PBA Tournament of Champions Round One and Two

S. Samek

It’s the last major tournament of the PBA year this week at the Tournament of Champions. Here is what went down during the first day of qualifying rounds one and two a total of 12 games.

Round 1

Marshell Kent took the lead after the first six games. Kent finished the round averaging 231. 5 with a total of 1389. Dick Allen was next with a 1364 round, followed by Kyle Sherman just a pin behind. Bill O’Neill is in fourth, just a pin behind Sherman. Then in fifth is Eric Jones.

The cut is to the top 24 and the final spot is held by EJ Tackett, the winner of the last two tour events. Defending champion Jason Belmonte is in 29th place after six games. No 300 games were shot during the first round of qualifying.

Round 2

Kent was able to maintain the lead during round two. He totaled 2740 for the 12 games to average 228 for the first day of qualifying. BJ Moore climbed into second place during round two. O’Neill moved into third after finishing round one in fourth place. Matt Ogle shot a pair of 240 plus games during the round to move into fourth place. Anthony Simonsen is in fifth after two rounds.

Tackett climbed from the cut line to seventh place. He was aided by a 300 game during game 12 to put him more solidly in the cut. Sherman fell from the top five to eighth place. Belmonte remains in 29th place even six games later.

Nathan Bohr holds 24th place now, the last spot to make the cut. Though he is only one pin ahead of Francois Lavoie in 25th place.

The final qualifying round of six games takes place today. Then after the 18 games they will cut to the top 24 bowlers for match play.