Bo Goergen of Sanford, Mich., averaged 239.6 after Monday’s second round to lead qualifying in the PBA50 UnitedHealthcare Sun Bowl In The Villages presented by Radical at Spanish Spring Lanes.
Goergen, whose best career PBA50 Tour finish was second in the 2012 Senior Don Carter Memorial, finished qualifying with a 3,834 pinfall for 16 games to lead 32 players from the 158-player field who advanced to Tuesday’s match play rounds.
In Monday’s second round Goergen had an 1,884 eight-game pinfall with games of 279, 218, 244, 205, 211, 235, 227 and 265 after bowling 1,950 in Sunday’s first round. He held a one-pin lead over four-time PBA50 Player of the Year Tom Baker of King, N.C., in second with 3,833.
“In the first round I got off to a slow start so I went from a five-step approach to a four (step) hoping to improve my timing,” said Goergen, who finished third in last year’s Sun Bowl In The Villages. “On these conditions my arm swing matched up better with the four-step delivery.
“The transition in the second round was more difficult but I probably got through it a little better than the rest of the guys. Except for the first and last game in the second round I kind of had to grind it out.”
Two-time defending PBA50 Player of the Year and defending tournament champion Walter Ray Williams Jr. finished qualifying in eighth with a 3,746 pinfall.
Williams and Baker were among four Hall of Famers who qualified in the top 10. Pete Weber, the PBA50 Tour’s Rookie of the Year in 2013, finished fifth with 3,792 and Norm Duke, who finished second in last week’s Pasco County (Fla.) Open finished 10th with 3,732.
Tuesday’s match play begins at 9 a.m. ET which will determine the top five for the stepladder finals which are scheduled for 7 p.m.
PBA50 UNITEDHEALTHCARE SUN BOWL IN THE VILLAGES PRESENTED BY RADICAL
After Monday’s Second Round Qualifying (16 games)
Spanish Springs Lanes
The Villages, Fla.
Top 32 advance to Tuesday’s match play rounds
a-amateur, s-super seniors (60 and over) out of the regular prize fund cashing for $700.
1, a-Bo Goergen, Sanford, Mich., 3,834.
2, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 3,833.
3, Billy Block, Pembroke Pines, Fla., 3,816.
4, John Conroy, Mahopac, N.Y., 3,798.
5, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 3,792.
6, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., 3,786.
7, Stephen Pavlinko, Sewell, N.J., 3,753.
8, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 3,746.
9, Dennis Rakauskas, Apopka, Fla., 3,735.
10, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 3,732.
11, Randy Pedersen, Clermont, Fla., 3,725.
12, Steve Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y., 3,724.
13, (tie) Tommy Brodowski, New Hyde Park, N.Y., and Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 3,715.
15, Bill Henson, Westerville, Ohio, 3,713.
16, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 3,710.
17, Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 3,703.
18, Sam Maccarone, Glassboro, N.J., 3,702.
19, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 3,692.
20, Don Breeden, Clive, Iowa, 3,687.
21, Dale Eagle, Newport Beach, Calif., 3,678.
22, Brian Cooper, Henderson, Nev., 3,675.
23, a-Al Runkel, Cincinnati, 3,664.
24, a-Darin Hays, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 3,660.
25, Keith Glasgow, St. Petersburg, Fla., 3,659.
26, Bryan Goebel, Shawnee, Kan., 3,655.
27, (tie) Terry Wiley, Vienna, Va., and Jeff Schrum, Cherryville, N.C., 3,649.
29, Ralph Brunt Jr., Ft. Pierce, Fla., 3,632.
30, (tie) Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, and Doug Evans, Southgate, Mich., 3,626.
32, Brian Voss, Alpharetta, Ga., 3,619.
Failed to advance:
33, Doug O'Bryant, Jasper, Ga., 3,617, $900.
34, Jim Knoblauch, Waukesha, Wis., 3,612, $900.
