Worst Bowling MISSES | When PBA bowlers miss ‘easy’ shots

We often expect bowling pro's on the PBA Tour to make every single shot. When a pro misses a single pin for example, it can certainly come as a huge surprise. However, pressure can do strange things to even the best bowlers.
In this video we take a look at some of the biggest bowling misses by well known PBA pro's.
00:00 Intro
00:57 Mika Koivuniemi
02:12 Del Ballard JR
03:05 Chris Barnes
03:55 Sean Rash
05:25 Matt Russo
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[@hertzvanrental100]

Mika's miss cost him so much prize money...but everyone loves Barnes 5-7-10 pancake at the Weber Cup.

[@skidhookroll]

Mika's was the worst. You make a 10 pin 95/100 times for a pro his caliber. And it was for a big major, and his name is Major Mika. Brutal loss. Rash also had some horrendous spare shooting in the recent doubles title match w/Ogle vs. Packy/Hupe. His spare misses were the difference there too.

[@bunker5696]

So many people say this it’s almost a cliche, but it’s so true: “Ten pins are like free throws. You ain’t gonna win by making them, but you will lose by missing them.”

[@therightlanebowling]

Now I really want to know how many 10 pins Shaq can make haha

[@bunker5696]

@@therightlanebowling IF he ever made one he would probably break the thing into splinters. 🤣

[@cousinjohncarstuff4568]

"Strikes for show, Spares to win!"

[@MsEeyore14]

No, spare to win, strike to go big

[@jamesnorton7601]

@@therightlanebowling Shaq can make more ten pins than free throws I bet

[@chrisfreemesser5707]

Don Genalo in '82 or so left a greek church in the 10th frame, and needed something like 2 pins to win the tournament. He miscalculated the score, threw it in the gutter thinking he had won the match, and ended up losing by a pin

[@natejohnson3638]

Any video of that on KZbin by chance? Pretty incredible to see a score miscalculation in the title match.

[@chrisfreemesser5707]

@@natejohnson3638 It was the 1983 Southern California Open...vid used to be on YT but doesn't currently seem to be available

[@veggieoilerfan2940]

Don Genalo thought he had already lost the match by leaving the Greek Church. He purposely threw the gutter ball as a show of frustration, not realizing that picking up 3 pins on the spare attempt would have given him the win.

[@chrisfreemesser5707]

@@veggieoilerfan2940 That's right...I knew it was something like that. I know somebody who has a recording of the tourney, working on getting it back up on YT

[@veggieoilerfan2940]

@@chrisfreemesser5707 That would be great if it ended up on YT again. The title match used to be available to watch, but I think it got taken down over 10 years ago.

[@sirrob-ey4ut]

I was watching that Del Ballard match. WOW! What a moment! It's got my vote.

[@reinnegroni8462]

I remember that so well when Del Ballard Jr. missed it & threw it into the channel & handed the title to Pete Weber. Took off his arm wrist with so much pity back in 1991. If Del haven’t moved to the left within 2 boards to the left, this wouldn’t happen. Nope. But Pete won by surprise.

[@rjulofkerlum7643]

2022 PWBA US Open, Match #2, Shannon O'Keefe needed 2 strikes and 8 to win, she gets the two strikes but leaves a greek church on the fill ball and loses by 2

[@Smitty300]

Don Genalo @ the 1983 Southern California Open. Greek Church, 5 out, lost by 2 for the title.

[@844spyder]

How can we forget rhino pages 4 count when he needed I think 7 or 8 to win and working on 269

[@SirJoelsuf1]

I am SO glad this included Barnes' 5-7-10! haha

[@darrenthedude1]

So Crazy! You can see a very slight WTF cross his face, but he's too much of a gentleman to let it phase him, lol.

[@vanni9283]

Nothing beats the infamous Ballard Ball incident! How about Don Genalo back in 1983. Threw away a tournament after he got a 5 count (Greek Church) and thought he had lost the match and wound up handing a title to Jimmie Pritts. And Mark Fahy the very next year in Tucson getting only 5 on a fill ball when he needed 7, enabling Ron Palombi to strike out in the 10th to win!!!

[@ashe949]

Del Ballard's miss, should never be near the gutter when you don't need to be 😅

[@davidking4838]

I used to miss the 10 pin all the time. I gradually worked my way up to a 16 pound ball - this took me about 3 years of league bowling. Then I realized I could use my 13 pound ball for single pin spares. I could throw it flat and straight and I got to the point where I could make the 10 pin with my spare ball at least 80% of the time.

[@gregm6917]

There was a match where Holman guttered to loose . A couple players also double guttered to make them loose

[@ArthurShedsJackson]

I watched that live...it was bizarre to see.

[@sirrob-ey4ut]

I remember that!! Marshall Holman !! What a character. And a Great bowler!

[@JustChuck1t]

Mika’s and Barnes misses were painful.

[@BigslimDB]

Del Ballards was the biggest miss. I remember watching that match. At that time Del was one of my favorite bowlers. He was never the same bowler after that.

[@XCodeHelpHub]

The Ballard Ball is infamous! Del had said that it forever changed him. Important to note is that he did that earlier in the same game as well so he was having trouble keeping the ball away from the channel.

[@koz4338]

Gutter ball against Webber was the worse

[@Jason_Maier]

Ah the 5-7-10 "Sour Apple" split. Pete Weber also left that in 93 or 94

[@ksjlb2612]

It may not have cost a title, but how about the televised front 11 by Del Ballard Jr where he dunks the 12th ball in the gutter?

[@rpc717]

I could have missed those shots!

