2016 FireLake PBA Tournament of Champions Stepladder Finals

The stepladder finals of the 2016 FireLake PBA Tournament of Champions feature Mitch Beasley, Jesper Svensson, Jason Belmonte, EJ Tackett and Tom Daugherty. Original air date: February 7, 2016 on ESPN.
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[@SirJoelsuf1]

Daughtery was on my pair during a megabucks tournament in 2013. We joked a lot about his 100 lol, he was like "I hope YOU throw one for mentioning it." Really fun to be around.

[@blakerobins2660]

53:53 some high quality knitting over svenssons right shoulder

[@makeshotsharder6196]

A little known fact about the finals match. There usually is about a 5 - 10 minute warmup period for incoming bowlers between matches, Beasley only got about one or two balls due to show running long, hence the difficulty on the left lane

[@SirJoelsuf1]

Sooo PBA has finally wisened up and posted their telecasts online? Good on them!

[@NateCraven318]

1:28:31 I have never seen someone hit the 1-2 so hard and stone a 9 like that. Shit was GLUED down.

[@rooiehenkie1981]

This is great for Belmo. Take a step back and then make a grand comeback!

[@RoryZ23]

Love seeing Daugherty out there, thumbless power baby!

[@mikebird5148]

+RoryZ23 He runs the pro-shop where I bowl and is in my league, great guy.

[@smokingbluedream]

+Bird Man watch him in the bathroom next time his rosin bag isnt rosin if you know what I mean

[@realexc89]

amazing games!!! the best of the best for me!!

[@liquidrock2u]

Who goes to a PBA Tournament of Champions match and knits the whole time?

[@terminat1]

No one---but some knit.

[@151bar151]

@JDizzleNO2 you should be focused on watching the match and not kniting my god

[@Justsaying2023]

54:06 jesper says "shit"

[@nickberg2821]

gene wild yes

[@alexphillips6961]

7:19 nacho guy😂😂

[@andrewphillips2179]

Jesper Svennson did bowl amazingly well in the FireLake Tournament of Champions

[@thomasmccarrick4169]

Tom Daugherty: 231 E.J. Tackett: 221 Tom Daugherty: 220 Jason Belmonte: 169 Jesper Svensson: 245 Tom Daugherty: 206 Jesper Svensson: 226 Mitch Beasley: 177 Svensson Wins!

[@wb9076]

1:19 when the test average is 70 and you get 70.1

[@thomaslawrence1726]

when you just tryna announce but belmo interrupts you

[@DBerkey900]

52:16 “This lane sucks.” - Tom Daugherty 2016

[@AeroGuy-jz6ns]

Top 3 PBA bowlers who most deserve the next title: 1. EJ Tackett 2. John Szczerbinski 3. Dom Barrett

[@westside4life1770]

I feel Connor Pickford is gonna be a force to be reckoned with in the future, he has a great accurate roll

[@Steve.Orland]

Man 7 years later, Barrett is HoF eligible, Tackett has 20+ titles and Szcerbinski doesn't bowl in the PBA anymore ... Neither does Pickford, as far as I understand.

[@MPIEMDRailfan4]

@@Steve.OrlandPickford still bowls in PBA events every now and again. I’m almost certain he bowled the ToC either last year or in 2022.

[@thomaslawrence1726]

when jesper cusses but he thinks nobody heard him

[@mikebird5148]

Daugherty is in my thurs night league and runs the pro shop where I bowl, great guy.

[@novxcaine]

Where do you live? just in general

[@georgeferguson3205]

IMasks7 Gaming Somewhere near Brandon, Florida

[@Lozeyy]

1:32:06 voice crack?? 😂😂😂

[@calipayflorante]

nice upload

[@ChanceOfOne344254]

19:40 wait Mike you can’t say that

[@josephsmith5184]

it would be a wonder what goes on if Daughtery and Belmo stayed at the same hotel.

[@SkyMaster007]

I get that the left lane the ball wasn't hooking where it needed to for right handed bowlers, but to solve that problem they could have most likely used the spare ball and threw it straight at the pocket. Yes straight balls decrease your strike percentage however even lowering that, their accuracy was pretty great so it would have had more carry and more pin action as long as it had drive.

