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2009 GEICO PLASTIC BALL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT NOTES

2009 GEICO PLASTIC BALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Brunswick Zone Wheat Ridge
Wheat Ridge, Colo.
February 22, 2009

SUNDAY’S MATCH UPS
Semifinal #1: No. 4 Pete Weber vs. No. 8 Chris Barnes
Semifinal #2: No. 6 Mike Fagan vs. No. 15 Jeff Carter
Title Match: Winner of Semifinal #1 vs. Winner of Semifinal #2

2009 GEICO PLASTIC BALL CHAMPIONSHIP PRIZE BREAKDOWN
1st -- $25,000 (+ one-year exemption)
2nd -- $13,000
3rd -- $ 6,500
4th -- $ 5,500
Tournament Purse -- $180,000

Format:
- 64 bowlers bowl (2) seven-game qualifying blocks
- Cut to top 32
- Top 32 bowl best 4 out of 7 game single-elimination match play
- 16 advance
- Top 16 bowl best 4 out of 7 game single-elimination match play
- 8 advance
- Top 8 bowl best 4 out of 7 game single-elimination match play
- 4 advance to televised championship rounds

2009 GEICO PLASTIC BALL CHAMPIONSHIP – BY THE NUMBERS
Field Size – 134
PBA Entries – 107
Amateur Entries – 27

2009 GEICO PLASTIC BALL CHAMPIONSHIP – QUALIFYING AVERAGES
TQR
Amateurs – 186.18 (no equipment restrictions)
Non-Exempt Pro – 196.70 (no equipment restrictions)
Field Average – 193.4 (no equipment restrictions)
To make the cut to Round of 64 – 215.30

2009 GEICO PLASTIC BALL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT AVERAGES
Non-Exempt Bowler – 209.10 (Plastic Ball Only)
Exempt Bowler – 216.05 (Plastic Ball Only)
Amateur – 188.14 (Plastic Ball Only)

TODAY’S FINALISTS

SINGLE ELIMINATION MATCH PLAY FORMAT
No. 4 PETE WEBER
Qualified 4th, 232.86 Avg.
Match Play: 12-3, 225.40 Avg.
Round of 32: def. #29 Tom Hess (4-0)
Round of 16: def. #20 Brian Kretzer (4-0)
Round of 8: def. #28 Jack Jurek (4-3)

No. 8 CHRIS BARNES
Qualified 8th, 228.21 Avg.
Match Play: 12-4, 249.69 Avg.
Round of 32: def. #25 Brad Angelo (4-1)
Round of 16: def. #9 Jason Couch (4-2)
Round of 8: def. #1 Mike DeVaney (4-1)

No. 6 MIKE FAGAN
Qualified 6th, 231.00 Avg.
Match Play: 12-7, 225.21 Avg.
Round of 32: def. #27 Mike Machuga (4-2)
Round of 16: def. #22 Ryan Shafer (4-2)
Round of 8: def. #4 Brian Voss (4-3)

No. 15 JEFF CARTER
Qualified 15th, 224.43 Avg.
Match Play: 12-5, 233.88 Avg.
Round of 32: def. #18 Jason Sterner (4-1)
Round of 16: def. #2 Jason Belmonte (4-1)
Round of 8: def. #7 Robert Smith (4-3)

QUALIFYING, MATCH PLAY AND TOURNAMENT AVERAGES
Name Qualifying (Rank) Match Play Overall
Pete Weber 232.86 (4) 225.40 229.00
Chris Barnes 228.21 (8) 249.69 239.67
Mike Fagan 231.00 (6) 225.21 227.67
Jeff Carter 224.43 (15) 233.88 229.61

MATCH PLAY STATS FOR 2009 GEICO PLASTIC BALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Avg. Strike Pct. Spare Pct. w/splits
Pete Weber 225.40 58.82 84.38
Chris Barnes 249.69 76.63 73.81
Mike Fagan 225.21 63.89 68.57
Jeff Carter 233.88 64.95 83.87


AVERAGES IN WINS, LOSSES FOR 2009 GEICO PLASTIC BALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Wins Losses
Pete Weber 232.67 196.33
Chris Barnes 266.17 200.25
Mike Fagan 247.92 186.29
Jeff Carter 241.25 216.20

HIGHS AND LOWS - 2009 GEICO PLASTIC BALL CHAMPIONSHIP – QUALIFYING
Name High Game Low Game
Weber 299 (Gm. 9) 184 (Gm. 10)
Barnes 268 (Gm. 13) 177 (Gm. 2)
Fagan 279 (Gm. 7) 189 (Gm. 14)
Carter 279 (Gm. 11) 170 (Gm. 5)

HIGHS AND LOWS - 2009 GEICO PLASTIC BALL CHAMPIONSHIP – MATCH PLAY
Name High Game Low Game
Weber 258 (Rd. 32, Gm. 2) 178 (Rd 8, Gm. 1)
Barnes 290 (Rd. 16; Gm. 1) 181 (Rd 32; Gm. 4)
Fagan 279 (Rd. 8, Gm. 2) 166 (Rd. 8, Gm. 4)
Carter 268 (Rd. 32, Gm. 2) 189 (Twice; Rd. 32, Gm. 1; Rd. 32, Gm. 4)

FINALIST TITLES
NAME Total titles (45) Majors (10)
Pete Weber 34 8 (‘87 T of C, ‘88 U.S. Open, ’89 National
Champ., ‘91 U.S. Open, ’92 Touring Players
Championship, ’98 National Champ., ‘04 U.S.
Open, ‘07 U.S. Open)
Chris Barnes 10 2 (‘05 U.S. Open, ‘06 T of C)
Mike Fagan 1 (Doubles) 0
Jeff Carter 0 0