Wednesday, January 28, 2009

PBA On TV Sunday At 2

Patrick Allen won the Professional Bowlers Association's H&R Block Tournament of Champions at Red Rock Lanes at Las Vegas, Nev., last Sunday afternoon, but he didn't feel very good about it.
The Wesley Chapel, Fla., left-hander slipped past his fellow southpaw, close friend and Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour roommate Rhino Page of Topeka, Kan., 267-263, to win his second career major championship and his second title in three weeks. It meant a $50,000 payday and a two-year PBA Tour exemption in the crowning event of the PBA's 50th Anniversary Gala week.
The victory for Allen, who was the top qualifier making his PBA record-tying fifth consecutive television appearance, continued an amazing turn-around after a dismal start to the season.
"After the first six weeks, I was on the verge of bowling for my job. I was bowling terrible. But I had a practice session with Doug Kent and things began to click after that."
The PBA takes a week off this week but the Don and Paula Carter Mixed Doubles Championship will be seen Sunday on ESPN at 2 p.m. ET
The PBA returns to action next week, Feb. 3-8, with the Denny's Dick Weber Open at Fountain Valley, CA.

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