2011 - 2012 PBA World Championship (Johnny Petraglia Division) - Match 02

The new year on the PBA Tour gets started with the PBA World Championship Johnny Petraglia Division Final, which will air at 1 p.m. ET Sunday on ESPN. It is the third of four eliminator rounds that will eventually trim the PBA World Championship field of 16 finalists down to four for the Sunday, Jan. 15, battle for the $50,000 first prize, the Earl Anthony Trophy and the PBA Tour's first major title of the 2011-12 season.

Four-time Tour winner Sean Rash dominated the 40-game qualifying portion of the World Championship, averaging 234.03 on five different lane conditions to earn top qualifier honors.

As the top qualifier in the Petraglia Division, Rash has selected the PBA's Scorpion lane condition as the scoring environment for Sunday's round. Also making the Division final are PBA Hall of Famer Pete Weber trying for his 36th title; third-year player Ryan Ciminelli trying for his second Tour title and non-titlist Nathan Bohr of Wichita, Kan., who will be making his PBA television debut.

One of these four players will be hoping to join Ryan Shafer and Osku Palermaa who have already won Division finals to qualify for the World Championship finals.

In Sunday's division finals, all four players will bowl a one-game match. The player with the lowest score will be eliminated. The three survivors will bowl another game, with the low man knocked out. The two finalists will bowl a final game, with the survivor advancing to the World Championship finals.

The Johnny Petraglia finals are named after the PBA Hall of Famer, 14-time PBA Tour champion and winner of the 1980 PBA National Championship.

Three easy steps to enhance your PBA World Championship telecast experience:

1. Free Xtra Frame Johnny Petraglia finals preview show (now available on pba.com's Xtra Frame) - Tune into pba.com's Xtra Frame for interviews with the finalists as they give their insight into strategy and equipment selection. All World Championship preview shows on Xtra Frame are available the Wednesday before each Sunday ESPN telecast for free.

2. Sunday, 1 p.m. ET -- ESPN telecast of Johnny Petraglia Division final from South Point in Las Vegas.

3. Sunday 2:30 p.m. ET -- Xtra Frame post-tournament show interviews the winning player and provides in-depth ball rep analysis of the winner's equipment selection and ball preparation. (Xtra subscription information is available on the pba.com Xtra Frame page.)

And of course, bowling fans can provide their feedback on World Championship telecasts through PBA's social networking platforms on Facebook and Twitter.

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[SundaysR4Bowling]

What do you guys think ... Should I upload it in 3D!!!!

[MrPASSDAMAYO]

what about match 1?

[SundaysR4Bowling]

@MrPASSDAMAYO It's loaded!!! .. I increased the resolution this week. The files are really large...2GB each .. Just give it some time .. The processing from YouTube is slowing it up

[E1m0Man]

anyone else getting nervous just watching these guys!?

[papalo1111]

look the face of Chris Barnes 0:23 0:29 yes! yes! hahahaha! he is actor LOL

[FatLightning84]

Love Ryan Semen Cannoli's comment at 3:40. You are a punt Ryan. Met him twice, even off the lanes he walks around like he owns the place. Biggest douche on tour right now.

[itchy069]

Thanks SundaysR4Bowling!!!!

[Noodle3207]

@skrmaster its his glove that he bowls with. that's why it only stretches in his back swing

[skrmaster]

does anyone hear that weird stretch noise everytime pete starts his backswing??!?!?!

[djrickysmith]

@rbgrn4real It gives you the option for 3d or normal, but due to the large file size the 3D option doesn't work

[rbgrn4real]

@SundaysR4Bowling Only if you also upload the normal one! I love your videos but don't want to wear glasses to watch :)

[SmooveLefty]

Pete DOES not play or has very little tolerance for distractions when he's on the approach!

[twisterking1963]

No 3D please... just leave it as it is! A lot of bowling fans around the globe don't have the luxury of watching the 'live' broadcasts on ESPN. We're so happy that we can see the shows thanks to SundaysR4Bowling. Don't mess it up with 3D!

[OwMyHip]

@dodgersown1 I watched this after reading your comment and got a great laugh. Thanks for pointing that out!