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02-03-2009, 01:24 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Mike Jakubowski | PR/Media Relations

Professional Bowlers Association | 719 Second Avenue, Suite 701 | Seattle, WA 98104

Tel: 800.903.0930 | Fax: 206.332.9722 | mike.jakubowski@pba.com





Pro Bowling Glance



LUMBER LIQUIDATORS PBA TOUR

Event: Denny’s Dick Weber Open

When: Wednesday-Sunday

Where: Fountain Bowl (60 lanes) in Fountain Valley, Cal.

Purse: $175,000, winner’s share: $35,000

Television: ESPN (Live Sunday 1 p.m. ET)

Online: Xtra Frame on pba.com (Live Friday, Round of 24, 9 p.m. ET)

Last Year: Mike Scroggins broke an eight-game television losing streak and won the Motel 6 Dick Weber Open to win his fourth PBA Title.

Last Event: Patrick Allen won the H&R Block Tournament of Champions on Jan. 25 to capture his second career Major title and 12th career Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour title.



PBA WOMEN’S SERIES

Last Event: Liz Johnson teamed with Norm Duke to win the Don and Paula Carter Mixed Doubles Championship at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev.

Next Event: The six PBA Women’s Series Champions will meet in the PBA Women’s Series Showdown presented by the USBC on ESPN Sunday April 12 from 1-3 p.m. ET.





About the PBA

The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) features the best bowlers in the world competing in National, Regional and Senior Tour events and will award over $4.3 million in prize money during the 2008-09 Lumber Liquidators PBA National Tour. The organization has more than 4,000 members spanning 13 countries, and nearly one million viewers tune-in to watch the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour every Sunday on ESPN throughout the season. PBA sponsors include Bayer, Brunswick, CLR, Denny's, Etonic, Flomax, GEICO, Go RVing, H&R Block, Lumber Liquidators, Motel 6, Pepsi-Cola and the USBC, among others. For more information on the PBA, log on to www.pba.com. This season marks the 50th Anniversary of the PBA Tour.