Couch Wins Title #12

Jason Couch defeated Joe Ciccone in the final match to win the PBA Chicago Classic. This is Jasons's twelfth Professional Bowlers Association national tour title. The win moves Couch to the #4 ranking Position.

Joe ciccone finished second and climbed ten spots to take over the #14 ranking spot.

Parker Bohn III bowled his way to a third place finish and moves back into the top ten in Rankings.

Norm Duke finished fourth after bowling his second consecutive ESPN televised finals. Duke now sits in the #3 ranking.

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Scroggins Wins Masters! Jones back on Top

Mike Scroggins defeated PBA legend and hall of famer Norm Duke to claim the 2005 USBC Masters Title and a $100,000 paycheck.

The win moves Scroggins up to the #7 position on the ProRankings chart.

Tommy Jones moved back into the #1 ranking position with his fifth place finish. Patrick Allen struggled this week and failed to cash. Allen and Jones have been flip-flopping in and out of the #1 spot since the season started.

Duke's strong second place finish moves him up two spots to #4.

Finishing third this week was amateur bowler Art Brown (#74). Ken Muscato, another amateur player, finished fourth and debuts on the ProRankings chart at #86.

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The complete standings for this years United States Bowling Congress Masters can be found HERE.

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Four players advance to TV finals at USBC Masters

bowl.com (11/18/05)

After three long days of competition at AMF Bowlero Lanes in suburban Milwaukee, the field at the United States Bowling Congress Masters has been whittled down from 467 bowlers to four hopeful competitors.

Amateur southpaws Art Brown of Lansing, Mich., and Ken Muscato of Canandaigua, N.Y., will join tour veterans Norm Duke of Clermont, Fla., and Mike Scroggins of Amarillo, Texas, in Sunday's finals, which will be televised live on ESPN from the U.S. Cellular Arena in downtown Milwaukee at 1 p.m. (12 central).

Brown and Duke both have made it through the winners' bracket unscathed and a three-game match between the two will determine the top seed for the TV show. The loser will meet the winner of the Scroggins-Muscato match to determine the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds for the show. The loser of the Scroggins-Muscato battle will be the No. 4 seed.

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ProRankings
Going into this week:

Norm Duke (Ranked #6)
Mike Scroggins (Ranked #19)
Art Brown (Ranked #115)
Ken Muscato (unranked)

Machuga Wins!

Mike Machuga bowled his way to his first Professional Bowlers Association Title. Mike defeated rookie Bill O'Neill 256-245 in the final match to claim the title and a $40,000 paycheck.

Wes Malott, seeking his second title in two weeks, lost to O'Neill in the first match. Machuga defeated 4-time titlist David Traber in his semi-final match.

Machuga's win moves him up in the ProRankings from #22 up to #7.

The only change to the top 5 this week was for the #1 position. Tommy Jones sat out this tournament due to the birth of his daughter. This allowed Patrick Allen to retake the #1 ProRanking.

Other top 50 bowlers who climbed up in the rankings include; Mike Devaney from #12 to #9; Doug Kent from #33 to #28; David Traber from #38 to #31; Pete Weber from #43 to #38; Eugene McCune from #52 to #44; Chris Loschetter from #58 to #49.

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HERE is the complete results of the Greater Omaha Classic (pba.com).

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Malott Advances to Fourth Straight Telecast

The field is set for the finals of the Professional Bowlers Association Greater Omaha Classic. Wes Malott (#5) will take on Bill O'Neill (#66). The winner of that match will bowl for the title against the winner of the second semi-final match; Dave Traber (#38) vs. Mike Machuga (#22).

Wes Malott will be making his fourth consecutive television finals appearance while Bill O'Neill will be making his first ever TV appearance.

related news:
pba.com: Malott Magnificent Again

In the round of eight Wes Malott defeated one of bowlings all time greatest players, Pete Weber. The high scoring match went the full seven games:
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Tommy Jones Becomes A Father

On November 9th Tommy Jones wife (Kristen) gave birth to a healthy baby girl.

Tommy will sit out this weeks Professional Bowlers Associations Greater Omaha Classic. By not bowling in this tournament it is likely that Jones will surrender his #1 ranking. It's probable that Patrick Allen will take over the #1 ProRanking. However, if Allen has a bad week then Mika Koivuniemi and Chris Barnes have a chance if they bowl their way to a high finish.

High scores are prevalent this week. Amateur bowler Rick Miller led this weeks PTQ with an average over 250. Ryan Shafer and Michael Haugen Jr. Both shot 300 in the very first game of qualifying.

The finals of this weeks Professional Bowlers Association Greater Omaha Classic can be seen live on Sunday at 1:00 eastern time on ESPN. Get the very latest scores during the week by logging onto the live scoring section of the PBA.COM web site.

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Malott Wins In Colorado

Wes Malott defeated Mika Koivuniemi to claim his first Professional Bowlers Association title. In addition to the $40,000 top prize, Malott earns a valuable exemption for next years PBA tour.

In the first match, Malott bowled a 299 to defeat last years bowler of the year, Patrick Allen. The semi-final match saw friends Patrick Healey Jr. And Koivuniemi battling. Koivuniemi squeaked out the win 226-223 despite throwing a big split in the tenth frame.

Today's win moves Wes Malott up to the #5 ProRankings position. Mallot has climbed 20 ProRanking positions after the last two tournaments.

Mika's second place finish moves him up one position to the #3 ProRanking position bumping Chris Barnes down to #4.

Patrick Allen's TV final was not enough for him to re-take the #1 ProRanking as Tommy Jones bowled well enough to hold him off.

Others who bowled well enough to make big moves include; Ryan Shafer moves from #16 to #10; Amleto Monacelli from #18 to #14.

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