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Wodka Leads Match Play
Wodka Leads Match Play
By Bowling.com
Dave Wodka emerged on top of the qualifying heap after six lead changes in the final six games in the Lucas Oil PBA Bear Open Monday at AMF Bowlero. Wodka is trying to pick up his second ever PBA Tour win, the last of which came in 1999.
Wodka finished qualifying in front of a packed house at AMF Bowlero with a 27–pin lead over Chris Barnes. Qualifying third was PBA Hall of Famer Pete Weber followed by Aaron Lorincz and Mike Fagan. The top 24 after 10 games advanced to two eight-game match play rounds Tuesday to determine the top five who will compete for the Bear Open title on Saturday.
“I really had only one bad game,” Wodka said. “I finished the first round with a 176. After that, I came in with a game plan of doing nothing other than making one good shot at a time. I know you’re always supposed to do that, but I really focused on that, and I only had two opens in the second block. Both of those were in the same game, but I still bailed out a 205 and that’s just as important when scores are like they were as anything.”
Wodka would love to end his 14-year winless drought, but isn’t getting ahead of himself.
“It’s been a lot of years (since I won), but there are a lot of games left,” he said. “It’s going to be a long day (Tuesday) and winning matches is going to be of utmost importance. Getting those 30 bonus pins for winning matches when the scores are as low as they are will be huge.”
It'll be exciting to see if Wodka can break through and get his first win in over 10 years.