By NOLAN HUGHES
PBA Communications
COLUMBUS — The PBA60 Tour heads to Wayne Webb’s Columbus Bowl, the host of several PBA Tour major championships, for the PBA60 Tristan’s T.A.P.S. Memorial Tournament this week in Columbus, Ohio. This marks the second PBA60 event of the season.
John Marsala averaged over 253 in his four matches to take home the Super Senior Classic title last month. The left-hander and each of his opponents in the championship round — Jack Jurek, Lennie Boresch Jr. and Gary Reh — will be among the 60-year-old-plus competitors this week in Ohio.
Defending champion Amleto Monacelli, Johnny Petraglia, Pete Weber and Walter Ray Williams Jr. and Wayne Webb himself headline the 113-player field.
All players will bowl 16 games of qualifying across two eight-game qualifying rounds. After Tuesday’s competition, the field will be trimmed to the top 24 players for match play. The top eight qualifiers earn a one-round bye.
Among area players in the field are Wadsworth’s Dale Csuhta, former North Canton resident Tim Elsass (now of Ellington, Conn.), Zanesville’s Ted Hannahs and former Hartville resident Dick Gran (now of Bradenton, Fla.).
Three-game total pinfall matches make up the first three match play rounds, leading to a five-player stepladder finals at 5 p.m. on Wednesday.
All rounds will be contested on the 44-foot Carmen Salvino pattern and livestreamed on BowlTV.
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
All times listed in Eastern.
Sunday, July 2
2 p.m. — Practice
7 p.m. — Pro-am
Monday, July 3
10 a.m. — A-squad Qualifying Round 1 (eight games)
4 p.m. — B-squad Qualifying Round 1 (eight games)
Tuesday, July 4
10 a.m. — B-squad Qualifying Round 2 (eight games)
4 p.m. — A-squad Qualifying Round 2 (eight games)
Top 24 players advance to match play
Wednesday, July 5
10 a.m. — Round of 24 (seeds No. 9-24)
Noon — Round of 16 (winners and seeds No. 1-8)
Re-oil
3 p.m. — Round of 8
Four winners and highest losing seed advance to stepladder finals
5 p.m. — Stepladder finals