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Pete Weber Comes Out On Top

Pete Weber Comes Out On Top

Posted Apr 1, 2013 In: Bowling News
By Bowling.com
Pete Weber Comes Out On Top

On the PBA Tour this weekend Hall of Famer Pete Weber beat Jason Belmonte to win the Barbasol PBA Tournament of Champions. The win makes Weber the first two time PBA Triple Crown winner and ties him with Earl Anthony for most major titles at 10.

Incredible to think that Weber won his first Tournament of Champions in 1978 and is still doing it at the ripe old age of 50. He also won at 50 making him the oldest player to ever win the Tournament of Champions.

“I don’t know what it is,” Weber said. “I get up for the majors, but there’s one eluding me and the Weber family – the USBC Masters. I really want that one, and I’m not done yet. I’m not slowing down. I have no plans to retire.”

Weber won Sunday with three doubles, four spares and help from Belmonte, who left the 4-10 split three times – failing to convert it twice.

“I woke up today and said my dream would be to bowl Pete and win by a pin,” Belmonte said. “I got half of it right. I bowled Pete, but I lost by 60.

“Pete is the most talented bowler the world has ever seen, and may ever see,” Belmonte added. “To bowl him in the finals and see him break records like he has broken is really special. If I could achieve half of what he has done by the time my career is over, I’ll be ecstatic.”

Belmonte's road to the title tilt with Weber was a tough one as he had to eliminate the defending champion and reigning Player of the Year Sean Rash to reach the final against Weber.

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