[@julianhope1238]

Horizon Draper they could also change their launch angles or used a less aggressive ball, like plastic or polyester

[@makeshotsharder6196]

Seriously? Apparently you do not know anything about bowling. When you have an inaccurate two handed idiot having 10 boards to hit the pocket and you are suggesting throwing a plastic ball? Please learn before you comment

[@jakesnussbuster3565]

@Sloth who are you even replying to lmao

[@fabptitpom]

This is very odd to see Tackett throwing a reactive ball for his spares, even though he manages to throw it without rotation, I wonder why he doesn't use a spare ball?

[@brainiac4201]

fabptitpom I do this as well. In most adult tourneys/qualifyiers there is a strict ball count per player (usually max of 6 balls per player). If you can manage spares this way, you save yourself from having to bring a plastic.

[@thenungod]

@@brainiac4201 i mean i only use 2 balls and im top 5 in england for under 16 lmao (1 reactive and 1 plastic)

[@philip863]

samuel obama good for you(I’m not being sarcastic. I’m 15 and nowhere near top 5 even in my division. I bowl for my school)

[@alexischeeseman4699]

Congrats Jesper Svensson🥳

[@Gumbocinno]

Why was he apologizing to Belmo so much?

[@jonesie6147]

Thumbnail Finder because players hate when people Brooklyn strike against them and they hate to score Brooklyn strikes against their opponents. I guess it's because it's all luck and it's not earned.

[@colemartins6744]

Two handing is pretty tough, but on television only can add on.

[@gk4thewin049]

Cole Martins no it’s not took me like 2 weeks to get it down while bowling regular in between that

[@teejay6063]

Every time Daugherty gets more of an end-over-end rather than more side roll, he strikes.

[@ww2079]

Look at the oil (blue) on the lanes at 1:16:03. Nearly Impossible for a righty to make consistent shots into that. Like Randy said one shot will hang out to the right and never come back, you make a tiny adjustment and it goes through the face. Been there and there's not a lot you can do. Maybe try throwing a backup ball if you have that in your bag of tricks.

[@ForYouPlays]

8:37 deadwood, BUT ON FIRST BALL?

[@patrickfahey9161]

99, 00 and 02 what happened in 01 no toc?

[@strein03]

55:40-55:55 ...lady knitting in the background. This is what it has come to on the PBA? The fans are knitting. Earl...Dick...we have failed you.

[@LOGICNREALITY]

what a bitch lol

[@sagatbalrog]

thats pretty funny

[@nickberg2821]

that's sad

[@MrTree1306]

It also looks like she never clapped at 1:25:30

[@freefallin0531]

John Strein ㅚ,

[@novxcaine]

Mitch Beasley signed my bowling ball bag lol and 5 other PBA pros

[@colemartins6744]

+FaZe Octave were you at one of these tournaments?

[@novxcaine]

+Shadowed Reaper No. My local bowling center had a pro am for my league and a lot of pros came sland I have 6 signatures on my bowling bag. I wish I went to this lol.

[@kingcrash8850]

+FaZe Octave I went to the 2016 barbasol pba players championship and I got almost 20 signatures on my bowling pin xD

[@novxcaine]

+Steveyboy52Productions bro that's awesome! You're lucky.

[@VREXAL]

I met a ton of pros at Junior Gold this past summer. Probably the best experience of my life

[@whitecatbrooklyn2301]

Belmonte looking like he put on a few pounds. That's eating good, he'll be back!

[@isaiahsmiley1379]

How do you get a bowling ball from one of them??

[@julianhope1238]

Isaiah Smiley luck. and also the bowler was feeling generous.

[@erikhagen7810]

R.I.P Mitch

[@thelegendarye2430]

Erik Hagen huh

[@user-fb8eo7dg9o]

예스퍼스벤손이더잘치구나

[@louisdiaz316]

I totally forgot about Tom's 100 game ..

[@novxcaine]

haha yeah

[@psuswan]

+louisdiaz316 i did not he showed me that he can make a great moment out of bad

[@dankmemes2434]

I saw Trey Ford

[@ikaslkjfs99]

Cute knitting lady at 40:58!

[@joshuaslosser6988]

46:05 was he making fun of jason? Sorry mate?

[@aabattery236]

No.

[@rcvater]

3:04 the truth

[@Plotteh]

anyone know what ball ej tackett is throwing? i have never seen a purple octane before

[@zgaviation6481]

Looking at the Motiv website, the octane is purple. The octane burn is blue

[@gk4thewin049]

Zac Grant and the carbon is red

[@billyfansler6025]

Jason Belmonte, I'm sorry I don't what to say. I'm sorry you lost but don't look down, look up. You are still my Role Model.

