Way back starting in 2004 I tried bowling on the Western Regional PBA Tour.
I had a lot of fun but I wasn’t even close to being good enough.
In the 2004-2005 regional season beginning April 1, 2004 and ending March 31, 2005 I bowled five events each a non-member.
Combined I was -622 for 40 games.
I averaged 184.45, never cashed, and didn’t once finish in the top half of the field.
Looking back on this performance it’s amazing I kept trying… but naturally I did.
Here is my event summary for the 2004-2005 regional season.
Here are direct links to the PBA results pages for those five tournaments:
June 6, 2004 – Camarillo, CA
https://www.pba.com/Tournaments/RegionalResult/804
July 4, 2004 – Palmdale, CA
https://www.pba.com/Tournaments/RegionalResult/841
August 29, 2004 – Henderson, NV
https://www.pba.com/Tournaments/RegionalResult/632
September 19, 2004 – Santa Maria, CA
https://www.pba.com/Tournaments/RegionalResult/803
November 21, 2004 – Fresno, CA
https://www.pba.com/Tournaments/RegionalResult/799
Here are my stats for the 13 events I bowled on the 2005-2006 Western Regional PBA Tour.
The season began April 1, 2005 and Ended March 31, 2006.
As you can see I did indeed put up better numbers this year on average but I only made a single cut in 13 tries.
Here are direct links to the PBA results pages for those thirteen tournaments:
April 19, 2005
https://www.pba.com/Tournaments/RegionalResult/849
14th of 37
1611 over 8 games
201.375 average
April 24, 2005
https://www.pba.com/Tournaments/RegionalResult/850
29th of 51
1595 over 8 games
199.375 average
Other old regional events can be looked up here:
https://www.pba.com/Tournaments/RegionArchive/RegionArchive?Start=1%2F1%2F2005&End=12%2F31%2F2005&RegionId=3