February 2016 -
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PBA50 Schedule For CA And NV
Sunday, May 29, 2016 - Friday, June 03, 2016 in Las Vegas, NV
Sunday, June 05, 2016 - Wednesday, June 08, 2016 in Fountain Valley, CA
Sunday, June 12, 2016 - Wednesday, June 15, 2016 in Brentwood, CA
Thursday, June 16, 2016 - Sunday, June 19, 2016 in Las Vegas, NV
Sunday, June 19, 2016 - Saturday, June 25, 2016 in Las Vegas, NV
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The FireLake PBA Tournament of Champions averaged 981,000 viewers on Sun-
day on ESPN, the highest rated PBA telecast of the 2015-16 ESPN season to date.
It also posted a 17 percent increase over last year’s Tournament of Champions au-
dience.
The 2016 event kicked off a ―Big February‖ series of three straight weeks of live
PBA major championships coverage on ESPN. The February series continues with
the USBC Masters, followed by the Barbasol PBA Players Championship final on
Sunday, Feb. 21 at 1 p.m. EST from Wayne Webb’s Columbus Bowl in Columbus,
Ohio.
Ted Hoffman Pat Patterson Award 2015
Ted Hoffman of Dublin, Calif., who won the West Region’s
inaugural Pat Patterson Award 43 years ago, in 1972,
won it again in 2015.
The Pat Patterson Awards, recognizing individual contribu-
tions to the regional program, are selected by the respec-
tive Regional Managers. The Patterson Award program was
originated in 1972 in honor of a man who worked diligently
to advance the PBA in its early years.
Columbia 300's Scott Norton PBA
West Region Player of the Year Honors
West Region:
Scott Norton of Mission Viejo, Calif., won four
titles in seven PBA West Region events to earn Player of the
Year honors.
Jakob Butturff
of Chandler, Ariz., earned
West
Region Rookie
of the Year with the help of four match play finals
in the five tournaments he entered.
Ron Mohr PBA50 Player of The Year
Two-time PBA50 Player of the Year Ron Mohr of Las Vegas
made it a double by earning PBA50 Player of the Year honors in
both the West and Northwest Regions. In the West he had two
wins, two second-place and one third place finish.
