2005–06 PBA Tour season explained

PBA Bowling Tour: 2005–06 Season
League:	Professional Bowlers Association
Sport:	Ten-pin bowling
Duration:	September 20, 2005 – April 9, 2006
Season:	PBA Tour
Mvp:	Tommy Jones
Seasonslist:	Professional Bowlers Association Seasons
Seasonslistnames:	PBA Tour
Prevseason Link:	PBA Bowling Tour: 2004–05 season
Prevseason Year:	2004–05
Nextseason Link:	PBA Bowling Tour: 2006–07 season
Nextseason Year:	2006–07

This is the 2005–06 season in review for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour.^[1] It was the Tour's 47th season and consisted of 22 events.

Season highlights

Sean Rash became the first bowler to win a title from a non-exempt position by defeating Mike DeVaney in the West Virginia Championship.
Current PBA Hall of Famer Del Ballard Jr. made his first televised appearance since 1997 in the Motel 6 Phoenix Classic, but was thwarted of his 14th title (and first since the 1993 U.S. Open) by Ritchie Allen.
Mike Scroggins won his third PBA title and first career major at the USBC Masters.
Walter Ray Williams Jr. tied Earl Anthony's then-record of 41 PBA titles when he emerged victorious in the Denny's PBA World Championship.
Tommy Jones earned PBA Player of the Year honors, becoming the second bowler to win both PBA Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year awards in a career (joining Mike Aulby). Jones won four titles on the season, including the 63rd U.S. Open.
Two PBA Tour Trial events were held during the season. The first event saw Chris Loschetter, Brian Kretzer and D.J. Archer advance to the exempt field, while the second event was headlined by Kelly Kulick's PBA exemption, making her the first woman to ever capture full-time active membership in the PBA.

Awards and leaders

Player Of The Year: Tommy Jones
Rookie Of The Year: Bill O'Neill
Steve Nagy Sportsmanship Award: Jack Jurek
Money Leader: Tommy Jones ($301,700)^[2]
High Average Award: Norm Duke (224.29)^[3]

Tournament results

Majors are noted in boldface.

Date	Event	Oil pattern	Winner (title #)	Runner-up	Score
Sep 20		Custom	Tommy Jones (5)		222–215
Oct 30	Tulsa Championship	Cheetah	Tommy Jones (6)		289–248
Nov 6	Mile High Classic	Shark	Wes Malott (1)		215–211
Nov 13	Greater Omaha Classic	Chameleon	Mike Machuga (1)		256–245
Nov 20	USBC Masters	Masters (custom)	Mike Scroggins (3)	Norm Duke	245–238
Nov 27	Chicago Classic	Scorpion	Jason Couch (12)		217–204
Dec 4	BowlersParadise.com Classic	Viper	Pete Weber (32)		189–186
Dec 11	Keystone State Championship	Chameleon	Patrick Allen (6)	Tom Baker	247–218
Dec 18	Empire State Classic	Scorpion	Mike Wolfe (2)	Chris Collins	268–214
Jan 8	Earl Anthony Medford Classic	Shark	Brian Himmler (4)	Mika Koivuniemi	214–204
Jan 15	Dick Weber Open	Chameleon	Jason Couch (13)		241–214
Jan 22	Motel 6 Phoenix Classic	Shark	Ritchie Allen (2)	Del Ballard Jr.	232–207
Jan 29	Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Classic	Cheetah	Brian Voss (24)	Steve Wilson	237–190
Feb 5	Bayer Atlanta Classic	Viper	Tommy Jones (7)	Mike Scroggins	224–191
Feb 12	West Virginia Championship	Scorpion	Sean Rash (1)	Mike DeVaney	194–178
Feb 19	63rd U.S. Open	U.S. Open	Tommy Jones (8)	Ryan Shafer	237–223
Feb 26	GEICO Classic	Cheetah	Doug Kent (7)	Norm Duke	222–201
Mar 5	Pepsi Championship	Shark	Chris Collins (1)		245–201
Mar 19	Ace Hardware Championship	Viper	Norm Duke (23)	Chris Loschetter	275–221
Mar 26	Denny's PBA World Championship	World Champ.	Walter Ray Williams, Jr. (41)		236–213
Apr 2	Great Lakes Classic	Chameleon	Patrick Allen (7)	Patrick Healey Jr.	259–193
Apr 9	Dexter Tournament of Champions	T of C	Chris Barnes (7)	Steve Jaros	234–227

External links

2005–06 Season Schedule

Notes and References

Web site: 2005–2006 Season Schedule . PBA.
Web site: Tommy Jones wins PBA Player of the Year award . bowlingdigital.com.
Web site: Norm Duke . PBA.