[@mybowlingexcuses]

Man.. I remember watching most of these.

[@b.r.fowler785]

Mika’s missed 10-pin still hurts, 12 years later.

[@ineedammo8167]

What about Marshall Holman’s double gutter in 1990?

[@bradmorgan3797]

Rash also just missed a huge spare in the doubles tournament against Packy and Mitch

[@coopergates9680]

Seems it's usually a corner pin, including how EJ almost lost to TJ back in 2013

[@gorillafsoccer]

Sean Rash, because he’s baby

[@vonzigle]

Thanks!

[@therightlanebowling]

Thank you so much! ❤️

[@radinsyah1574]

There’s something seriously wrong with the oiling, ball technology, or both when a high revving ball leaves a 5-7-10. Traditionally, only a slow and straight 6-lb bowling ball would rightfully leave.

[@hunterprowsemrereviews9141]

Man the days need to come back of bowlers smoking cigars while they bowl! Those were the days lol.

[@cousinjohncarstuff4568]

Can't remember the year or tournament, Monacelli when the ball went sailing right past the 5 pin to lose. Anyone remember when that was?

[@coopergates9680]

3:30 Remember Ryan Shafer vs. Bill O'Neill in the 2011 US Open?

[@DrakeLavenderZXShorts]

Nice!

[@kennethkatz6782]

I wish I can throw the ball faster than 10mph but spin prevents it.

[@jazzabighits4473]

The gutterball was the worst. I didn't think pros chucked gutterballs (except when trying to go for corner pins)

[@sunnyscott4876]

I wanted to be a pro bowler so bad when I was a kid.

[@SirJoelsuf1]

And "Overthrow it slightly?" My man. Mika's 10 whiff fell in the channel at the damn markers. His spare ball threw HIM.

[@bobby_c7671]

Haha! is was more like a Rash career highlight bit. What a clown!!

[@howiecricket52]

Del Ballard Jr. should have thrown a much straighter shot toward the pocket! The gutter would NEVER have been an issue!

[@ForYouPlays]

Del Ballards was on a gs-92 like before gs setters even existed lol

[@Interdicted]

Rash struggled in early career? He won a lot at the beginning

[@dreamerultra5306]

2004 Earl Anthony Classic, Lonnie Waliczek up 28 pins in the 8th. WRW JR strikes out 9th and 10th to force LW to mark in the 10th. He leaves a 1-2-4-6-10 washout and misses. He lost by 6 pins. It should have been his 3rd PBA title, instead his career spirals downward and he never wins again and struggles badly on tour next 10 years.

[@vanni9283]

The next week he left the washout to lose a match to Pete Weber.

[@johnathangiesler3869]

To be fair the oil patterns are insanely hard to play

[@drcheese3012]

To be fair to Russo, he actually made a solid run at the split the second time. Luck just wasn’t on his side as he chopped it.

[@drcheese3012]

What about Sean’s 4-0 count. He went through the nose getting four and whiffed it completely.

[@ronwynkoop9340]

Watching Barnes losing to Haugen never gets old

[@Riz2336]

I would say for sure the del ballard gutter ball, if I were him I would have just thrown a down and in type of hook and at least got 7 out

[@AussiePillow1]

How many times has a pro missed the 5 pin? How many drinks have they had to buy for people who had their hands up?

[@atbsigma]

I believe Sean Rash has missed yet another single pin in 2023 that led to losing a title shot. The good news, however… all of the bowlers are current or future HoF’ers, including Rash. The misses are bigger when the bowlers are world class.

[@atbsigma]

Replying to my own comment… Russo may get there one day. Butters will get there and he’s missed some shots. EJ Tackett deserves a mention and is definitely a future HoFer.

[@bser3973]

Nobody is PERFECT.

[@nelsonporter8387]

What’s the big deal about a eurathane ball?

[@FocusedBowling]

Wow I’m early!

[@therandomytchannel4318]

My best games were 279 and 289 but to this day, have not thrown a 300, weird but true, bowling is still fun, been doing it most of my adult life 😁

[@johnblaha5692]

Sean rash =😭😭😭

[@jpgunny101]

Can’t stand Rash…

[@izrultwocents]

Rash will always be a cry baby

[@darcywood4637]

Whaaaaa cry cry baby rash

[@riversarcadereview385]

CAN'T stand barnes and rash

[@stevenebesni2432]

I didn’t know Willem DeFoe was a pro bowler. Also, how is someone going to complain about an opponent’s bowling ball material. After seeing these videos I seriously believe many of these professional bowlers wouldn’t break 200 if they bowled at a normal open bowl session.

[@BucksCorner101]

Most of them average 250+ on house shots

[@coopergates9680]

@@BucksCorner101 I think Steve is talking about double burn with a puddle in front of the head pin from recreational bowlers striping plastic right up 4th arrow.

[@BucksCorner101]

@@coopergates9680 Possibly, however, any of these pros could just cook a new line in for themselves within a few shots.

[@coopergates9680]

@@BucksCorner101 In that situation, you can't clean the back end without burning the little oil you have left. Sure, I'm not a pro, but conditions that force me inside 5th arrow yield much poorer carry and a meager pocket hit percentage, unless it's so dry outside that you can get it outside 12 and it gets back. There's a match with Cameron Weier vs. a house bowler on that sort of condition that illustrates the struggles

[@BucksCorner101]

I agree with you there. Fortunately, there is always a route to go around or get to the pocket. Even if it may not be the best scenario, these conditions can still produce high scores if you know what to look for.

[@Mememememememe123]

Sean should have at least 10 more titles then he has now, but he just sucks on tv 😭😭