PBA Xtra QUIZ ANSWERS
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None other than the winningest player in PBA Tour history, Walter Ray Williams Jr. He captured the
2009 Motor City Open at Taylor Lanes in Taylor, Mich., before the inaugural WSOB moved to Thunderbowl in nearby Allen Park for the rest of its run.
Shannon Pluhowsky and Kelly Kulick. Each won two PBA Women’s Series titles at that event, Pluhowsky
in the Women’s Chameleon and Scorpion Championships, and Kulick in the Women’s Shark and World Championships.
Each required the finalists to wait at least two months between qualifying for the TV finals and bowling the
TV finals. In 2009, the championship round was conducted four-and-a-half months after the World Series, at Northrock Lanes in Wichita, Kan. In 2010, the top eight qualifiers returned to South Point two months after the World Series for the longest stepladder round in PBA history, televised over three days on ESPN. The 2010 PBA World Championship actually ended in 2011.
Jason Belmonte and Bill O’Neill, with three titles each. Belmonte won all of his in a single year (2011), while
O’Neill spread his out, winning single titles in 2009, 2010 and 2012.
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Even though Jason Belmonte has earned $40,000-and-change more, Sean Rash has out-averaged Belmo by just
under a pin, 224.10-223.12.
Wes Malott and Norm Duke teamed up to win the Mark Roth-Marshall Holman Doubles Championship, after bowlers from
Australia, England, Finland and Colombia claimed all of the individual titles.
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In 2013, Greg Young won the Teen Masters Grand Championship, which took place during the WSOB. Young received a college
scholarship valued at $64,000.
In 2010, Yong-Jin Gu of Korea won the Scorpion Championship, just before Osku Palermaa of Finland captured the GEICO Shark
Championship.
Not only does a woman top the WSOB Cheetah average list, but an international woman player: Clara Guerrero. The native of Colombia has
rolled at a 243.6 clip for 15 games. Among players with at least 50 Cheetah games, Norm Duke is the leader at 240.78.
The 2009 Cheetah Championship did not utilize a traditional stepladder format. A single- elimination match play bracket was used
throughout, and in the best-of-seven title match, Norm Duke defeated Ryan Ciminelli, 4-1.
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