Ben Robinson spent much of Sunday chasing the lead in Port St. Lucie, Florida. By the end of the 19th game, the English left-hander had won the PBA Elite Saint Lucie Lanes Open by 67 pins.
Robinson went 6–2 in round-robin match play on November 8 to claim his second PBA Regional title of the year and $8,500. Kenneth Ryan finished second for $4,250. Alex Glinski, Tyrell Ingalls and Christian Mouton rounded out the top five.
Chasing the lead in Florida
Robinson won his first regional title in Manassas in June, beating Deo Benard 216–206 in the championship match. In Florida, the top eight advanced after 11 games, then bowled eight more to decide the title. Robinson found this one more stressful.
He told BowlingLife it “felt like I was forever chasing someone for the lead” during match play.
“I also let some opportunities slip in the round robin where at times I thought I was completely out of it,” he said.
The two lanes on a pair could play quite differently. For Robinson, sticking with urethane meant finding the right line on each.
“Staying patient with the urethane all day really was key, controlling the lane to lane was also really difficult, some pairs the lanes could be 4 or 5 boards different,” Robinson said.
With a second trophy to take home to England, extra luggage might have to become part of the travel budget.
“Yeah it does feel like that, I’ll take advantage of it at every opportunity though because it’s an epic feeling!”
From Port St. Lucie to Reno
Robinson’s next target is the Regional Players Invitational, December 10–13 at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nevada. The top three after 18 games of qualifying earn priority status for the 2027 PBA Tour. Those finishing fourth through 15th earn invitations to the PBA Combine.
“It really helps a lot, all the experience I can gain whilst I’m here is something I can relate to in the future, hopefully I can take some of that knowledge to the RPI in December!” Robinson said.
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