Kyle Troup Leads After Qualifying Round 2 of Surfside PBA New York Classic
After the first cut in the Surfside PBA New York Classic, Kyle Troup sits atop the leaderboard.
Troup tallied a pinfall of 3,725 (+525) for his 16 games at ABC Gates Bowl in Rochester, N.Y.
Darren Tang, Chris Via, Patrick Dombrowski, and Tom Daugherty round out the top five on the 38-foot Bear oil pattern.
Riley Woodard, Austin Grammar, and Tomas Käyhkö make up the top eight, which would net them a bye through the first round of the elimination match play bracket if they can maintain their position through Thursday’s six-game advancer round.
Brad Miller and Andrew Hall, with a pinfall of 3,508, secured the final berths in the 44-player advancing field.
Miller and Hall trail Tun Hakim in 24th place, the position needed to ultimately make match play, by just 30 pins, setting the stage for a thrilling advancer round.
Rochester native Jason Sterner advanced in 38th position.
EJ Tackett, who leads the tour in points, finished 13 pins outside the cut. This marks his first time missing the cut this season.
Troup said he doesn’t really look at his or his opponents’ scores with the elimination match play format, preferring to focus on his own game and figure out how the standings shake out later.
He said he didn’t know he took the lead until a tour rep told him after he finished bowling on Wednesday night.
While Troup is content with his performance so far this week, he has not made a championship round appearance yet this season and said he hasn’t been in contention to win in a while.
“I don't really have anything to celebrate yet,” Troup said. “Yeah, it'd be nice to get the number one seed so I just need to win one round (to make the show). But ultimately, I don't need to worry about any of that. I’ve got six more games to bowl, and then we’ll see where we end up in the bracket.”
With a season-high finish of 16th in the PBA Indiana Classic, Troup is looking for his breakthrough. He said patience has helped unlock his better showing this week.
“The first couple weeks were pretty rough. Mentally, physically, you pick it, it felt rough,” Troup said. “My patience has gotten better week to week and making a few cuts gave me some confidence, but then I kind of realized that I’m still not quite there to be making the show. It’s probably just one or two shots a game where my bad shots are still just a little bit worse than some of the other guys. I didn't have a whole lot of those this week. I think simplifying things and trying to smooth everything out has made those misses not as bad this week. We'll see if we can continue doing that more.”
BowlTV’s coverage of the advancer round begins at 11 a.m. ET.
The top 24 players will advance to match play, which will begin at 6 p.m. ET on Thursday night for the ninth through 24th qualifiers. The top eight players will earn a bye to the Round of 16 on Friday.
Match play continues on Friday with rounds at 11 a.m. ET and 6 p.m. ET. Each match will be the best of seven games.
The winners of each bracket, as well as the highest-seeded loser in the Round of 8, will advance to the stepladder finals.
The stepladder finals will air live Sunday, April 12 at a special time of 1 p.m. ET on The CW.
All qualifying rounds will be livestreamed on BowlTV.
Round 2 Leaders
- Kyle Troup, 3,725 pinfall, 232.81 average
- Darren Tang, 3,718, 232.38
- Chris Via, 3,686, 230.38
- Patrick Dombrowski, 3,685, 230.31
- Tom Daugherty, 3,678, 229.88
- Riley Woodard, 3,660, 228.75
- Austin Grammar, 3,655, 228.44
- Tomas Käyhkö, 3,630, 226.88
- Lanndyn Carnate, 3,629, 226.81
- Kyle Sherman, 3,629, 226.81
Complete standings are available here.
Tournament Schedule
All times Eastern
Thursday, April 9 — BowlTV
11 a.m. — Advancer Round (six games)
6 p.m. — Elimination Match Play - Round of 24 (best-of-seven games)
Friday, April 10 — BowlTV
11 a.m. — Elimination Match Play - Round of 16 (best-of-seven games)
6 p.m. — Elimination Match Play - Round of 8 (best-of-seven games)
Sunday, April 12 — The CW
1 p.m. — Surfside PBA New York Classic finals
More information on the Surfside PBA New York Classic is available here.