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General Category => PBA => Topic started by: RandyO on January 12, 2008, 01:58:16 PM
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And We only count Singles Title on the Tour - Not Doubles, and Not Seniors:
Two come to mind immediately:
Billy Orlikowski
Steve Wunderlich
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Michael Fagan
Joe Ciccone
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brad angelo love his roll
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Pete Weber hands down.
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Pete Weber hands down.
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3 holes of fun!! 
last time i checked hes won
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Pete Weber hands down.
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3 holes of fun!! 
last time i checked hes won
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Jumped the gun a little. 
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Pete Weber hands down.
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3 holes of fun!! 
last time i checked hes won
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Jumped the gun a little. 
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3 holes of fun!! 
got a lil bit excited.
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Richard Wolfe has never won a singles title, right? Always love to catch him on ESPN Classic from time to time. The guy was so fluid and so smooth, really shocks me that he never won on tour.
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brad angelo love his roll
Ditto
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brad angelo love his roll
Ditto
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hes so smooth and i just cant believe he hasnt won, this year he ran into the robert smith freight train. if it was anybody but smith i believe he would have won. he new where the lane was transitioning to and robert just completely overpowered it.
and ill add rhino page to this list i also love his game
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Edited on 1/13/2008 0:17 AM
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billy oatman
jeff carter
brian kretzer
chris loschetter
billy o'neil
among exempt bowlers ive seen theese people have beautiful games and havent won a title but im sure will soon in there career.
non exempt bowlers that will deffintely be eventually
rhino page
andrew cain
pj haggerty
every one of theese is smooth and have great strong games
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Edited on 1/13/2008 0:26 AM
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Rhino Page. Hopefully he can win this week!
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Brian Kretzer - Stylist?? No Way.
Brad Angelo - I like watching Brad bowl - he has a great release and will win soon - but a stylist he is not. The pause in the swing and the stutter/timing step disqualify him from the "pretty" group.
Chris Loschetter - Not yet - he hasn't settled on a "style" yet. He looks different every time I've seen him on TV.
Now - back to the real stylists who've never won a Singles title:
How could I forget - Gil Sliker. Talk about snake-bit. I figured him for 2 or 3 titles at least - but it just never seemed to happen.
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Don't get me wrong. Rhino Page is amazing, but he is the farthest thing from "Pretty" or "Classic Stylist". Have you seen him bowl? He has horrible form, but all that matters is hitting the flat spot and hitting your mark, and he does that very well.
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Steve Wunderlich has won also
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Nobody has said Brian LeClaire, distinct honor of having made the most money with out a title
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Paul Fleming
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I also vote for Richard Wolfe, very smooth gets a lot on it for doing so little. Never seemed to get the break on tv or else who knows.
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He's like a smoother Jason Couch though. Couch's timing is painful to watch, but I like the guy.
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Don't get me wrong. Rhino Page is amazing, but he is the farthest thing from "Pretty" or "Classic Stylist". Have you seen him bowl? He has horrible form, but all that matters is hitting the flat spot and hitting your mark, and he does that very well.
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Jim Bosse
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This is Fluffy. He is the Destroyer of Worlds.
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Well, his attitude on tv these last few times. I don't know why he decided to turn into a hardass on tv, but after getting to be around him for a week a few months ago, he's just about the nicest guy on tour next to Parker.
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Jeff Carter hands down.
Paul Fleming was also very good and had many chances for a title.
Brad Angelo is good but his attitude i dont like.
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This is Fluffy. He is the Destroyer of Worlds.
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Ritchie Wolfe, hands down. Personally know him and he was one of the best guys on the planet, genuinely nice person, and a HE!! of a game.
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I can't find Wunderlich's singles Title. Which was it?
I know the PBA site lists two titles, and I know one of them was a Doubles title, but what the heck is the other? The 85 ABC Masters title didn't count.
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He's like a smoother Jason Couch though. Couch's timing is painful to watch, but I like the guy.
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Don't get me wrong. Rhino Page is amazing, but he is the farthest thing from "Pretty" or "Classic Stylist". Have you seen him bowl? He has horrible form, but all that matters is hitting the flat spot and hitting your mark, and he does that very well.
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This is Fluffy. He is the Destroyer of Worlds.
i think my timings a bit better than jason couch but everybody says i bowl just like jason couch, and the one time i seen myself bowl i cant argue.
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Of the guys that have been out there long enough to have done something by now, Richie Wolfe and it's not even close.
When you start adding some of the guys that have just come onto the national scene in the last 5-8 years, you can add Jeff Carter, Joe Ciccone and some others. I bowled a pro-am with Ciccone and Randy Weiss and both of them are butter-smooth but no titles.
Wolfe's career window may be closing, though, so whereas Ciccone, Carter and others still have a chance to win, Wolfe might not.
Jess
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That explains it. Soooo - what year did they start counting the ABC Masters as a PBA title? Obviously after Earl's two.
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Ric beat me to the punch, definately Brian Berg. Richard Wolfe and Fleming right there, too.
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Tore Torgersen.
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Ritchie Wolfe and Paul Fleming are hard to argue with, and Torgerson certainly has a great style as well.
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Rich Wolfe, Fagan, and Ken Simird, cranks the living f*&% out the ball.
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Wolfe hands down.
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david ozio
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Hard to believe David Ozio doesn't have a title!
