Tim Kauble (pictured left) of Marion, Ohio, averaged 235.6 to take the first round lead in the PBA Senior Don Carter Memorial Open presented by Ebonite Sunday at Carter Family Bowl.
Kauble, trying for his second Senior Tour title, had a 1,414 six-game pinfall total and an average of 235.67. Right behind Kauble are PBA Hall of Famers Dale Eagle of Tavares, Fla., in second with 1,402, and Walter Ray Williams Jr. of Ocala, Fla., in third with 1,393. Qualifying continues Monday and Tuesday after which the 106-player field will be cut to the top 32.
PBA Hall of Famer Johnny Petraglia (l.) became the first player in PBA history to win a national tour or senior tour title in six decades by winning the PBA Senior Dayton Classic presented by Roto Grip Thursday at Capri Lanes. Petraglia, who won his eighth career Senior Tour title, also ended a three-year drought without a win by defeating reigning Senior Player of the Year Ron Mohr (r.) of Eagle River, Alaska, 220-204, in the title match.
Trying for his second PBA Senior Tour title of the season, rookie Lennie Boresch Jr. (l.) of Kenosha, Wis., retained his lead after the second round of the PBA Senior Dayton Classic presented by Roto Grip. Boresch completed qualifying with a 3,869 (241.81 average) 16-game pinfall total to top the 32 players who advanced to Thursday's match play. Boresch holds a 16-pin lead over Sammy Ventura (r.) of Syracuse, N.Y., in second with 3,853. 
Arizona's Josh Blanchard (l.) is the 2011-12 PBA Harry Golden Rookie of the Year and Sweden's Martin Larsen (r.) the Steve Nagy Sportsmanship Award winner, the Professional Bowlers Association announced Wednesday. PBA Commissioner Tom Clark also announced that Australia's Jason Belmonte, Mike Fagan of Dallas and Sean Rash of Montgomery, Ill., are the finalists for the 2011-12 Chris Schenkel PBA Player of the Year award.
The 13th annual Luci Bonneau Memorial Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles Tournament, the nation's most popular combination of high-level competitive bowling and fund-raising, returns to Palace Lanes in Houston, Texas, July 21-22, where it will receive PBA Regional title status and live online coverage on Xtra Frame for the first time in 2012. The tournament, founded by Donna Conners, honors her long-time friend and fellow PWBA competitor who lost her life to breast cancer.
After two tournaments Lennie Boresch Jr. of Kenosha, Wis., has already experienced the highs and lows of competing on the PBA Senior Tour. He won the opening tournament of the season in his Senior Tour debut but could only manage a 46th-place finish in the next tournament he entered. But the 50-year-old pro shop owner and recent inductee into the USBC Hall of Fame was able to get back on track Tuesday by averaging 250.5 to take the first round lead in the PBA Senior Dayton Classic presented by Roto Grip at Capri Lanes.
Rob Gotterbarn (left) first experienced PBA-level competition as a 19-year-old amateur when he bowled his first PBA East Region tournament in 2010. The Garden City South, N.Y., resident finished 39th, out of the money. He tried again in 2011, when he improved to 37th – still short of the cash line, but closer. Then the former St. John's University collegiate bowler tried the 2012 U.S. Open, finishing in a tie for 80th place and picking up his first PBA check – for $1,145. It was a turning point.
In only his third tournament on the PBA Senior Tour, Bob Learn Jr. (l.) of Erie, Pa., won the PBA Senior Mooresville Classic presented by Columbia Wednesday for his first Senior Tour title. Learn, who won five PBA Tour titles including the 1999 U.S. Open in a 15-year PBA Tour career, defeated Ron Profitt (r.) of Brookville, Ohio, 203-196, in the championship match at George Pappas Victory Lanes.
Wayne Webb (pictured) relied on his arsenal of bowling equipment once again to help him retain the lead after the second round of the PBA Senior Mooresville Classic presented by Columbia Tuesday at George Pappas Victory Lanes. Webb, an innovator in using knowledge of bowling ball mechanics and drilling layouts to achieve desired ball reaction, led with a 3,969 16-game overall pinfall total (248 average). Webb heads a field of 32 players who advanced to Wednesday's match play rounds. 
Averaging 250.8 PBA Hall of Famer Wayne Webb (l.) captured the first round lead in the PBA Senior Mooresville Classic presented by Columbia Monday at George Pappas Victory Lanes. Bowling in his first Senior Tour event of the season, Webb bowled a 2,007 pinfall total with games of 196, 278, 238, 255, 249, 299, 204 and 288. He holds a 36-pin lead over one-time Senior Tour titlist Mike Henry of Brunswick, Ohio in second with 1,971. Five-time PBA Tour winner Bob Learn Jr. of Erie, Pa., is in third with 1,931.
Live Xtra Frame programming returns May 15-17 with coverage of the PBA Senior Dayton Classic presented by Roto Grip from Capri Lanes in Dayton, Ohio. Xtra Frame, the PBA’s exclusive online bowling channel, will coverage qualifying rounds at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 15, and Wednesday, May 16, along with full coverage of round-robin match play rounds on Thursday at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m., leading into the four-player stepladder finals at 7 p.m. All times are Eastern.
Rebounding from a tough 2011-12 PBA Tour season and coping with the emotions resulting from his father's recent passing, Walter Ray Williams Jr. (r.) persevered to win the PBA Senior Don Carter Memorial Open presented by Ebonite Wednesday for his third career Senior Tour title. Williams defeated Bo Goergen of Sanford, Mich., in the championship at Carter Family Bowl, 247-217, marking his first Senior Tour win since the Senior Mark Roth Allentown Open in May of 2011.
Bob Learn Jr. (pictured) of Erie, Pa., the winner of five PBA Tour titles including the 1999 U.S. Open, topped a field of 32 players Tuesday who advanced to match play in the PBA Senior Don Carter Memorial Open presented by Ebonite. Learn, a rookie on the Senior Tour, led after third round qualifying with a 4,072 18-game pinfall total (226.2 average) to hold a six-pin lead over Hall of Famer Walter Ray Williams Jr. of Ocala, Fla., whose father passed away Tuesday morning as a result of a lengthy illness.
In his second tournament on the PBA Senior Tour, Hall of Famer Amleto Monacelli (l.) moved to the top of the leaderboard Monday after second-round qualifying in the PBA Senior Don Carter Memorial Open presented by Ebonite. The Venezuela native finished the day with a 2,734 12-game pinfall total (227.8 average) to hold a narrow four-pin lead over fellow Hall of Famer Walter Ray Williams Jr. (r.) of Ocala, Fla., in second with 2,730.
The 2011-12 PBA Tour season turned into one of the most compelling season-long battles for Chris Schenkel Player of the Year honors in history as a group of stars battled in PBA major championships and events around the world. The three leading vote-getters will be
announced on Wednesday, May 16, followed by the first-ever live
announcement of the winner on PBA’s Xtra Frame on
Monday, May 28.
This week will be one not soon forgotten for PBA Senior Tour rookie Lennie Boresch Jr. (right) of Kenosha, Wis. In his Senior Tour debut, Boresch defeated 2011 Senior Rookie of the Year Ricky Beck of Box Elder, S.D., 278-266, to win the PBA Senior Sun Bowl In The Villages presented by Storm Tuesday at Spanish Springs Lanes. Then, it's on to Arlington, Texas, where Boresch will be inducted into the United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame on Thursday.