July 4, 2023 Jill Winters

Columbus, Ohio – After the completion of 16 games of qualifying, Amleto Monacelli’s name remains at the top of the leaderboard at the PBA60 Tristan’s T.A.P.S. Memorial Tournament.

The Venezuelan followed up his huge block Monday with 244, 203, 214, 256, 223, 258, 240 and 257 giving him a two-day total of 3,957. After using just one ball over his first eight games, the USBC and PBA Hall of Famer noticed the lanes were hooking earlier than the previous day, so he relied on three balls in his second block.

“The ball that I used yesterday (Envy Tour) didn’t skid as much in the front, so when that happens the ball doesn’t recover in the backend,” he said. “In the third game, I changed to the (Brunswick) Infinity, I had a really good shot. The last pair I started with it then changed to the (Ebonite Game Breaker 4) GB4 Hybrid with a little more response in the backend.”

With all qualifying pins dropping after the field was cut to the top 24, Monacelli will get a first-round bye Wednesday into the round of 16. He plans to keep his same thought process that has worked so far, and just worry about himself and the lanes, not who he is bowling against as he looks to win this tournament in back-to-back years.

In addition to Monacelli, Pete Weber, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Mike Dias, Matt Ballard, Lyle Zikes, Lennie Boresch Jr. and Robert Lawrence will have first round byes. Adcock was in 39th coming into Tuesday and shot 1,909 to get to ninth place.

In the final game, Dave Johnson shot a 299 game to go from 43rd place to 18th. And the final player to make the top 24 was John DiSantis at +295.

Three game total pinfall matches for qualifiers 9-24 will begin at 10 a.m. ET Wednesday. Those winners and the top eight qualifiers will bowl their matches starting at noon, before the round of eight will start at 3 p.m.

Positions one through four will be determined based on their bracket seed number, and the highest seed that loses in the round of eight will be the fifth player to make the finals. The stepladder will begin 5 p.m. Wednesday. You can watch all of the action on BowlTV.com.

Top 10 PBA60 Tristan’s T.A.P.S. Memorial

  1. Amleto Monacelli       3,957 (+757)
  2. Pete Weber                 3,794 (+594)
  3. Walter Ray Williams Jr.   3,721 (+521)
  4. Mike Dias                   3,675 (+475)
  5. Matt Ballard               3,662 (+462)
  6. Lyle Zikes                  3,654 (+454)
  7. Lennie Boresch Jr.   3,652 (+452)
  8. Robert Lawrence      3,635 (+435)
  9. Tom Adcock              3,623 (+423)
  10. Dale Csuhta              3,612 (+412)

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