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04-23-2009, 05:30 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Corey Kistner ● Professional Bowlers Association
Corey.kistner@pba.com ● (206) 276-6152
PBA’s Top Senior Players Return to Dayton, Ohio
For PBA Senior Dayton Classic
SEATTLE, Wash. (April 23, 2009) – A field of approximately 150 of the world’s top professional senior bowlers, including several of the Professional Bowlers Association’s all-time 50 greatest players, will compete in the PBA Senior Dayton Classic April 25-28 at Capri Bowling Lanes in Dayton, Ohio.
Among the 50 greatest players scheduled to compete in Dayton are John Petraglia, Manalapan, N.J.; Tom Baker, King, N.C.; Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla.; Steve Cook, Granite Bay, Calif., and Wayne Webb, Sacramento, Calif. In his first year of eligibility, 24-time PBA Tour titlist and Hall of Famer Brian Voss of Alpharetta, Ga., will make his Senior Dayton Classic debut.
Other notables in the field are PBA Hall of Famers Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas; Roy Buckley, Westerville, Ohio and 10-time Senior Tour champion Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla.; Dayton Classic defending champion Keith Sharp, Orlando, Fla., and Ron Mohr of Eagle River, Alaska, who won the Senior Tour’s season opener in Jackson, Mich., on Tuesday.
The Dayton stop is the second of 12 events held throughout the spring and summer as the Senior Tour celebrates its 29th season.
Competition begins with eight-game qualifying blocks on April 26-27 at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. The field will then be cut to the top 32 players who will advance to best-of-five match play beginning April 28 at 9 a.m. Match play continues all day on April 28 with the Round of 8 and championship rounds scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Practice and pro-ams will take place on April 25.
The Senior Tour summer 2009 schedule will include three majors – the USBC Senior Masters, the PBA Senior U.S. Open and the new PBA Senior World Championship – along with nine standard events.
For more information on the PBA Senior Tour, visit the Senior Tour section on pba.com.
2009 PBA SENIOR DAYTON CLASSIC SCHEDULE
Capri Lanes, Dayton, Ohio
Saturday, April 25
9 a.m. – A squad practice
11:30 a.m. – B squad practice
2, 4, 6 p.m. – Pro-ams
Sunday, April 26
9 a.m. - A squad qualifying (8 games)
4 p.m. – B squad qualifying (8 games)
Monday, April 27
9 a.m. - B squad qualifying (8 games)
4 p.m. – A squad qualifying (8 games)
Field cut to top 32
Tuesday, April 28
9 a.m. – Round of 32 match play (best-of-five) with additional match play rounds at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m. - Round of 8 (best-of-three)
Semifinal Round (one game) immediately following
Championship (one game) immediately following
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.
Contact: Corey Kistner ● Professional Bowlers Association
Corey.kistner@pba.com ● (206) 276-6152
PBA’s Top Senior Players Return to Dayton, Ohio
For PBA Senior Dayton Classic
SEATTLE, Wash. (April 23, 2009) – A field of approximately 150 of the world’s top professional senior bowlers, including several of the Professional Bowlers Association’s all-time 50 greatest players, will compete in the PBA Senior Dayton Classic April 25-28 at Capri Bowling Lanes in Dayton, Ohio.
Among the 50 greatest players scheduled to compete in Dayton are John Petraglia, Manalapan, N.J.; Tom Baker, King, N.C.; Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla.; Steve Cook, Granite Bay, Calif., and Wayne Webb, Sacramento, Calif. In his first year of eligibility, 24-time PBA Tour titlist and Hall of Famer Brian Voss of Alpharetta, Ga., will make his Senior Dayton Classic debut.
Other notables in the field are PBA Hall of Famers Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas; Roy Buckley, Westerville, Ohio and 10-time Senior Tour champion Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla.; Dayton Classic defending champion Keith Sharp, Orlando, Fla., and Ron Mohr of Eagle River, Alaska, who won the Senior Tour’s season opener in Jackson, Mich., on Tuesday.
The Dayton stop is the second of 12 events held throughout the spring and summer as the Senior Tour celebrates its 29th season.
Competition begins with eight-game qualifying blocks on April 26-27 at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. The field will then be cut to the top 32 players who will advance to best-of-five match play beginning April 28 at 9 a.m. Match play continues all day on April 28 with the Round of 8 and championship rounds scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Practice and pro-ams will take place on April 25.
The Senior Tour summer 2009 schedule will include three majors – the USBC Senior Masters, the PBA Senior U.S. Open and the new PBA Senior World Championship – along with nine standard events.
For more information on the PBA Senior Tour, visit the Senior Tour section on pba.com.
2009 PBA SENIOR DAYTON CLASSIC SCHEDULE
Capri Lanes, Dayton, Ohio
Saturday, April 25
9 a.m. – A squad practice
11:30 a.m. – B squad practice
2, 4, 6 p.m. – Pro-ams
Sunday, April 26
9 a.m. - A squad qualifying (8 games)
4 p.m. – B squad qualifying (8 games)
Monday, April 27
9 a.m. - B squad qualifying (8 games)
4 p.m. – A squad qualifying (8 games)
Field cut to top 32
Tuesday, April 28
9 a.m. – Round of 32 match play (best-of-five) with additional match play rounds at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m. - Round of 8 (best-of-three)
Semifinal Round (one game) immediately following
Championship (one game) immediately following
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.