I know I get that at work also. They think since I average between 215 to 225 I should go pro, but I tell them that is a whole different monster. A big big difference from a simple old house shot.

In fact I told my boss (the owner of the company) that I was going to bowl the national tourney and he got all worried that I was going to quit. He thought I was going to bowl the PBA Tour LOL. I had to explain to him what the national tourney was.

I'm having a career year so far averaging 228 on wednesday's.  I'm no where in the ballpark of the pro's.  I could compete in a 1 game match with some of them, but i'll never be consistantly beating them.  Never underestimate how good those guys are.

 

Basically, it's just people not having a concept of reality. 

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-"If you want to make enemies, try to change something." - Woodrow Wilson

I bowl regionals some and back a few years ago a lot more often. It was pretty much understood you could count the tour guys that were bowling and deduct that from the available spots in the money. One or two might have a bad weekend, but you better not count on it. Always tell people that the real Pro bowlers do it for a living for a reason, they are D*** good. I have crossed with Barnes and Steelsmith to name just two guys and I am always amazed at how fast they can adapt to the changes. Sometimes I became more of a fan during the tournament than a bowler just seeing what guys like Wes were doing compared to other guys. I can remember watch Wes covering the lane when I was getting maybe 10 boards of hook. We were in a wood center where Barnes is hooking plastic off the ditch when everyone else was rolling reactive and he was in the top two or three. Del Ballard won a roll off that year with a plastic at the end of qualifying too.

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I wish you the best luck if you decide to go pro....

 

What are the benefits of going pro becides a few extra tournaments...

I know the feeling, I tell people I work with or who don't know bowling that I average about 230 and I hear the same thing. I know I am not even remotely good enough to be on the tour and bowl with these guys week in and week out. I've seen first hand what happens with people who think they can, Had a bowler who wasmybe in the top 10 in the area when I was in PA, averaged consitently int he mid-230's. He sold shares of himself to raise money to go out on tour (this was back in the late 80's early 90's when you could still make some half-decent money on tour). He went out and made like 1 cut, maybe. He cashed in a few but wound up back home working cause he wasn't good enough to make it.

 

When people tell me this, I use Jeff Carter as my response. He averaged like 264 in league, and he only has 1 tour vicotry. He barely makes a living doing this and he is that good. So my 230 average isn't anywhere close to being good enough. That seems to open up there eyes a little bit.