[@SpliceYourLife]

gimme a dab svensson!!

[@freebird67on]

As talented as these players are, why do we not hear of making up and back adjustments, versus left and right?

[@PSkyukido]

Because that's not an adjustment most would make mid match. A move up risks fouling, and a move back means that your new line will likely cross the old line, which would bollock up the movement of the ball

[@BenD23]

That left lane was not nice at all.

[@user-rl2wx6jw4n]

이제 두손볼링 다알아지니깐(예스퍼스벤손:월터레이윌리엄스주니어)

[@151bar151]

43:58 why not just hit it straight?

[@jakesnussbuster3565]

Way more difficult...

[@fifis677]

wtf is this scoring system? I've never seen it used before now.

[@tclarktpc]

+Nick Fifis ?

[@SkyMaster007]

Nick Fifis it is a bowling score system...

[@georgeferguson3205]

Nick Fifis Its the most common system used

[@philip863]

It’s the only scoring system used for bowling... I think.🧐

[@tylerallen2912]

Belmo should of won this event

[@WithADreamICameToCoD]

Too bad the players didnt flatten out the line on the left lane, way more consistently playable than 35-40 through 4th or 5th arrow :/

[@nickwarren131]

Playing straighter wouldn't have worked. No hold on those lanes. It would've hooked way too early. Svensson is a special case because he's insane and can throw a urethane like that anywhere, but with any of those resin balls it wouldn't work.

[@WithADreamICameToCoD]

+Nick Warren At the long island classic in like 09 or so when the lanes broke down really bad Jason threw his spare ball down and in

[@LargestBowlingNut]

+[RareBreed] Ezekiel The Dream Belmo threw plastic in that tournament because the right lane was viper, not because it broken down bad......

[@WithADreamICameToCoD]

+LargestBowlingNut He could've played it fine regardless, should've just adjusted hand angle give the ball more foward roll. They're pro but sometimes the lanes just tell you how they want to be played.

[@richardallen2724]

+LargestBowlingNut I bowled on that pair of lanes, in that center...that same week.

[@Zurround]

How the hell is Belmo considered the best player in the world? I saw him miss 2 very easy spares.

[@Johnviper9798]

pity about Belmo, is he dropping of or everyone else getting better

[@djjones576]

bowling is a difficult sport to be the best every time

[@TheAbele992]

Wait until 2017...

[@thecommoncoldvirus642]

TheAbele992 or 2019

[@Golfpro-kw4ol]

I never got the apologizing for a Brooklyn. I know it sucks and you feel bad, but you can’t do anything

[@andrewphillips2179]

Tom Daugherty and Jason Belmonte have bowled some exciting matches

[@brucenicholls854]

Go Ice Man !!!!!!

[@alonzotanner1226]

I just got back into watching the PBA on youtube after like 9 years. Why is it that some of the 2016-2017 stuff is now airing on CBS sports now? Have they picked up broadcasting again? If so I hope they do cuz I liked Dave Ryan, not that annoying moron Rob Stone. Great to have Dave back.

[@calebreaves358]

Lon Tanner he’s backkk

[@offspringfan1112]

I thought we stopped saying hambone for four strikes in a row once Rob Stone got out of the sport, i guess not (first game. 7th frame, Tackett)

[@nickwarren131]

SVENSSON SPEAKS ENGLISH. I THOUGHT HE SPOKE LIKE EUROPEAN OR SOMETHING BUT NOPE HE SPEAKS ENGLISH.

[@garethh7897]

+Nick Warren lol european isnt a language but yeah i thought the same thing

[@kingcrash8850]

+Gareth H he speaks American and Swedish

[@fabptitpom]

"HE SPOKE LIKE EUROPEAN"- Holy shit I never thought I'd be reading this one day

[@gk4thewin049]

Nick Warren European isn’t a language bud. He speaks English and Swedish

[@paulpaul6871]

hate how people bowl with 2 hands... just looks so wrong

[@hollykreisman6837]

Smart Cool boy YES

[@Gman.h]

Paul Paul dude that is just so uncool it's basically saying a 2 handed bowler does not like 1 handed every bowler has there own style like Tom with his cupped wrist or jesper with his 2 handed bowling just deal with it

[@leothompson9189]

in 10 years there is going to be a ton more 2 handers, get used to it.

[@jacoblyons1616]

Paul Paul fuck you bitch

[@whitecatbrooklyn2301]

Belmonte looking like he put on a few pounds. That's eating good, he'll be back!