PBA Tour Trials Wrap up ahead of 2025 Tour Start

S. Samek

The PBA Tour held their Tour Trials this week. The event gives the top 12 finishers an exemption to the PBA Tour for the 2025 season. An exemption gives the players priority entry for PBA events, no entry fee and the chance to be drafted for a PBA Elite League Team.

The event consisted of 48 games across four different oil patterns. Let’s meet the 12 that qualified for the exemptions.

In 12th place is Chris Solan who finished at plus 897. He held off challenges from David Northouse and Frank Snodgrass, who finished at plus 888 and plus 887 in finishing 13th and 14th place.

In 11th place was Chris Nadeau at plus 908, while 10th place was Andrew Hall by four pins at plus 912. Nathan Bohr was 20 pins better at plus 932 to finish ninth.

Bailey Mavrick finished eighth just nine pins behind Cam Crowe for seventh. Kim Bolleby finished sixth with plus 965 pins.

The top five all finished with scores over plus 1,000 pins. Ryan Barnes finished in fifth with plus 1,078 over 100 pins ahead of Bolleby.

Nate Purchase shot 300 on route to finishing fourth. Tim Foy Jr. finished in third over 100 pins better than Purchase at plus 1,237.

Brandon Runk finished as the runner up averaging 226 and finishing at plus 1,291.

Hayden Stippich won the event finishing at plus 1,317 averaging 227 to tkae the top spot and earn an exemption.

The tours next event is the Storm Lucky Larsen Masters. It takes place from August 23, 2024, to September 1st 2024.