Wes Malott is Mr. Versatility in PBA Experience Tour Events
PBA Player of the Year Candidate Finds Success on PBA Oil Patterns

Through his outstanding performances in events that showcased the PBA Tour’s six lane conditions, Wes Malott of Pflugerville, Texas, has been crowned Mr. Versatility by winning the first-ever PBA Tour Versatility Swing points competition.

Designed to showcase the most versatile players, the Versatility Swing is based on players’ performances in the six PBA Experience lane condition championships during the 2008-09 series.

Malott won the title by finishing with 117,609 points in the six events, winning two tournaments and making the ESPN-televised finals three other times. His finishes in the six Versatility Swing events were as follows: Pepsi Viper Championship, fourth; Chameleon Championship, third; CLR Carmen Salvino Scorpion Championship, first; Cheetah Championship, 12th; Lumber Liquidators Shark Championship, second, and Bayer Earl Anthony Medford Classic, first. The Anthony event used a newly-created Earl Anthony lane conditioning pattern.

As Versatility winner, Malott earns an automatic berth in the 18-player Six Flags Summer Shootout series to air later this year on ESPN. The Summer Shootout also will include the top eight players in points from the “Extreme Swing” and seven other players to be named later.

Each event in the Versatility Swing used a different lane condition and each had the same format: 14 games of qualifying followed by 18 games of round robin match play with the top four advancing to the stepladder finals.

2008-09 Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour Versatility Swing – Points
1, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 117,609
2, Bill O’Neill, Levittown, Pa., 75,744
3, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 70,048
4, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 65,023
5, Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 63,632
6, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 60,350
7, Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 56,184
8, Rhino Page, Topeka, Kan., 55,162
9, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 54,313
10, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 54,312


About the PBA
The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) features the best bowlers in the world competing in National, Regional and Senior Tour events and will award over $4.3 million in prize money during the 2008-09 Lumber Liquidators PBA National Tour. The organization has more than 4,000 members spanning 13 countries, and nearly one million viewers tune-in to watch the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour every Sunday on ESPN throughout the season. PBA sponsors include Bayer, Brunswick, CLR, Denny's, Etonic, Flomax, GEICO, Go RVing, H&R Block, Lumber Liquidators, Motel 6, Pepsi-Cola and the USBC, among others. For more information on the PBA, log on to www.pba.com.

About the PBA Experience
USBC Sport Bowling's PBA Experience program provides bowlers the opportunity to experience a unique challenge, satisfy their competitive nature and improve their bowling skills. PBA Experience leagues and tournaments are contested on the same challenging lane conditions professional bowlers battle on the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour. Success on these conditions requires accuracy, consistency, and versatility. For more information on PBA Experience leagues and tournaments, please visit the Sport Bowling section of bowl.com or PBAExperience.org.

About the USBC
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