Q.      I know that you are from the Medford, Oregon area and you just had a PBA tournament stop there. I saw on the PBA web site that you had a Calcutta pro am. Did you bowl in it? And just how approachable are the pro’s?

A.      Yes I did bowl in the Calcutta pro am.  I can tell you that one of the best things about our sport is how close the average person can get to the best bowlers in our game. In almost all of the other sports you can watch but not talk to, or compete with the stars. In bowling especially in this Calcutta format, which by the way takes about 3 hours. You get to know your pro on a personal level. You also get to meet and bowl with as many as eleven other pros. You will find out by bowling in a pro-am that even the stars are very nice. They are bowlers just like us. They are however the best bowlers in the world. In this format you find out just how good they really are, and that they are just regular people with a different kind of job. We bowled the team with Randy Peterson on it and he was giving his teammates lessons as they bowled. Last year Bob Learn, Jr. had so much fun with his team he gave each of them a new bowling ball. If the PBA comes to your town I highly recommend that you contact the host proprietor and ask them to run a Calcutta pro-am. They can contact the PBA for information on how to run it. It was great fun and the first place team won $5000.00.

Q.      I just bought a wristband do I still need to turn the ball or will the wristband take care of things for me?

A.      Wristbands keep you from having your wrist break back but they do not bowl for you. If you want to hook the ball you still have to turn the ball to impart spin. Wrist bands help strengthen your release but you still have to do the work.

Q.      I know the highest 3 game series is now 900 but what is the highest 4 game series?

A.      I know what your thinking shooting 900 is tough but maybe I have a chance to snag that 4 game record. Well good luck I think it might be almost a more remarkable record than 900. Believe it or not on March 7^th 1989 in Union NJ. Tom Jordan rolled 1198. Yes that’s right two 299 games and two 300 game in 1 four game set. Think about that one for a second. One shot that doesn’t carry in the wrong frame and you have to go for the second highest 4 game series. Tom was bowling in a doubles match at the time and he and his partner also set the men’s two-player record for 4 games with 2202. His partner Ken Yonker, Jr. had 1004.