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2006–07 PBA Tour season

PBA Bowling Tour: 2006–07 Season
LeagueProfessional Bowlers Association
SportTen-pin bowling
DurationSeptember 26, 2006 – April 1, 2007
PBA Tour
Season MVPDoug Kent
PBA Tour seasons

This is the 2006–07 season in review for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour.[1] It was the Tour's 48th season and consisted of 21 events.

Season highlights

  • Walter Ray Williams Jr. broke Earl Anthony's PBA record for career standard titles with his 42nd win in the opening Dydo Japan Cup.[2] This win also gave him a title in 14 consecutive seasons, one short of Anthony's 1970–84 run.
  • The PBA's 17th and 18th televised 300 games were bowled this season: Tony Reyes rolled the first at the Motor City Classic; Ryan Shafer rolled the second at the Pepsi Championship.[3][4] Shafer's string of strikes was eventually snapped at 18, besting Paul Koehler's previous record of 15 consecutive strikes on TV over two matches (1995 U.S. Open).
  • Sean Rash became just the second bowler (Hugh Miller was the other) to win titles in his first three televised appearances.[5]
  • Doug Kent became just the sixth PBA player in history to win two major titles in a season, capturing the USBC Masters and Denny's World Championship en route to PBA Player of the Year honors.
  • In winning the 64th U.S. Open, Pete Weber tied Anthony's then-record of eight majors won (not counting ABC Masters titles before 2003) and, along with his father Dick Weber, became the only bowler to win four U.S. Open/BPAA All-Star titles since the inception of the PBA in 1958.[6]
  • In winning the season-ending PBA Tournament of Champions, Tommy Jones broke Dick Weber's 45-year-old record for the shortest time span between his 1st and 10th career titles (2 years, 6 months, 7 days).[7]
  • Norm Duke posted a 228.47 average, the highest ever for a PBA season.
  • The Motel 6 Roll To Riches event marked announcer Dave Ryan's final PBA event. Ryan would be replaced the following season by Rob Stone.

Awards and Leaders

Tournament results

  • Majors are noted in boldface.
Date Event City Oil pattern Winner (title #) Runner-up Score
Sep 26 Dydo Japan Cup Tokyo, Japan Standard Walter Ray Williams Jr. (42) Pete Weber 289–236
Oct 28 USBC Masters Milwaukee, WI Standard Doug Kent (8) Jack Jurek 277–230
Nov 5 Motor City Classic Taylor, MI Cheetah Tony Reyes (1) Wes Malott 255–238
Nov 12 Etonic Championship Cheektowaga, NY Shark Pete Weber (33) Doug Kent 247–196
Nov 19 Lake County Indiana Classic Hammond, IN Chameleon Norm Duke (24) Mika Koivuniemi 236–233
Nov 25 Discover Windy City Classic Vernon Hills, IL Scorpion Wes Malott (2) Chris Barnes 269–239
Dec 3 Ace Hardware Championship Wickliffe, OH Viper Tommy Jones (9) Wes Malott 222–221
Dec 10 Beltway Classic Baltimore, MD Cheetah Sean Rash (2) Parker Bohn III 279–225
Dec 17 Columbia 300 Classic West Babylon, NY Shark Norm Duke (25) Ryan Shafer 218–179
Jan 7 H&R Block Classic Reno, NV Chameleon Patrick Allen (8) Walter Ray Williams Jr. 255–247
Jan 14 Earl Anthony Medford Classic Medford, OR Scorpion Sean Rash (3) Brian Himmler 262–190
Jan 21 Dick Weber Open Fountain Valley Standard Jason Couch (14) Patrick Allen 258–236
Jan 28 Motel 6 Classic Henderson, NV Viper Jason Couch (15) Billy Oatman 236–228
Feb 4 Sun City Classic El Paso, TX Scorpion Mika Koivuniemi (7) Chris Barnes 214–185
Feb 11 GEICO Classic Irving, TX Shark Chris Barnes (8) John May 235–216
Feb 18 Go RV'ing Classic Council Bluffs, IA Chameleon Patrick Allen (9) Parker Bohn III 218–169
Feb 25 Bayer Classic Parkersburg, WV Cheetah Mike Mineman (1) Mike Machuga 223–202
Mar 4 64th U.S. Open North Brunswick, NJ U.S. Open Pete Weber (34) Wes Malott 210–204
Mar 18 Pepsi Championship Indianapolis, IN Viper Norm Duke (26) Ryan Shafer 235–219
Mar 25 Denny's World Championship Wyoming, MI World Champ. Doug Kent (9) Chris Barnes 237–216
Apr 1 PBA Tournament of Champions Uncasville, CT T of C Tommy Jones (10) Tony Reyes 257–222

Other events

Motel 6 Roll To Riches

Doug Kent capped his Player of the Year honors with a defeat of Norm Duke, six strikes to three.[9] Kent previously survived a sudden-death rolloff against Walter Ray Williams Jr. to advance to the final.

GEICO All-Star Shootout

Norm Duke & Walter Ray Williams Jr. won this event, held outdoors in Eureka, MO, defeating Tony Reyes and Robert Smith as they posted a 6-1 tournament record. This was the PBA's first outdoor event since 2001.[10]

References

  1. ^ "2006–2007 Season Schedule". PBA.
  2. ^ "A New Standard". PBA. September 25, 2006.
  3. ^ "Tony the Tiger". PBA. November 4, 2006.
  4. ^ "Duke Does it Again". PBA. March 17, 2007.
  5. ^ "Three-for-Three". PBA. January 13, 2007.
  6. ^ "Like Father, Like Son". PBA. March 3, 2007.
  7. ^ "Tommy Jones bio". PBA.
  8. ^ "Earnings: 2006–2007 Season". PBA.
  9. ^ "Kent Rolls to Riches". PBA. April 14, 2007.
  10. ^ "Duke, Williams Win Shootout". PBA. July 21, 2007.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBA_Bowling_Tour:_2006-07_season