PBA Senior Decatur Open
Event Dates
From: Saturday, August 11, 2007
To: Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Host Center
Spare Time Lanes
2870 N Jasper Street
Decatur, IL
62526
(217) 875-3141
Tournament News
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
It took two extra frames, but Kevin Croucher finally came away with his first career PBA Senior Tour title. Croucher won a sudden death roll-off, 20-18, over Gary Smith after the two tied at 227 through 10 frames Tuesday to win the 2007 PBA Senior Decatur Open.
Monday, August 13, 2007
Chewing on some low fat sesame crackers he bought at a health food store earlier in the day, Vince Mazzanti Jr. reminisced about the days of eating steak and pizza. While he misses his favorite foods, the results he’s seeing in his bowling have been well worth the deprivation.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Gary Smith has been lucky enough to get some time away from his full-time job at Par-A-Dice Casino to bowl on the PBA Senior Tour lately, and so far he’s making the most of his opportunity.
Tournament Schedule / Notes
Saturday, August 11
Please note the B squad practice session was originally scheduled to begin at 10:30 but has been changed to start at 10 a.m.
Practice/Pro-Am
A squad practice from 8-9 a.m.
Re-oil
B squad practice from 10-11 a.m.
Pro-Am squads to follow
Sunday, August 12
Qualifying
A squad bowls eight games beginning at 8 a.m.
Re-oil
B squad bowls eight games beginning at 4 p.m.
Monday, August 13
Qualifying
B squad bowls eight games beginning at 8 a.m.
Re-oil
A squad bowls eight games beginning at 4 p.m.
Cut to top 32 players
Tuesday, August 14
Finals
Players qualifying 17-32 bowl (best of five) at 9 a.m.
Winners and players qualifying 9-16 bowl (best of five) at 11 a.m.
Re-oil
Winners and players qualifying 1-8 bowl (best of five) at 2 p.m.
Re-oil
Round of 8 (best of three) at 6 p.m.
Round of 4 (one game) immediately following
Round of 2 (one game) immediately following
Standard Prize Fund
1st Place: $8,000
2nd Place: $4,500
3rd-4th Place: $3,000 each
5th-8th Place: $1,700 each
9th-16th Place: $1,300 each
17th-24th Place: $1,100 each
25th-32nd Place: $1,000 each
Remaining cashers: $800 each
(10) “Super Senior” cashers (Age 60+): $600 each
Cash ratio is 1:3. If entries exceed 160 the ratio is 1:4 with a minimum of 53 cash spots.