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Page 6 | Thursday, May 31, 2012 | THE BOWLING NEWS
Mohr set to defend Senior
U.S. Open title
LAS VEGAS — For reigning
Professional Bowlers Association
Senior Player of the Year
Ron Mohr, his win in the 2011
Etonic PBA Senior U.S. Open
was the launching pad for one
of the most dominant Senior
Tour seasons in PBA history.
That’s why he’s looking
Steve Frazzetto won highseries
honors for the week
at Plano Super Bowl with a
thundering 277-247-279 = 803
Sportsman series.
Lori Vermeer fronted the
ladies’ scoring race with a
blistering 204-244-193 = 641
Jack & Jill showing.
Randall Buda, Joe Finding,
Brad Nedved and Darren
Whitehead shared high-game
accolades as each recorded
award-winning 123-baggers.
Jeremy Bostock took runner-up
honors with a near perfect 298
solo.
HONOR ROLL
Patrick Adams 277-767, Judy Cooley
211-564, Sang Huynh 256-692, Ginger
Tanner 224-581, John Bright 243-712,
Sybil Williams 225-579, Rick Souddress
269-730, Loree Clark 183-520.
forward to the first Senior Tour
major championship of the
2012 season June 3-8 at the
Suncoast Bowling Center.
Leading into last year’s U.S.
Open, the Eagle River, Alaska,
resident had started his season
with finishes of fourth, third,
second and a win in the Senior
At Plano Super Bowl
Frazzetto smashes 803,
Vermeer unloads 641
Buda, Finding, Nedved and Whitehead add 300’s, Bostock 298
Matt Powell 246-674, Diane
Wallentine 241-576, Ashley Adams
232-624, Patrick Adams 277-708, Candi
Crannell 203-530, Justin Pittsinger
226-621, Sheila Sledge 177-500, Dottie
Culpon 188-548.
Michelle VanGlider 192-541, John
Precourt, Sr. 246-693, Billy Ketner
235-688, Ken Fantus 218-574, Phyllis
Haynes 166-452, David Zappitelli
279-728, Scotty Scott 279-731, Linda
Jolly 213-600.
Joey McKay 279-735, Diane
Wallentine 223-620, Mike Wajde 258-
649, Jen Fredrickson 220-607, Jeremy
Reeve 279-785, Danielle Hopland
245-618, Jeremy Bostock 787, Michelle
Crissup 215-610.
Mitchell Tinney (4 games) 269-
1030, Janelle Westbrook (4 games)
255-871, Rick Mann 266-769, Cindy
Mann 222-571.
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Ron Mohr,
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Mooresville Classic. But his
Senior U.S. Open victory, where
he defeated Walter Ray Williams
Jr. in the championship
match, 246-189, was really the
starting point of what became
a dream year. He went on to
win two more tournaments and
had only one tournament all
season where he finished lower
than fourth place, finishing
13th in Decatur, Ill.
This season, Mohr is getting
off to a more modest start with
finishes of fifth, 21st, 13th and
second, but he’s confident the
Senior U.S. Open can create the
needed spark for another run at
Senior Player of the Year honors.
“Heading into the U.S.
Open, the race is pretty wide
open,” said Mohr, who was also
the 2009 Senior Player of the
Year. “We’ve had four different
winners in four tournaments
and it’s as competitive as ever
with a lot of excellent players
becoming eligible for the Senior
Tour this season, so a win in
the U.S. Open can put me right
back in contention.”
Mohr is especially looking
forward to the U.S. Open
because he likes to bowl at Suncoast.
Prior to his win in 2011,
he finished second to Mark
Williams in the 2010 Senior U.S.
Open at the same center.
“I’m one of those players
who likes a longer format. I
think it favors me and I’ve kept
a winning attitude. I feel as well
prepared if not better than last
year,” said Mohr. “Bowling 50
games over the course of the
tournament is a lot and with a
format where pins carry over
after each round, there’s always
that little extra pressure to not
give pins away. It’s going to be
a more challenging condition
than we usually face, so making
your spares is always especially
important. Giving just 10 pins
away can be critical.”
As the season approaches
the halfway mark, the players
who have won in the first
four events this season are
Senior Tour “rookie” Lennie
Boresch Jr.; Walter Ray Williams
Jr.; rookie Bob Learn Jr.
and Johnny Petraglia. All four
titles were memorable for each
player.
Boresch won the Senior Sun
Bowl In the Villages in his
Senior Tour debut the same
week he was inducted into the
USBC Hall of Fame.
Williams won the Senior
Don Carter Memorial for
his third career Senior Tour
title the same week his father
passed away and after a PBA
Tour season in which he ended
his 26-season streak of making
a television finals appearance.
Learn won the Senior
Mooresville Classic in just his
third tournament competing on
the Senior Tour.
Petraglia made PBA history
when his win in the Senior
Dayton Classic made him the
first player to win a PBA Tour
or Senior Tour event in six
different decades. That win
was especially important for
Petraglia because he’s likely
to miss most of the rest, if not
all, of rest of the season due to
shoulder surgery.
Like its U.S. Open counterpart
on the PBA Tour, the
At Brunswick Zone Watauga
Hooks notches 739,
Rusk racks up 699
Johnathon Hooks topped the
charts for the week at Brunswick
Zone Watauga with a charttopping
739 COED series.
Kerry Rusk, Hooks’ league
mate, led the ladies honor roll
with a rollicking 699 set.
HONOR ROLL
Gene Orille 279, Kathleen LeCroy
279, Billy Lisenbe 696, Julie McHugh
604, Jeremy Jenkins 713, Miki Jo
Parish 642, Jerry Standlee 279-714,
Senior U.S. Open is one of the
most demanding tournaments
in professional bowling. The
four players will have to
survive 51 games of qualifying
and match play to reach the
stepladder finals.
Competition begins Monday,
June 4, with the first of three
six-game qualifying rounds.
Qualifying continues Tuesday
and Wednesday. The top 25 percent
of the field will then advance
to a nine-game cashers’
round Thursday to determine
the top 24 players who will
advance to round-robin match
play Thursday afternoon and
Friday. The stepladder finals
will get underway at Friday
afternoon at 3:30 p.m. PT.
All qualifying, match play
and stepladder rounds in
the Senior U.S. Open will be
covered live on PBA’s exclusive
online bowling channel, Xtra
Frame.
Ametria Maryland 627, Dean Pearson
625, Mary Davis 470.
Cody Bennett 629, Erin Whetson
550, Michael Bennett 629, Jennifer
Roberts 447, Buddy Moore 683, Ashley
Hannah 673, Joe Williams 726,
Michelle Holton 532, Chris Hibbitts 728.
Stephanie Thorne 541, Joe Grace
668, Jill Demuth 504.
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Don Holland 661, Audrey Martin 507.
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