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rofl dj to never win a title my bad haha ive only been up for an hour shh
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Fleming would be a great choice as would Carter, both you watch and say how the he11 does either not have at least 3-4 titles apiece. It just proves how good the tour guys are, they would both pound most of us in the ground.
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I believe David Ozio has 12 titles, including BOY
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Dave Arnold has won right? Anyway if he hasn't that guy is a stylist and still bowls in the West Region. I know he's made TV a number of times.
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Scott
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I believe Richard Wolfe is the answer also!
REgarding Paul Fleming....I believe he has beautiful looking form but with an actual structural flaw.
Sort of like Tommy Aaron in golf who people loved his form...and he did win the Masters but in general the beauty of his form did not have a solid foundation.
Another guy on tour with that same type of beauty of style in golf was Larry Mize!
REgards,
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Rudy would have several titles if he wasn't stuck throwing all that Lane 1 JUNK LOL 
Well sure he would, but you cannot tell me he has good form.
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Billy O and Joe Firpo. Richey Wolfe hands down is front runner but that one was a gimmee.
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WUNDERLUCH HAS NOT WON!
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Mo Pinel once stated the Richard Wolfe was the most talented bowler he had ever seen especially to not have won a title!
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Don't get me wrong. Rhino Page is amazing, but he is the farthest thing from "Pretty" or "Classic Stylist". Have you seen him bowl? He has horrible form, but all that matters is hitting the flat spot and hitting your mark, and he does that very well.
Ditto
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Brick
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Best stylist to not win could be Brian Berg.
Hey Ric, I am with you on Brian. He drilled my balls back in the early 1990's. Seems around approx. 1994 or 1995 was about the last time he drilled balls. Quit the pro shop business and went elsewhere.
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Brick
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Richard Wolfe by far
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without a doubt it is Richard Wolfe. The man has amazing form. Parker style!!!
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Kelly Coffman
Joe Ciccone
Ed Richardson
Paul Flemming
and Richard Wolfe especially
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Dave Arnold has won right? Anyway if he hasn't that guy is a stylist and still bowls in the West Region. I know he's made TV a number of times.
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Scott
I think around 3 titles. I know he won in 2001 when the new PBA started up with the bracket format..defeated Roger Bowker.
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Glad to see someone mentioned Joe Firpo. That guy has a golden armswing. I've met him a couple times, and he's a god guy off the boards too. He won a doubles event with Del Warren, and he came close with some TV appearances in the 90's (there was a tournament he lost to Phil Ringener on a crushed-solid 9 pin that is most memorable to me).
Kenny Simard has a really good looking shot that is hard to appreciate unless you've seen it in person. Solid at the line, a ton of revs. Really nice and hard to criticize. Otherwise, he's a jerk.
Richie Wolfe has got gold in his approach. Solid. I've talked to him between squads a few times and he's really a nice guy when you get him off the game as well. I can't imagine he's going to go forever without winning a title.
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Out of all the guys I have to go with Parker Bohn III. Smoothest form and approach I have ever seen. Not to mention the effortless release and follow thru.
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Out of all the guys I have to go with Parker Bohn III. Smoothest form and approach I have ever seen. Not to mention the effortless release and follow thru.
I'll remind you that the title asks about bowlers who have never won a title.
Parker has 31 titles to his credit.
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my bad, but still the guy has the smoothest game. There isnt to many good looking forms that havent won a title. If you look good most have a title. Im not saying there isnt some bowlers but most have won a title that I know of.
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I have a vote for Joe Firpo. I have bowled with him and he does bowl in my league on Wednesday Night. If you go to LeagueSecretary.com go to Georgia and then Atlanta Fun Center, there, you will find 2 well known names to the bowling world. Joe Firpo and Lisa Wagner. It is so cool to be in their presence and have the chance to pick at their brains a little and hear the stories of when they were on tour. BTW.....Joe IMO is smoother now than when he was on tour.
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Richard Wolfe? Do you mean Mike Wolfe? He has 3 titles to his name.
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thats two different ppl.
Mike wolfe = right hand
Richtie wolfe = left hand
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Out of all the guys I have to go with Parker Bohn III. Smoothest form and approach I have ever seen. Not to mention the effortless release and follow thru.
I can't believe Parker has never won a title!
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Another guy I just thought of was from a few years ago was Blaise Bedolla. Backswing like 80's Pete Weber and an amazing release. Made 2 shows in 02, then didn't make the exempt tour and I don't think is bowling regionals full time.
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id have to say
Jeff Carter as well
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I also would have to go with Richard Wolf. The mans approach is poetry in motion.. and he's a super nice guy to boot.
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Some might not agree with me, but I think that Todd Book has GREAT form and he would be one of my top picks.
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brad snell. check out the doubles tournament from 1992 on youtube that he bowled with ritchie wolfe.
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my 2 cents.
Richie Wolfe
Lee vanderoff
Mike Fagan
Tim Mack.... yeah he was out there for a year or two
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brad snell. check out the doubles tournament from 1992 on youtube that he bowled with ritchie wolfe.
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Brandon Riley
And he is still one of, if not the smoothest bowler in the chicagoland area.
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Brian Berg used to bowl in the twin cities area tournaments in the late 80's, moved south & disappeared...
hadn't heard that name for a while,,,,
but another local Jeff Smith did tour for a while and has a very smooth delivery...
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