Don Sylvia (pictured) of Reno, Nev., defeated
J.P. Muller of Gervais, Ore., 209-173, to win his third career Professional Bowlers Association Senior Tour title in the PBA Senior Northern California Classic at Harvest Park Bowl Wednesday. Sylvia, who won his last title in the Lake County Indiana Open in Hammond, Ind., three years ago, earned $8,000 while Muller, a non-titlist bowling in only his seventh Senior Tour event, won $4,500 as runner-up. The PBA Senior Tour now heads to Las Vegas, Nev., for back-to-back major
championships.
Reigning PBA Senior Tour Player of the Year Ron Mohr (l.) of Eagle River, Alaska, held onto a two-pin lead at the end of qualifying Tuesday in the PBA Senior Northern California Classic at Harvest Park Bowl. Mohr finished the 16 games of qualifying with a 3,624 total, two pins ahead of four-time PBA Senior Tour Player of the Year Tom Baker (r.) of King, N.C., as the top 32 players headed into Wednesday's single-elimination match play finals.
PBA Hall of Famer and two-time defending champion Wayne Webb (pictured) will attempt to become the first three-time winner of the PBA Senior U.S. Open presented by Suncoast when the 2010 edition is conducted June 6-11 at the Suncoast Bowling Center in Las Vegas. In 2009 Webb successfully defended his Senior U.S. Open title by defeating Brian Voss, 214-188, in the championship match. In 2008 he defeated top qualifier Johnny Petraglia, 204-172, for his first PBA Senior Tour title.
Reigning PBA Senior Tour Player of the Year Ron Mohr (l.) of Eagle River, Alaska, averaged 234 to take the first round lead in the PBA Senior Northern California Classic at Harvest Park Bowl Monday. Mohr, who is trying for his fourth career title and first of 2010, rolled games of 215, 274, 233, 241, 249, 257, 216 and 190 for an eight-game total of 1,875 pins and a nine-pin lead over Harry Sullins (r.) of Chesterfield Township, Mich.
The PBA Senior Tour resumes action May 30 with a stop in Northern California followed by two Senior majors, the Senior U.S. Open presented by Suncoast and the United States Bowling Congress Senior Masters - both to be conducted in Las Vegas. Walter Ray Williams Jr. (l.) and defending champion Dale Traber (r.) head a list of more than 100 players scheduled to compete in the Senior Northern California Classic at Harvest Park Bowl in Brentwood May 30-June 2.
Recently-crowned Professional Bowlers Association Player of the Year Walter Ray Williams Jr. (pictured) of Ocala, Fla., picked up where he left off at the conclusion of the 2009-10 Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour season in April by winning the Senior Miller High Life Classic Wednesday at George Pappas Victory Lanes. Making his PBA Senior Tour debut, Williams, the PBA Tour's all-time leader in career titles with 47, notched his first Senior Tour win by defeating Keith Sharp of Orlando, Fla., 267-245 in the championship match.
With a 240.6 16-game overall average, 2009 PBA Senior World Championship winner Harry Sullins (l.) moved into the lead after the second round Tuesday in the PBA Senior Miller High Life Classic at George Pappas Victory Lanes as the 156-player field was cut to the top 32. Sullins held a 16-pin lead over John Pepper Jr. of Albuquerque, N.M., in second and a 31-pin lead over 2008 USBC Senior Masters winner Kenny Parks (r.) of Hammond, Ind., in third.
Keith Sharp (l.) of Orlando, Fla., averaged 247.7 to lead after the first round Monday in the PBA Senior Miller High Life Classic at George Pappas Victory Lanes. Reigning PBA Player of the Year Walter Ray Williams Jr. (r.), making his Senior Tour debut, finished the round in 11th with a 1,861 pinfall (232.6 average). The 157-player field will bowl another eight-game qualifying round on
Tuesday after which the field will be cut to the top 32 players 
Reigning PBA Senior Player of the Year Ron Mohr (pictured) of Eagle River, Alaska, set three PBA Senior Tour records Monday on his way to the second-round lead in the PBA Senior Columbus Open at HP Lanes. Mohr had a record 16-game overall pinfall of 4,243 after Monday's second qualifying round for a 265.1 average. The 134-player field has been cut to the top 32 players who will advance to best-of-five match play beginning Tuesday at 9 a.m. Eastern. 
The PBA Senior Tour kicks off its 30th season April 17-20 in Dayton, Ohio, when more than 100 of the world's top senior professional bowlers compete in the PBA Senior Dayton Classic at Capri Lanes. Returning to Dayton will be defending champion Ron Mohr (pictured left) of Eagle River, Alaska, who used last year's Dayton event as a springboard in earning his first Senior Player of the Year honor. Mohr defeated PBA Hall of Famer and Senior Tour "rookie" Brian Voss of Alpharetta, Ga., 211-206, in the championship match.
The Professional Bowlers Association has announced its nine-tournament PBA Senior Tour schedule for 2010 beginning with the PBA Senior Dayton Classic April 17-20 and ending with the PBA Senior Jackson Open Aug. 21-24. The schedule will once again include two majors, the PBA Senior U.S. Open presented by the Suncoast and the United States Bowling Congress Senior Masters, which will be conducted June 6-11 and June 13-18, respectively.
Ron Mohr (l.) of Eagle River, Alaska, the PBA Senior Tour's only three-time winner in 2009, has been selected as PBA Senior Tour Player of the Year by a panel of veteran bowling writers and his fellow competitors. Brian Voss (r.) of Alpharetta, Ga., has been elected as the PBA Senior Tour's 2009 Rookie of the Year and veteran Senior Tour competitor Larry Graybeal of Elizabethton, Tenn., is the winner of the second PBA Dick Weber Sportsmanship Award.
A roster of more than 30 of the world’s top bowling stars, including the finalists in the PBA Women’s and Senior World Championships is set for a grand finale television weekend Saturday and Sunday Sept 5 and 6 to conclude the five-week PBA World Series of Bowling. Thunderbowl’s Arena Bay in Detroit will come full circle as the site for six ESPN television events at noon, 3:30 and 7 p.m. each day. These scores may not have been broadcast on television yet. 
Reigning Professional Bowlers Association Player of the Year Wes Malott (pictured left) of Pflugerville, Texas, will get his chance to win the PBA World Championship and his first Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour major title on Dec. 13 at Northrock Lanes in Wichita, Kan. Thomas Smallwood, Rhino Page and Bill O'Neill also advanced to the finals on Dec. 13. Earning berths in the Women's World Championships title match were Shannon Pluhowsky and Kelly Kulick. Harry Sullins and Hugh Miller are the Senior World Championships finalists.