Darryl Bower Leads Qualifying At PBA60 Webb Championship
Columbus, Ohio – The 2026 PBA60 World Series of Bowling II began on Friday with the Webb Championship. Nearly 130 bowlers started their holiday weekend off competing on the 37-foot Webb oil pattern named after Wayne Webb.
Leading the way is Pennsylvania State USBC Hall of Famer Darryl Bower, who is seeking his second PBA60 title. Bower had games of 222, 279, 237, 226, 225, 224, 215 and 199 for a total pinfall of 1,827. He had a stretch of 73 straight clean frames.
“At the start, I was able to go up the 6 and 7 board playing fairly direct. I had a really good second game,” Bower said. “As the lanes started transitioning, I gradually kept moving a little bit left. The last game I changed ends, and the backend seemed to play a little tighter, so I was grinding away. ”
Bower finished in 26th place at last year’s Webb Championship. He enjoys this tournament format with the potential to bowl on different patterns, if you are fortunate enough to qualify for all three events.
“Usually, I like the 42 to 44-foot oil patterns. So today it was exceptional for me to bowl as well on the 37-foot pattern,” Bower said. “I enjoy the variety of bowling on different patterns.”
Jack Jurek, who won the inaugural PBA60 World Championship, climbed into second place with 1,794. Tony Johnson is third at 1,784. Johnnie Payne rolled two 279 games to get to 1,768 in fourth place. George Szczublewski is in fifth place at 1,762. The final player to make the cut was Keith Dommer at 1,720.
Next up, the top 16 players will advance to bracket match play best-of-five matches scheduled to start at 11 a.m. Eastern on Saturday with the Round of 8 best-of-five matches starting at 3 p.m. ET. The four undefeated winners and the highest seeded losing eliminated bowler in the Round of 8 will be in the stepladder finals set to start at 6 p.m.
The World Series of Bowling II continues on Sunday with the PBA60 Roth Championship. The field will bowl eight games of qualifying on the 43-foot Roth oil pattern starting at 1 p.m. ET. The top 16 will qualify for match play on Monday.
After 16 games of qualifying at the Webb and Roth Championships, the top 18 will advance to the PBA60 World Championship match play on Tuesday and Wednesday. Three titles will be awarded during the WSOB II seen only on BowlTV.
PBA60 Webb Championship Match Play Advancers:
- Darryl Bower, 1,827 (+227)
- Jack Jurek, 1,794 (+194)
- Tony Johnson, 1,784 (+184)
- Johnnie Payne, 1,768 (+168)
- George Szczublewski, 1,762 (+162)
- Amleto Monacelli, 1,742 (+142)
- Tom Adcock, 1,742 (+142)
- Neil Kassel, 1,731 (+131)
- Bill Rowe, 1,730 (+130)
- Rob Rice, 1,725 (+125)
- Ken Gibson, 1,725 (+125)
- Mark Willians, 1,722 (+122)
- John Burkett, 1,722 (+122)
- Kevin Grahn, 1,721 (+121)
- Chris Warren, 1,721 (+121)
- Keith Dommer, 1,720 (+120)
