Pete Weber, a notoriously slow starter, charged out of the gate at a 243.8 average clip to take the first round lead in the Lumber Liquidators Professional Bowlers Association (PBA’s) Motor City Open, the opening event in the PBA’s five-week World Series of Bowling, Tuesday at Taylor Lanes, Taylor, MI.
The 38-year-old, 34-time PBA champion from St. Ann, MO, rolled games of 202, 268, 258, 211 and 280 for an 11-pin lead over Chris Barnes of Double Oak, TX, in the opening round qualifying. Right behind Weber’s 1,219 five-game total, and reinforcing the international flavor of the World Series, was Colombia’s Andres Gomez in third place with 1,187 pins.
Six countries, including the United States, were represented in the top 24. In
addition to Gomez, international players among the leaders were Sweden's Martin Larsen in eighth place, Venezuela's Amleto Monacelli and Canada's George Lambert IV tied for 16th, and Australian two-handed specialist Jason Belmonte tied for 22nd. Another four countries are represented in the field of 131 players.
"I have no complaints,” Weber said after his round. “I’m usually not that quick out of the gate at the first tournament of the year. I practiced pretty hard for
two weeks before I got here. Something was missing in my game. I bowled a
regional tournament and I didn’t cash, so I got hold of my brother Rich and we
worked on my game – not just throwing the ball a few times to see how it felt,
but real practice."
The complete field will bowl a second five-game qualifying round later Tuesday.
After a third qualifying round Wednesday, the top 24 players will advance to
match play Wednesday evening and Thursday.
PBA MOTOR CITY OPEN
Taylor Lanes, Taylor, Mich., Aug. 4
FIRST ROUND QUALIFYING STANDINGS (After 5 games)
1, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 1,219
2, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 1,208
3, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 1,187
4, Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 1,175
5, Fero Williams, Fairfield, Ohio, 1,174
6, Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan., 1,167
7, Brian Himmler, Cincinnati, 1,149
8, Martin Larsen, Gothenburg, Sweden, 1,146
9, Dave D'Entremont, Middleburg Heights, Ohio, 1,137
10, Ritchie Allen, Columbia, S.C., 1,133
11, D.J. Archer, Mineral Wells, Texas, 1,127
12, Jesse Buss, Wichita, Kan., 1,125
12, Jeff Carter, Springfield, Ill., 1,125
14, Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., 1,122
15, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 1,117
16, Amleto Monacelli, Barquisimeto, Venezuela, George Lambert IV, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1,112
18, Mike DeVaney, San Diego, 1,110
19, Dan MacLelland, Saginaw, Mich., 1,109
20, Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill., 1,104
21, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 1,100
22, Doug Kent, Newark, N.Y., and Jason Belmonte, Orange, NSW, Australia, 1,099
24, Troy Wollenbecker, Miami; Tim Pfeifer, Cranberry Twp., Pa., and Brian LeClair, Athens, N.Y., 1,098
27, Jason Poli, West Des Moines, Iowa, and Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 1,097
29, Ed Carter, Akron, Ohio, 1,095
30, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 1,092
31, John May, Lincolnton, N.C., 1,088
32, Michael Machuga, Erie, Pa., 1,087
33, Jeffrey Roche, Dearborn, Mich., and Ken Simard, Greenville, S.C., 1,086
35, Brian Thompson, Flat Rock, Mich., 1,085
36, Wayne Garber, Modesto, Calif., 1,084
37, Osku Palermaa, Gothenburg, Sweden; Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla., and Paul Gibson, Brunswick, Ohio, 1,082
40, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 1,081
41, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 1,077
42, Joe Ciccone, Buffalo, N.Y., 1,076
43, Dave Arnold, Dublin, Calif., and Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 1,074
45, Todd Sim, Canada, and Billy Plane, Atlanta, 1,071
47, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., and Quinton Bohlen, Decorah, Iowa, 1,070
49, Jeff Austreng, Waterford, Mich., 1,068
50, Bo Goergen, Midland, Mich., 1,067
51, Robert Smith, Columbus, Ohio, 1,065
52, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla.; Tom Daugherty, Tampa, Fla., and Jason Wojnar, Chicago, 1,063
55, Lee Vanderhoef, Greenville, S.C., 1,060
56, Todd Book, Wapakoneta, Ohio, 1,059
57, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 1,056
58, Stuart Williams, Cheshire, England, 1,055
59, Chris Kliczinski, Pinckney, Mich., 1,051
60, Andrew Cain, Scottsdale, Ariz., and Craig Nidiffer, Trenton, Mich., 1,047
62, Eddie Graham, Centerville, Ohio, 1,046
63, Michael Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y., 1,041
64, Derek Sapp, Keokuk, Iowa, 1,036
65, Billy Oatman, Chicago, 1,034
66, Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., 1,033
67, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 1,032
68, Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan., and Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 1,031
70, Rudy Kasimakis, Baldwyn, Miss., and Randy Weiss, Columbia, S.C., 1,030
72, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 1,029
73, Abed Daher, Brownstown, Mich., 1,026
74, Ronnie Russell, Camby, Ind., 1,023
75, Thomas Wall III, Fayetteville, N.C., 1,016
76, Chad Kloss, Greenfield, Wis., and Jay Futrell, Derby, Kan., 1,012
78, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 1,007
79, Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 1,005
80, Tae-Hwa Jeong, Dae-Jeon, S. Korea, 1,004
81, Jesper Agerbo, Denmark, 1,002
82, Mitch Beasley, Puyallup, Wash., 998
83, Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 997
84, Johnathan Bower, Middletown, Pa., and Mike Keily, Lakewood, Colo., 994
86, John Nolen, Grand Blanc, Mich., 991
87, Bruce Falcon, Bay City, Mich., 990
88, Matt Freiberg, Somerset, N.J., 987
89, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 985
90, Rhino Page, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 984
91, Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill., 981
92, Andrew Horodecki, Jackson, Mich., 979
93, Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., 976
94, Steve Rogers, Bourbonnais, Ill., 975
95, Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga., 972
96, Andrew Koff, Miami, 970
97, Tim Mack, Indianapolis, and Brian Voss, Kennesaw, Ga., 968
99, Paul Moor, Hull, East Yorks, England, and Jeff Hicks, Allen Park, Mich., 967
101, Michael Wall, Fayetteville, N.C., 966
102, Steve Harman, Indianapolis, 965
103, Jonathan Van Hees, Charlestown, R.I., 964
104, Thomas Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 961
105, Douglas Mazurco, Brownstown, Mich., 947
106, Tony Campagna Jr., Chesapeake, Va., 946
107, Scott Newell, Deland, Fla., 938
108, Bryan Paul, Brooklyn, N.Y., 936
109, Anthony Moses, Dearborn Heights, Mich., 934
110, PJ Haggerty, Clovis, Calif., 931
111, Thomas Larsen, Assens, Denmark, 930
112, Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 925
113, Nick Kokenos, St. Clair Shores, Mich., 922
114, Edward VanDaniker Jr., Essex, Md., 919
115, Stevie Weber, Chalmette, La., 916
116, Robert Flunder IV, Toledo, Ohio, 903
117, Johnny Petraglia Jr., Youngstown, Ohio, 902
118, Christopher Brennan, Baltimore, Md., 896
119, Alex Medveditskov, Russia, and Andrew Featherstone, White Lake, Mich., 890
121, Jason Zook, Tampa, Fla., 880
122, Matt Mueller, Bay City, Mich., 879
123, Bill Oravecz, Mentor, Ohio, 877
124, Danial Cline, Lansing, Mich., 871
125, BJ Satkowski, Jackson, Mich., 863
126, Cassidy Schaub, Ashland, Ohio, 860
127, Terrence Haines II, Garden City, Mich., 847
128, Jack Nealon, Bowie, Md., 828
129, Ivo Raul Chiriboga, Miami, 822
130, Ed Campbell, Rochester Hills, Mich., 812
131, Brian DiCicco, Agawam, Mass., 802
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