35, William Peters, Dayton, Ohio, 3,610, $900.
36, Chuck Richardson, The Villages, Fla., 3,607, $900.
37, Craig Auerbach, Sunrise, Fla., 3,599, $900.
38, (tie) Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., and Darryl Bower, Middletown, Pa., 3,596, $900.
40, Terry Metzner, Kentwood, Mich., 3,585, $900.
41, Dennis Lane, Kingsport, Tenn., 3,580, $900.
42, Timothy Kauble, Marion, Ohio, 3,574, $900.
43, Ron Mohr, Las Vegas, 3,569, $900.
44, Dave Sill, Titusville, Fla., 3,556, $900.
45, Larry Barwick, Wauchula, Fla., 3,555, $900.
46, Johnny Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., 3,554, $900.
47, Jim Pitts, Elmira, N.Y., 3,553, $900.
48, Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 3,552, $900.
49, Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 3,548, $900.
50, Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 3,539, $900.
51, Richard McDaniel, Coconut Creek, Fla., 3,532, $900.
52, Wayne Webb, Columbus, Ohio, 3,531, $900.
53, Kevin Foley, Reno, Nev., 3,523.
54, Marty Berke, Allentown, Pa., 3,515.
55, (tie) John Dudak, Orland Park, Ill., and Joe Scarborough, Mars Hill, N.C., 3,511.
57, Mike Walden, Stony Point, N.Y., 3,499.
58, (tie) a-John Hough, Naples, Fla., and Arturo Hernandez, Venezuela, 3,492.
60, (tie) Frank Gallo Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., and George Litwin, Miami, 3,491.
62, Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 3,487.
63, s-Nick Panicaro, Ocala, Fla., 3,484, $700.
64, Michael Shequin, Orange City, Fla., 3,472.
65, (tie) a-Tim Lawrence, Inverness, Fla., and
s-Gary LaCara, Huntington Station, N.Y., 3,471, $700.
67, a-Kenneth May, Titusville, Fla., 3,465.
68, Larry Popp, Marion, Ohio, 3,462.
69, s-Steve Stein, Staten Island, N.Y., 3,461, $700.
70, s-Sal Bongiorno, Hollywood, Fla., 3,459, $700.
71, (tie) Michael Owen, Gainesville, Fla., Peter Knopp, Germany,
Randy Robertson, Evansville, Ind., and Christopher Keane, Cape Coral, Fla., 3,454.
75, s-Widmar Vargas, Riverview, Fla., 3,451.
76, William Banks, Laurel Hill, N.C., 3,448.
77, s-Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 3,438, $700.
78, Ernie Segura Jr., Taylor, Mich., 3,435.
79, s-Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 3,434, $700.
80, Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., 3,433.
81, s-Marc Lineberry, Camanche, Iowa, 3,432, $700.
82, Mike Hastings, Millsboro, Del., 3,431.
83, a-Carol Teel, The Villages, FL, 3,429.
84, a-Steve Calyore, Naples, Fla., 3,427.
85, (tie) s-George Lord, Lakeland, Fla., and s-Darrell Adams, Flintstone, Ga., 3,422, $350.
87, Todd Kjell, Roscoe, Ill., 3,420.
88, Tommy Kress, Rochester, N.Y., 3,409.
89, Paul Lemond, Jasper, Ind, 3,408.
90, Patrick King, Yankton, S.D., 3,407.
91, a-Roger Kossert , Lithia, Fla., 3,404.
92, a-David Taylor, Seminole, Fla., 3,400.
93, (tie) Bill McCorkle, Westerville, Ohio, and Thomas Ream, Tampa, Fla., 3,399.
95, (tie) Emilio Mora Sr., Defiance, Ohio, and Don Sylvia, Lady Lake, FL, 3,397.
97, (tie) Steve Bova, Massapequa, N.Y., and Todd Haney, Spartanburg, S.C., 3,394.
99, (tie) Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, and Dave Bernhardt, Romeo, Mich., 3,384.
