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sweden's jesper svensson wins firelake pba tournament of champions
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sunday, 2.7.2016 |
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jesper svensson became the youngest winner of the tournament of champions at age 20 (photo courtesy pba llc)
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shawnee, okla. 锟?eight days shy of his 21st birthday, sweden锟絪 jesper svensson, the 2015 professional bowlers association rookie of the year, became the youngest player to win the firelake pba tournament of champions sunday at firelake arena.
svensson, a 6-foot-3, 158-pound left-handed two-hander, defeated top qualifier mitch beasley of clarksville, tenn., 226-177, to win his third career pba tour title, his first major and a $50,000 first prize. the previous youngest winner of the toc was pba hall of famer marshall holman who won the event in 1976 at the age of 21 years, 207 days. another pba hall of famer, mike aulby, is the youngest player ever to win a pba major title, winning the 1979 pba national championship at the age of 19 years, 83 days.
svensson won the title convincingly, striking on five of his first six shots to build a 30-pin lead while beasley, making his first television appearance, struggled to figure out the tricky lane condition on the left lane.
锟絠 was pretty comfortable from the start, but then i opened in the second frame (against daugherty),锟?svensson said. 锟絠 was a bit nervous. it would be weird if you weren锟絫 when you锟絩e bowling on tv. but i made the right adjustments and i was fine.锟?
setting the record as the youngest toc champion was never on his mind.
锟絫hat锟絪 a bonus,锟?svensson said. 锟絠 try not to think about how young i am. i just try to compete against the best in the world. everything has gone pretty quick for me. i just came out here (on tour in the united states) to get experience. i probably haven锟絫 even realized what i锟絭e done so far.
锟絯inning a major is one of the biggest achievements you can have in bowling, so i锟絤 pretty much out of words.锟?
beasley said he knew he was in trouble early because the power players on the right side of the lane moved the oil to such an extent he couldn锟絫 figure out where to throw the ball.
锟絯hen you throw your best shot and miss the head pin, that锟絪 not good,锟?the retired 20-year u.s. air force veteran said. 锟絫he guys in front of me really destroyed the left lane. you try to figure it out, but if i missed left, the ball went right and if i missed right, the ball hooked too much. and then you锟絩e out of time.锟?
svensson advanced to the title match by defeating tom daugherty of riverview, fla., 245-206, breaking open a tie match with a string of seven strikes after leaving and failing to convert a 4-6-7 split in the second frame.
in the second match, daugherty ended three-time reigning pba player of the year jason belmonte锟絪 bid for a third consecutive toc title, 220-169. belmonte contributed to his own defeat, missing a 10 pin in the first frame, a 2-8 spare attempt in the sixth and then failing to convert a 2-4-8-10 split in the ninth frame.
in the opening match, daugherty finished with seven consecutive strikes to overcome a pair of missed 3-10 spare conversions earlier in the game and rally from a 35-pin deficit to eliminate ej tackett of huntington, ind., 231-221.
pba锟絪 锟絪uper february锟?schedule continues next week with the united states bowling congress masters at woodland bowl in indianapolis. belmonte, the only player ever to win the usbc masters three consecutive times, will be trying to extend his streak to four in a row. qualifying begins tuesday. the top 63 qualifiers plus belmonte will compete in three-game double-elimination match play friday and saturday leading to the live espn stepladder finals on sunday at 1 p.m. est.
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final standings
1, jesper svensson, sweden, $50,000.
2, mitch beasley, clarksville, tenn., $25,000.
3, tom daugherty, riverview, fla., $13,000.
4, jason belmonte, australia, $11,000.
5, e.j. tackett, huntington, ind., $10,000.
stepladder results
match one 锟?daugherty def. tackett, 231-221.
match two 锟?daugherty def. belmonte, 220-169.
semifinal match 锟?svensson def. daugherty, 245-206.
championship 锟?svensson def. beasley, 226-177.
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