Mike Dias (pictured left) of Lafayette, Colo., averaged 248 including a perfect game to lead first-round qualifying Monday in the Etonic Professional Bowlers Association Senior U.S. Open at the Suncoast Bowling Center in Las Vegas, Nev.

Dias, who won the PBA Senior Don Carter Open in 2011 for his lone Senior Tour title, had a 1,488 six-game pinfall total with games of 214, 300, 237, 212, 257 and 268. He holds a four-pin lead over Sammy Ventura (right) of Syracuse, N.Y., in second who finished the first round with 1,484. Ventura is trying for his first win in three seasons competing on the Senior Tour.

"You wouldn't know it by the way I've bowled in past U.S. Opens but I actually like these longer-format tournaments," said Dias, whose best Senior U.S. Open finish was 43rd in 2007. "I'm trying to treat it like any other tournament to avoid putting too much pressure on myself.

"It's just one block and there's a long way to go but even after six games I've got a good picture of how the house is playing and just need to get all the pins I can."

Rounding out the top five were three bowlers from the Las Vegas area, amateur Terry Leong of Las Vegas, in third with 1,470, former touring pro Joe Salvemini, also of Las Vegas, in fourth with 1,465, and amateur Dick Baker of Henderson, Nev., in fifth with 1,452.

"I've really been working hard the last three months getting ready for this tournament," said Salvemini, who won three PBA Tour titles in a 20-year career that spanned from 1983 to 2003. "Between practice and some good coaching I've got the hunger back. My confidence was pretty high coming into this tournament."

The Etonic PBA Senior U.S. Open presented by Suncoast drew 220 players. In what is considered the toughest test on the Senior Tour, all players will bowl two more six-game qualifying rounds Tuesday and Wednesday. The field will then be cut to the top 55 players for another nine-game qualifying round Thursday morning.

The top 24 players after Thursday's qualifying round will advance to round-robin match play rounds conducted Thursday and Friday to determine the top four for the stepladder finals scheduled for Friday at 3:30 p.m. PT.

Bowling fans can check out coverage of the Senior U.S. Open on pba.com's Xtra Frame.

 

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Etonic PBA Senior U.S. Open presented by Suncoast - First Round Results

Players with position, hometown and 6-game total. a indicates amateur.

1, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 1,488
2, Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 1,484
3, a-Terry Leong, Las Vegas, 1,470
4, Joe Salvemini, Las Vegas, Nev., 1,465
5, a-Dick Baker, Henderson, Nev., 1,452
6, Kerry Fulford, Brownwood, Texas, 1,433
7, Charlie Tapp, Kalamazoo, Mich., 1,425
8, Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 1,411
9, Wayne Webb, Columbus, Ohio, 1,407
10, Eric Forkel, Las Vegas, 1,404
11, Brad Snell, Mount Prospect, Ill., 1,401
12, William Keenan, Jr., Orlando, Fla., 1,399
13, Kevin Foley, Reno, Nev., 1,390
14, Ron Winger, Las Vegas, 1,389
15, Don Moser, Murrieta, Calif., 1,388
16, Bruce Hall, Los Altos Hills, Calif., 1,386
17, Bill Nichols, Roseville, Calif., 1,383
18, Marv Sargent, Temecula, Calif., 1,382
19, Noel Vazquez, Sacramento, Calif., 1,381
20, (tie) Brian Voss, Alpharetta, Ga., and Tom Baker, King, N.C., 1,375
22, Bo Goergen, Sanford, Mich., 1,372
23, (tie) a-Henry Dawson, Elma, Wash., and Steve Davis, Manteca, Calif., 1,368
25, Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., 1,367
26, a-Darwin Wimer, Mesquite, Nev., 1,364
27, (tie) Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., and Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 1,361
29, (tie) Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla., Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, and John Dudak, Orland Park, Ill., 1,357
32, Peter Knopp, Germany, 1,355
33, Bob Learn Jr., Erie, Pa., 1,354
34, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., 1,350
35, Fred Cole, Visalia, Calif., 1,348
36, (tie) Les Shirwindt, Las Vegas, and Koichiro Tamaki, Japan, 1,343
38, (tie) Bryan Goebel, Shawnee, Kan., a-Rodney Tramp, Porterville, Calif., and a-Cliff Connors, Tempe, Ariz., 1,340
41, a-Marc McDowell, Madison, 1,338
42, (tie) Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, and Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 1,337
44, Tony Rodriguez Jr., Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., 1,331
45, (tie) Frank Gallo Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., and Kevin Fatherree, Northridge, Calif., 1,328
47, Hugh Miller, Seattle, 1,327
48, Sal Bongiorno, Hollywood, Fla., 1,326
49, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 1,325
50, Gregory Waldon, Manhattan, Mont., 1,322
51, a-Dan Roberts, Brentwood, Calif., 1,321
52, (tie) a-Ron Hosler, Denver, Colo., and a-Rudy Moreno, Reno, Nev., 1,320
54, Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., 1,319
55, Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 1,317
56, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 1,313
57, (tie) Gary Skidmore, Albuquerque, N.M., and a-Crister Danielsson, Sweden, 1,312
59, Vince Honeycutt, Buford, Ga., 1,310
60, Vince Mazzanti Jr., Levittown, Pa., 1,307
61, (tie) Ricky Beck, Box Elder, S.D., and Robert Brown, Cody, Wyo., 1,304
63, (tie) a- Michael Clemence, Las Vegas, Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., a-Edward Roberts, Braintree, Mass., 1,302
66, a-Jeff Suma, Auburn Hills, Mich., 1,300
67, Garry Blanton, Owensboro, Ky., 1,298
68, (tie) Dave Flemming, Fairborn, Ohio, a-Dave Washburn, Las Vegas,
Roger Kossert, Lithia, Fla., and Jerry Sikora, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., 1,296
72, (tie) a- Bob Markiewicz , San Diego, and Mike Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 1,294
74, a-Paul Appling, Camarillo, Calif., 1,291
75, (tie) Lee Rucker, Fort Myers, Fla., Rohn Morton, Vancouver, Wash., and Mike Raleigh, Clyde, Mich., 1,288
78, Randy Shewmake, Ft. Worth, Texas, 1,284
79, Rick Francis, Galt, Calif., 1,283
80, Todd Kjell, Roscoe, Ill., 1,282
81, a-Pete Thomas, Oklahoma City, Okla., 1,281
82, Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 1,280
83, (tie) a-Harry Mickelson, Yakima, Wash., and Junichi Yajima, Japan, 1,278
85, Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., 1,276
86, a-Barry Zimmerman, Grand Forks, N.D., 1,275
87, a-Masato Hanamoto, Japan, 1,272
88, Christopher Keane, New City, N.Y., 1,269
89, (tie) Henry Gonzalez, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Darrell Adams, Flintstone, Ga., 1,268
91, Rick Minier, Cypress, Texas, 1,267
92, Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 1,266
93, George Patel, England, 1,265
94, (tie) Dave Bernhardt, Romeo, Mich., and a-Steve Corsaro, Tracy, Calif., 1,263
96, Don Lane, San Francisco, 1,262
97, (tie) Brian Brazeau, Ocala, Fla., and Edward Silva, Manteca, Calif., 1,260
99, Don Sylvia, Reno, Nev., 1,259
100, (tie) Marc Clyburn, Pittsburg, Calif., Larry Popp, Marion, Ohio, and David Axon, Bellevue, Neb., 1,257
103, Joel Carlson, Omaha, Neb., 1,256
104, Barry Gurney, West Hills, Calif., 1,255
105, Arturo Hernandez, Venezuela, 1,254
106, Ross Larsen, Riverside, Calif., 1,251
107, a-Dan Ahlquist, Sweden, 1,249
