin Bidwell, Wichita, Kan., 2,533, $900
10, Shawn Maldonado, Houston, 2,520, $800
11, Andrew Graff, Las Vegas, 2,506, $700
12, Rhino Page, Orlando, 2,469, $600

PBA Bear Open – Qualifying Round One

Players with position, hometown and 6-game total; top 12 advance to the second round; n-denotes non-member

1, E.J. Tackett, Huntington, Ind., 1,446
2, Jon Van Hees, Charlestown, R.I., 1,411
3, Rhino Page, Orlando, 1,355
4, Josh Blanchard, Mesa, Ariz., 1,352
5, Brandon Novak, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1,346
6, Andrew Graff, Las Vegas, 1,344
7, Jesper Svensson, Sweden, 1,337
8, John Szczerbinski, N. Tonawanda, N.Y., 1,332
9, Devin Bidwell, Wichita, Kan., 1,331
10, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 1,328
11, Jason Sterner, Cocoa, Fla., 1,326
12, Shawn Maldonado, Houston, 1,321

Missed Cut:
13, Dick Allen, Columbia, S.C., 1,319
14, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 1,318
15, Anthony Pepe, Elmhurst, N.Y., 1,312
16 (tie), n-Andrew Anderson, Holly, Mich., and Greg Ostrander, Freehold, N.J., 1,302
18, n-Mason Brantley, Detroit, 1,301
19, Francois Lavoie, Canada, 1,300
20, Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., 1,295
21, Zeke Bayt, Westerville, Ohio, 1,292
22 (tie), Dom Barrett, England, and Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 1,291
24, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 1,288
25, Martin Larsen, Sweden, 1,286
26, Bill O’Neill, Langhorne, Pa., 1,283
27, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla., 1,281
28, Aaron Lorincz, Belleville, Mich., 1,276
29, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 1,274
30, Marshall Kent, Yakima, Wash., 1,270
31, J.R. Raymond, Bay City, Mich., 1,268
32 (tie), Kristopher Prather, Milton, Fla., and A.J. Johnson, Oswego, Ill., 1,265
34, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 1,264
35, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 1,259
36, Andrew Cain, Phoenix, 1,258
37, Perry Crowell IV, Hoquiam, WA, 1,256
38, Jake Peters, Henderson, Nev., 1,255
39, Tom Daugherty, Riverview, Fla., 1,254
40 (tie), Ronnie Sparks Jr., Ecorse, Mich., and Kim Bolleby, Thailand, 1,252
42, Anthony Simonsen, Princeton, Texas, 1,250
43, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 1,249
44, Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill., 1,246
45, Darren Tang, San Francisco, Calif., 1,243
46, Carleton Chambers, Detroit, 1,240
47, Sam Cooley, Australia, 1,233
48, Rocio Restrepo, Colombia, 1,225
49 (tie), Jakob Butturff, Chandler, Ariz., and Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 1,224
51 (tie), Zachary Seals, Kingsland, Ga., and Cameron Weier, Tacoma, Wash., 1,220
53, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 1,219
54, Liz Kuhlkin, Rotterdam, N.Y., 1,214
55, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 1,203
56, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 1,199
57, Michael Haugen Jr., Phoenix, 1,198
58, Myles Duty, Modesto, Calif., 1,194
59, Gary Faulkner Jr., Memphis, Tenn., 1,191
59, Kyle Troup, Taylorsville, N.C., 1,191
61, Brad Miller, Maryland Hts, Mo., 1,190
62, Joe Bailey, Wooster, Ohio, 1,189
63, Patrick Allen, South Salem, N.Y., 1,185
64, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 1,183
65 (tie), Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., and Jesse Buss, Belvidere, Ill., 1,177
67, Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 1,175
68 (tie), Chris Arcaro, Wilmington, N.C., and Jason Miller, Houston, 1,170
70, Jordan Klassen, Ontario, Canada, 1,164
71, Mike Williams II, Montgomery, Ala., 1,162
72, Anthony Colosimo, Davie, Fla., 1,159
73, n-Carl Boldt, Pontiac, Mich., 1,155
74, Brian Valenta, Lockport, Ill., 1,144
75, n-Charles Zelechowski, Warren, Mich., 1,142
75, n-Kurry Crayton, Birmingham, Ala., 1,142
77, Tom Hess, Urbandale, Iowa, 1,140
78, n-Matthew Sanders, Evansville, Ind., 1,139
79 (tie), DJ Rose, Ypsilanti, Mich., and Joe Paluszek, Bensalem, Pa., 1,126
81, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 1,125
82, Connor Pickford, Charlotte, N.C., 1,123
83 (tie), Thomas Larsen, Denmark, and D.J. Archer, Friendswood, Texas, 1,119
85, Jeff Evans, Supply, N.C., 1,116
86, Ward Rauch, Cheboygan, Mich, 1,111
87, Steven Arehart, Chesapeake, Va., 1,107
88 (tie), Monty Wonnacott, Livonia, Mich., and Austin Hunt, Kennewick, Wash., 1,106
90, John Furey, Freehold, N.J., 1,102
91 (tie), Danielle McEwan, Stony Point, N.Y., and Johnathan Bower, Middletown, Pa., 1,097
93 (tie), Carey Bock, Canada, and Lonnie Jones, Ypsilanti, Mich., 1,095
95, Graham Fach, Ontario, Canada, 1,091
96, Ben Zakrocki, Philadelphia, 1,089
97, fp-Maria Rodriguez, Pflugerville, Texas, 1,080
98, Daniel Hochstein, Farmington Hills, Mich., 1,077
99, Dave Wodka, Beavercreek, Ohio, 1,076
99, n-Steve Jacobs, Belleville, Mich., 1,076
101, Matt Bollhalter, Niceville, Fla., 1,072
102, Jeremiah Bryant, Taylor, Mich., 1,055
103, Brett Cunningham, Clay, N.Y., 1,049
104, Brian Gunn, Chicago, 1,035
105, Dylan Macon, Lubbock, Texas, 1,016
106, Matthew Wozney, Clayton, Del., 1,006
107, n-Christopher Lemmon, Canada, 998
108, Zachary Dwyer, Ft. Walton Beach, Fla., 990
109, Ervin Raines, New Cummberland, Pa., 988

300 games – none.