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Bowling News USA - January 22, 2010 Weber, Malott and Page In Battle Royal at Tournament of Champions...

 

 

Tony Reyes of San Bruno, Calif., who won his only Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour title in 2006, averaged 225.5 in the first round of match play to take the lead in the 45th PBA Tournament of Champions Thursday at Red Rock Lanes.

Reyes finished the fourth round with a 32-game total of 7,483 and a 5-3 match play record to hold an 11-pin lead over PBA Hall of Famer and Storm staffer Pete Weber in second, and a 32-pin lead over reigning Player of the Year and Roto Grip staffer Wes Malott in third. Storm's Rhino Page, who led the first three rounds, trails by 52 pins in fourth.

Weber, tied for third all-time with 34 Tour titles, is trying for his ninth major. He is currently tied for second with Mike Aulby in career majors with eight. Earl Anthony is the all-time leader with 10 major titles.

“It’s been awhile since I’ve won but for the last year I’ve been happy with my game,” Weber said. “There’s no secret here but just to stay focused, stay calm and make the right adjustments when I need to.”

Kelly Kulick of Union, N.J., the only woman in the Tournament of Champions field, finished the day in fifth with a 7,376 32-game total and a 4-3-1 match play record. Kulick is making a serious bid to become the first woman to win a Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour title. The best previous finish by a woman in a Tour event is second by Liz Johnson in 2005.

The 24-player field will bowl two more eight-game match play rounds Friday, after which the top four will advance to Sunday’s stepladder finals that will air live on ESPN at 1 p.m. Eastern (10 a.m. Pacific).

Other past Tournament of Champions winners in the field of 24 are Jason Couch (1999, 2000, 2002) who is trying to become the first four-time winner, tied for ninth with 2007 winner Tommy Jones; two-time winner Mark Williams (1985, 1988), 11th; Chris Barnes (2006), seventh; Bryan Goebel (1998), 18th and Wayne Webb (1980), 22nd.

All-time PBA Tour win leader Walter Ray Williams Jr. (46) is in 16th and needs a Tournament of Champions win to complete PBA’s Triple Crown, Grand Slam and Super Slam.

PBA TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS
Red Rock Lanes, Las Vegas, Nev.
Jan. 21, 2009

Fourth Round (after 32 games, including match play records and bonus pins)

1, Tony Reyes, San Bruno, Calif., 5-3-0, 7,483
2, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 5-3-0, 7,472 (Storm)
3, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 6-2-0, 7,451 (Roto Grip)
4, Rhino Page, Dade City, Fla., 3-5-0, 7,431 (Storm)
5, Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., 4-3-1, 7,376
6, Mike Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y., 2-6-0, 7,303
7, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 6-2-0, 7,265
8, Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan., 6-2-0, 7,263
9, Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla., 5-2-1, 7,214
Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 4-4-0, 7,214
11, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 4-4-0, 7,158
12, Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 4-4-0, 7,099
13, Dave Wodka, Chatsworth, Calif., 4-4-0, 7,052
14, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 4-4-0, 7,032
15, John Nolen, Grand Blanc, Mich., 4-4-0, 7,027
16, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 4-4-0, 7,017
17, Ritchie Allen, Columbia, S.C., 2-6-0, 7,009
18, Bryan Goebel, Shawnee, Kan., 4-4-0, 7,005
19, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., 5-3-0, 6,984
20, Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill., 3-5-0, 6,974
21, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 2-6-0, 6,900
22, Wayne Webb, Sacramento, Calif., 1-7-0, 6,898
23, Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 4-4-0, 6,888
24, Joe Ciccone, Buffalo, N.Y., 4-4-0, 6,870

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