108, Rodney Garrick, San Francisco, 1,248
109, Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., 1,247
110, a-D.A. Wright, Palm Desert, Calif., 1,244
111, (tie) Michael Lucente, Warren, Mich., and Tom Ream, Tampa, Fla., 1,243
113, (tie) Mike Hastings, Millsboro, Del., and Robert Sturdevant Jr., Long Beach, Wash., 1,242
115, (tie) Steven Withrow, Puyallup, Wash., and Gary Livingston, Papillion, Neb., 1,240
117, Daniel Miyamoto, Mililani, Hawaii, 1,239
118, a-Howard Loosbroock, Henderson, Nev., 1,237
119, Bob Amoruso, Glenview, Ill., 1,236
120, a-Mike Castleton, San Diego, 1,231
121, (tie) Don Hicks, West Babylon, N.Y., and C.K. Moore, Redding, Calif., 1,230
123, a-Ed Jablonski, Las Vegas, 1,229
124, a-Douglas Thompson, Aberdeen, S.D., 1,227
125, Randy Peterson, Carrington, N.D., 1,225
126, a-Randy Jackman, Hammond, Ind., 1,223
127, a-Max Shellabarger, Layton, Utah, 1,221
128, Marc Lineberry, Camanche, Iowa, 1,220
129, (tie) a-Gary Johnson, Las Vegas, Nev., Craig Kisro, Granada Hills, Calif., a-Gerald Calvin, Thousand Oaks, Calif., and Ron Profitt, Brookville, Ohio, 1,219
133, Bill Stempke, Moorpark, Calif., 1,218
134, a-Jim Stevens, Eagan, Minn., 1,217
135, Mal Helmuth, Elk Grove, Calif., 1,216
136, a-Stan Winters, Simi Valley, Calif., 1,214
137, (tie) Steve Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y., and Ron Dixon, Boynton Beach, Fla., 1,213
139, George Lord, Lakeland, Fla., 1,212
140, (tie) Dave Schultz, Jackson, Wis., Keith Sharp, Orlando, Fla., Rich Wilkinson, Bennington, Neb.,
and Van Fenner, Reno, Nev., 1,210
144, (tie) Daniel Miner, East Moline, Ill., Mark Scime, Winter Garden, Fla., and a-Mike Locorriere, Las Vegas, 1,208
147, (tie) Emilio Mora Sr., Defiance, Ohio, and a-Jace Peterson, Elkhorn, Wis., 1,207
149, (tie) Timothy Kauble, Marion, Ohio, and Bill Hewlett, Eagle, Idaho, 1,205
151, Fred Kouri, Castle Rock, Colo., 1,200
152, a-David Graber, Las Vegas, 1,199
153, Donald Breihan, Columbia, S.C., 1,198
154, Paul McCordic, Sugar Land, Texas, 1,197
155, (tie) Ron Garr, Ridgedale, Mo., and a-Gary Coultas, Huntington Beach, Calif., 1,196
157, Jorge Gutierrez, Las Cruces, N.M., 1,195
158, (tie) John Thullen, Whiteland, Ind., and a-Butch Hrouda, Dickinson, N.D., 1,193
160, Rickey Smith, Milton, Fla., 1,189
161, (tie) Marvin Nezvensky Jr., Pueblo, Colo., a-Donald Kilgore, Las Vegas, and Frank DeFilippo, Las Vegas, 1,188
164, Darryl Bower, Middletown, Pa., 1,187
165, (tie) D.A. Carbone, Broomfield, Colo., and a-Dewaine West, Temecula, Calif., 1,185
167, a-Jim Cote, Spokane, Wash., 1,184
168, Ed Bordenka, Las Vegas, 1,178
169, Jim Gordin, Modesto, Calif., 1,176
170, a-Leif Sjoberg, Sweden, 1,174
171, Dennis Bremer, Stoughton, Wis., 1,171
172, Chuck Schuette, Davenport, Iowa, 1,170
173, (tie) Doug Kempt, Monrovia, Calif., and a-Al Bella, Antioch, Calif., 1,169
175, Brian Cooper, Visalia, Calif., 1,166
176, a-Jim Moran, Las Vegas, 1,163
177, Norb Wetzel, Fond du Lac, Wis., 1,160
178, (tie) a-Wayne Manwill, Boise, Idaho, and a-John Reed, Pueblo, Colo., 1,155
180, a-Robert Priess, Las Vegas, Nev., 1,154
181, (tie) Scott Lindsey, Omaha, Neb., and Dave Gualeni, Roswell, N.M., 1,153
183, a-Darrel Curtis, Las Vegas, 1,152
184, Randy Niehaus, Rockford, Ill., 1,149
185, Steve Lennard, Palmdale, Calif., 1,147
186, Howard Partell, Las Vegas, 1,146
187, Lucien Casagrande, Canada, 1,141
188, a-Dale Rider, Las Vegas, 1,138
189, a- Thomas Smith, San Bernardino, Calif., 1,134
190, Tim Pierce, Portland, Ore., 1,132
191, Gary Simon, Philippi, W.Va., 1,131
192, Ray Randall, Dearborn, Mich., 1,130
193, a-Mark Fenton, Aurora, Colo., 1,129
194, a-Dan Winter, Rockford, Ill., 1,126
195, a-Kiyoshi Nakarai, Japan, 1,120
196, (tie) a-Mike Schmid, St. Paul, Minn., and Larry Grandt, Lake Bluff, Ill., 1,119
198, a-Murray Hickman, Las Vegas, 1,118
199, (tie) Larry Jordan, Lebanon, Ore., and Harley Trumbull, New Boston, Mich., 1,111
201, (tie) Ross McDonald, Clarksville, Md., and a-Kenneth Daily, San Leanardo, Calif., 1,110
203, Lauri Karppala Jr., Folsom, Ca., 1,108
204, a-Larry O'Neill, Alexandria, Va., 1,103
205, Tony Majcher, Rolling Meadows, Ill., 1,101
206, a-David Thomas, Las Vegas, 1,098
207, a-Trent Zabelle, Beaverton, Ore., 1,096
208, a-James Snyder, Fair Oaks, Calif., 1,092
209, Jerry Watkins, Bloomfield, N.M., 1,091
210, Gerry Chinn, Castaic, Calif., 1,088
211, Don Michaelsen Sr., Plant City, Fla., 1,072
212, John Shreve Sr., Elyria, Ohio, 1,071
213, Herbye Mitchell, Granbury, Texas, 1,059
214, (tie) Randee Fry, Scottsbluff, Neb., and Ken Waltman, Tokeland, Wash., 1,052
216, Andy Anderson, Falls Church, Va., 1,048
217, Ray Shuel, Canada, 1,030
218, a-Lamonte Lovering, San Mateo, Calif., 1,022
219, James Gregware Jr., Rensselaer, N.Y., 1,006
220, a-Ted Clampitt, Denton, Texas, 974

300 Games (3) - Keith Sharp, Mike Dias, Bill Nichols