Sunday, February 18, 2007
Lefty's Rule the RV...
Though the debate over who is the best left-handed bowler on the Denny’s PBA Tour will never end, Patrick Allen can lay stake to that claim for at least one week. In a final round featuring the top three lefties currently on Tour, Allen captured his ninth career Denny’s PBA Tour title and second this season with a 218-169 win over Parker Bohn III Sunday to win the 2007 Go RVing Classic at Thunderbowl. Allen took advantage of some uncharacteristic mistakes by the 30-time titlist and PBA Hall of Famer Bohn, who missed a 7-pin conversion in the 5th frame and left a 6-8 split and opened in the 8th frame to give the top-seeded Allen the breaks he needed. As the top seed, Allen exacted some revenge in stepladder finals. The previous three times a top seed had won in the stepladder format, Allen was the victim in the title match including this season’s 2007 Dick Weber Open where he fell to Jason Couch in the title match. Allen took home $25,000 for the win while Bohn earned $13,000 for second. Couch took home $6,500 for third, Kalfas earned $5,500 for 4th while Edwards earned $5,000 for 5th.The Denny’s PBA Tour heads to Parkersburg, W.Va. next week for the 2007 Bayer Classic at Emerson Lanes, Feb. 21-25. The live ESPN televised finals take place Sunday, Feb. 25 at 12:30 p.m. EST.
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Patrick Allen must have thought it was his "birthday" with the "gift" Parker Bohn gave him today! Imagine winning a tour title just having to beat a 168 in the final match! It gives all us amateurs the idea we could be the next tour stop winner if given such a chance. Of course there is the grueling three days of qualifying/elimination matches on tricky surfaces against the best competition followed by televised finals under a microscope with hot t.v. lights, commercial breaks and....I think I'll stick to my handicap league...thanks anyway.
I second that Mr. Z!
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