2001 PBA Long Island Open

2001 PBA Long Island Open
Syosset, NY
November 18, 2001
2:45 Tommy Delutz Jr vs Norm Duke
22:00 Walter Ray Williams Jr vs Chris Barnes
39:39 Match 1 Winner vs Tony Reyes
55:45 Championship Match

[@atbsigma]

It's bittersweet seeing Tony Reyes on a show... RIP!

[@user-dt6hb7kb6u]

Tony Reyes ( RIP)🙏

[@user-dt6hb7kb6u]

Walter Ray Williams Jr. Is Awesome.

[@Wolfman12395]

I have to say, OMG AT THAT FINISH!!!! What a CRAZY Championship match!!!!!

[@BKFS-ls9by]

The cutaway segment to Tom Clark bowling is an amateur is crazy! Never seen that before, and the fact that he is commissioner now makes it that much more interesting.

[@enigmazero8624]

I said the same thing. I had forgotten about that until I rewatched this show prior to uploading.

[@bowlnow824]

Yeah it is amazing. Just glad the PBA is doing better.

[@bowlnow824]

To see Tom Clark bowl and then realize he is running the PBA now is really crazy

[@Wolfman12395]

18:57 segment featuring the future PBA Tour Commissioner :P

[@enigmazero8624]

Ha yep I totally forgot about that until I watched this again to prepare it for upload. His ball roll is… pretty bad.

[@truthmatters8407]

I bowled with Tommy D. back in the 90's at Cal Bowl in Long Beach, Ca in a pro-am event. Very down to earth guy, a class act.

[@enigmazero8624]

I crossed near him in a regional and I thought the same thing.

[@user-dt6hb7kb6u]

I Used to Bowl the Lustig Scratch Tournament at Syosset

[@Wolfman12395]

Pretty ironic that they would call this the Long Island open, while the event was held in a different state altogether. I mean, Mohegan Sun isn't even exactly all that close to Long Island, it's nearly a 3 hour drive at best. Either way, it was a great show overall. Thanks for this :)

[@enigmazero8624]

As someone who has lived in upstate NY all my life and who is infuriated every time the New Jersey football teams are referred to as “New York”, I am numb to this kind of thing… To be fair, only the tv show was held at the casino; the rest was at the bowling center in Syosset that they went to every year in this era.

[@teejay6063]

Exactly. I lived in CT my whole life. Never heard of Long Island, Connecticut.

[@teejay6063]

​@enigmazero8624 I wonder if they hopped the ferry to get across the sound. Definitely possible, and about 3 hrs less travel to go like 20 miles altogether.

[@bowlnow824]

I still have that spare ball Chris Barnes is throwing. Don't roll with it anymore but It looks so cool

[@playdiscgolf1546]

Pretty appropriate for that year…

[@jasonshuffield3843]

Couldn’t have happened to a “nicer” person. Always enjoy watching TDJr win this one.

[@andrewphillips2179]

The WildCard, 1st Semi Final, and Title matches of the Long Island Open had fantastic and dramatic finishes.

[@Notconceitedjustbetterthanyou]

You seriously need to stop

[@JSmith-zr2ve]

You’re annoying AF.

[@michaelbarrett5149]

@EnigmaZero any more videos of 2001 2002 pba season you working on uploading tonight or this weekend?

[@andrewphillips2179]

EnigmaZero, It looks like you are planning to upload the U.S. Open. Also, The Title match between Tommy Delutz Jr and Chris Barnes had a dramatic finish. Also, Congratulations on getting to 100 videos on KZbin.

[@michaelbarrett5149]

There is also pba earl anthony memorial classic were parker bohn won that title

[@ARanere]

Chris left a decent amount of titles on the table with his mental lapses.

[@metsbs]

Long Island open live from Connecticut lol

[@enigmazero8624]

To be fair, the whole event was on Long Island and just the finals was at the casino

[@teejay6063]

Long Island Open, from Long Island, Connecticut.

[@brunsnick]

Looks like they had the lumberjack pins in. Yikes!

[@enigmazero8624]

What a boring show. The pocket is a given and just see who gets lucky. I feel like there was another Long Island Open show that was the same thing maybe 3 years earlier. It was at the bowling center instead of the arena but the results were the same. Strange.

[@natec3032]

@@enigmazero8624 similar pin carry was given at the 1996 PBA Flagship Open. Nelson actually talked about it on the TV show, and that kind of pin carry has to with the flat gutters next to the pin decks. When they install arena setting lanes, they bring those flat gutters to the highest allowable level, so the pins bounce out a lot easier. The reason they can't do that in a standard bowling center is because lanes get resurfaced with lane machines, and they will be out of tolerance in a short period of time because the lane machine presses down on those flat gutters. So just for the arena settings, they do that. That's why the pin carry is awesome in arena finals.

[@enigmazero8624]

@@natec3032 usually it is, but the carry on this show was terrible

[@ThePatriotsway]

Chris the choker 😜

[@chrishoch9876]

I THINK I'M A PROFESSIONAL BOWLER WHEN WILL YOU GET A 200 OR A 300 GAME CHRIS HOCH

[@chrishoch9876]

GET A 200 FOR TUESDAY NIGHT BOWLING GET THE STRIKES EARLY AND MAKE YOUR SPARES! CHRIS HOCH

[@chuckmarquette-gq2fe]

And again, Chris Barnes chokes

[@chuckmarquette-gq2fe]

Chris Barnes has to be the biggest joke ever to be in the hall of fame

[@jasonn9907]

Why? He has 19 PBA titles under his belt. That's a lot.

[@beeemm2578]

There is another all time great who 'choked' or "got second" quite a bit....he also won quite a bit. Earl Anthony is his name. And yeah, with all the seconds and thirds he got, you COULD call him a choker. Barnes has 19 titles and was right there for how many more? Dude is one of the modern greats for sure, any way you wanna slice it. But a "joke "? Lol...cmon..a bit harsh, no?