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Jake Peters wins first PBA Tour title for himself and MOTIV

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 8:00 pm
Jake Peters wins first PBA Tour title for himself and MOTIV
Jake Peters won his first PBA Tour title for himself and MOTIV in the Lucas Oil PBA Badger Open. Photo by Pro Bowlers Association.
Jake Peters had never finished higher than 19th in a PBA Tour event before competing in the Lucas Oil PBA Badger Open. He made the biggest jump possible by winning his first title and the first MOTIV, the ball company he is a staffer for. His biggest win prior to the Badger Open was the inaugural InsideBowling.com Open in 2011. Peters, a righty from Decatur, Ill., downed rising young PBA Tour star and former Wichita State University teammate Josh Blanchard 245-212 in the title...