101, Tom Howison, Chillicothe, Ohio, 3,378.
102, William Keenan, Jr., Orlando, Fla., 3,377.
103, Mike Watson, Grass Valley, Calif., 3,376.
104, Lee Brosius, Ashburn, Va., 3,370.
105, Adrian Eckroth, Ocala, Fla., 3,368.
106, Teata Semiz, North Brunswick, N.J., 3,353.
107, Gary Hiday, Indianapolis, 3,345.
108, Rich Giragosian, Charlotte, N.C., 3,344.
109, Daniel Miner, East Moline, Ill., 3,337.
110, Jerry Lau, St. Peters, Mo., 3,335.
111, Pete Bryan, Laurel, Del., 3,328.
112, Gary Morgan, Marietta, Ga., 3,323.
113, a-Andy Ippolito, The Villages, Fla., 3,322.
114, Larry Graybeal, Elizabethton, Tenn., 3,321.
115, John Shreve Sr., Elyria, Ohio, 3,320.
116, Pete Couture, Titusville, Fla., 3,297.
117, Mark Scime, Winter Garden, Fla., 3,291.
118, a-Kent Steckbeck, Lakewood, Calif., 3,280.
119, a-Walter Grzybowski, Port St. Lucie, Fla., 3,279.
120, a-Rick Pollard, Versailles, Ind., 3,278.
121, a-Jose Estevez, Spain, 3,265.
122, Lucien Casagrande, Canada, 3,236.
123, J.C. Quintana, Miami, 3,235.
124, a-Gerald Teel, The Villages, Fla., 3,232.
125, Bob Chamberlain, The Villages, Fla., 3,222.
126, John Tavano, Sebring, Fla., 3,221.
127, a-John Pullen, Summerfield, Fla., 3,192.
128, a-Gilbert Kuchta, West Allis, Wis., 3,185.
129, a-Dave Van Riet, Summerfield, Fla., 3,177.
130, James Souder, Greeneville, Tenn, 3,173.
131, a-Mark Frey, Tampa, Fla., 3,156.
132, (tie) a-Les Ash, Washington Ct. House, Ohio, and Tony Myers, Pensacola, Fla., 3,141.
134, Larry Williams, St. Augustine, Fla., 3,138.
135, Larry Felts Jr., Moore, S.C., 3,130.
136, Jeffrey Herman, Bonaire, Ga., 3,129.
137, Gene Morrison, Spring Lake, N.C., 3,111.
138, Bobby Dunn, Augusta, Ga., 3,079.
139, Gale Voshell, Dover, Del., 3,078.
140, Robert Callari, Manchester, N.Y., 3,074.
141, Don Michaelsen Sr., Plant City, Fla., 3,061.
142, Rich Kleinman, Eureka, Nev., 3,041.
143, Stephen Lippman, Palm Harbor, Fla, 3,021.
144, a-Robert Vega, The Villages, Fla., 3,006.
145, a-John Stronka, Davie, Fla., 2,942.
146, Bob Pazur, Venice, Fla., 2,932.
147, Andy Anderson, Falls Church, Va., 2,902.
148, Ken Waters, Kingsport, Tenn., 2,898.
149, Peter Brainard, Tampa, Fla., 2,886.
150, Lindell Woolard, Tallahassee, Fla., 2,884.
151, a-Ray Randall, Dearborn, Mich., 2,852.
152, Brian DiCicco, Ridgefield, Conn., 2,847.
153, Richard Felten, Rockville, Md., 2,829.
154, Michael Truitt, New Port Richey, FL, 1,682 (withdrew).
155, Dale Lee, Brandon, Fla., 1,612 (withdrew).
156, Bill Ursillo, Bluffton, S.C., 2,591 (withdrew).
157, Ron Pollard *, Versailles, Ind., 2,371 (withdrew).
158, Bob Learn Jr., Erie, Pa., 930 (withdrew).
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