Five-time PBA Tour and three-time PBA50 Tour winner Harry Sullins of Chesterfield Twp., Mich., bowled a 279 game in his last game of first round qualifying Tuesday to take the lead in the PBA60 Dick Weber Championship presented by 900 Global for players ages 60 and over.

The 60-year-old Sullins (featured Photo) bowled a 1,683 seven-game pinfall total at Pro Bowl West in Fort Wayne, Indiana, with games of 196, 276, 247, 212, 265, 208 and 279 going around Sammy Ventura (right) of Syracuse, N.Y., who finished the round in second with 1,653.

The 196 game could have been 220,” Sullins said. “I had a good shot to the pocket but I just didn’t have my speed and line to the pocket matched up like I did in the second game.

“The 279 at the end of the game was kind of unexpected because in the game before it (208) I didn’t have a good feel,” he added. I really didn’t make much of an adjustment in the last game, I just refocused and gave it a little more extra effort.”

Sullins (left) is hoping to end a drought without a win in national senior competition that dates back to the 2011 PBA50 Senior Lake County Open.

“Every year it gets harder on the senior tour,” Sullins said. “There’s more and more good players coming out here and there’s a lot of guys that are just plain tough to beat. I’ve had a lot of good finishes recently just not good enough to make the top five.”

Rounding out the top five after the first round were William Peters, Dayton Ohio, 1,623; Dale Csuhta, Wadsworth, Ohio, 1,620, and Bruce Hall, Westborough, Mass., 1,597. PBA Hall of Famer Brian Voss (right) finished the round in sixth with 1,579 and defending champion Darryl Bower of Middletown, Pa., finished tied for 22nd with 1,495.

The PBA60 Dick Weber Championship is the final event of the PBA50 Tour season and is the second event specifically for players 60 and over. Mike Dias (left) won the Super Senior Classic for players 60 and over in June.

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The entire field returns Wednesday morning for another seven-game qualifying round at 9 a.m. ET. The top 32 players will then advance to the first round of match play at 4 p.m. After another match play round Thursday morning, the top five will be determined for the stepladder finals at 1 p.m.

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PBA60 Dick Weber Championship – First Round Results

Players with position, hometown and 7-game total. n-non-member.

1, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., 1,683
2, Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 1,653
3, William Peters, Dayton, Ohio, 1,623
4, Dale Csuhta, Wadsworth, Ohio, 1,620
5, Bruce Hall, Westborough, Mass., 1,597
6, Brian Voss, Centennial, Colo., 1,579
7, Paul Mielens, Menomonie, Wis., 1,564
8, John DiSantis, Wilmington, Del., 1,559
9, Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 1,547
10, Michael Chrzanowski, Shepherd, Mich., 1,539
11, (tie) Tom Carter, Columbus, Ohio, and
Johnny Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., 1,537
13, Edward Silva, Manteca, Calif., 1,528
14, Kevin Foley, Reno, Nev., 1,527
15, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 1,526
16, n-Peter Minaudo, Chesterfield, Mich., 1,524
17, Henry Dawson, Elma, Wash., 1,513
18, n-Victor Van Hentenryck, Fort Wayne, Ind., 1,508
19, Robert Donovan, Prattsville, N.Y., 1,500
20, n-Julius Mickel, Omaha, Neb., 1,499
21, Ron Profitt, Brookville, Ohio, 1,497
22, (tie) n-Ed Austreng, Waterford, Mich., 1,495 and
Darryl Bower, Middletown, Pa., 1,495
24, Frankie May, Reading, Pa., 1,491
25, Christopher Keane, Cape Coral, Fla., 1,486
26, Patrick King, Yankton, S.D., 1,485
27, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 1,484
28, John Hunt, Grayling, Mich., 1,482
29, n-Leroy Johnson, Chicago, 1,481
30, n-Gary Kinyon, Lockport, N.Y., 1,480
31, Warren Nelson, Hemet, Calif., 1,478
32, Steven Jansson, Barnes, Wis., 1,471
33, Mike Hastings, Millsboro, Del., 1,469
34, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 1,466

35, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 1,465
36, Michael Lucente, Warren, Mich., 1,459
37, (tie) Ron Glick, Morganville, N.J., and
Bill Sell, Menasha, Wis., 1,457
39, Phillip Moros, Lombard, Ill., 1,456
40, Mike Moore, Marietta, Ohio, 1,454
41, Sam Maccarone, Williamstown, N.J., 1,453
42, Timothy Kauble, Marion, Ohio, 1,451
43, Ron Mohr, Las Vegas, 1,448
44, Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 1,447
45, Emilio Mora Sr., Defiance, Ohio, 1,445
46, Gary Kammes, Winfield, Ill., 1,444
47, n-Gus Yannaras, Greenfield, Wis., 1,440
48, Jim Heintz, St. Charles, Mo., 1,438
49, Mark Everette, Aliquippa, Pa., 1,436
50, Charlie Tapp, Kalamazoo, Mich., 1,429
51, Brendan Bierch, Grafton, Mass., 1,426
52, Bob Caruso, Dayton, N.J., 1,425
53, John Dudak, Orland Park, Ill., 1,423
54, n-Mike Haggerty, Montrose, Mich., 1,422
55, (tie) James Storts, Westfield, Ind., and
Ross McDonald, Las Vegas, Nev., 1,417
57, n-George Phillips, Centreville, Mich., 1,410
58, Marty Berke, Allentown, Pa., 1,401
59, Carlton Turley, Huntingtown, Md., 1,392
60, Lance Lorfeld, University Place, Wash., 1,387
61, n-Fred McLain, Allen Park, Mich., 1,385
62, Richard Hunt, Valparaiso, Ind., 1,384
63, (tie) Dave Bernhardt, Romeo, Mich., and
n-Fran Bax, Niagara Falls, N.Y., 1,379
65, Dale Holgate, Peninsula, Ohio, 1,374
66, Don Lane, San Francisco, 1,369
67, Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 1,367
68, Ken Ball, Avon, N.Y., 1,364
69, Gary Reh, Fort Mohave, Ariz., 1,360
70, n-Daniel Mayer, Waterford, Mich., 1,353
71, Richard Nardozza, Clearfield, Pa., 1,350
72, n-Marc Lineberry, Camanche, Iowa, 1,347
73, n-David Memmer, Defiance, Ohio, 1,344
74, (tie) Dale Reh, Appleton, Wis., and
Daniel Seppa, Madison, Wis., 1,334
76, Jim Dilyard, Burbank, Ohio, 1,329
77, Tom Howison, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1,318
78, Mike Flinchbaugh, Marion, Ohio, 1,314
79, Mark Nance Sr., Grove City, Ohio, 1,313
80, Robert Davis, Annapolis, Md., 1,304
81, Lee Brosius, Ashburn, Va., 1,303
82, Galen Keas, Alda, Neb., 1,297
83, n-Earl Bell, Troy, Tenn., 1,292
84, Burdette Walker, Rockwood, Pa., 1,289
85, n-Victor Latuch, Somerset, Penn., 1,284
86, Lyle Zikes, Arlington Heights, Ill., 1,282
87, Stephen Lippman, Palm Harbor, Fla., 1,273
88, Allen Meskan, Addison, Ill., 1,255
89, Chris Patton, Park City, Utah, 1,252
90, n-Joseph Woznicki, Lakeland, Fla., 1,242
91, n-Roland Wright, Christianburg, Va., 1,237
92, Peter Brainard, Tampa, Fla., 1,231
93, Robert Teeters, Lapel, Ind., 1,225
94, Allen Brothers, Punxsutawney, Pa., 1,216
95, n-John Goerlitz, Defiance, Ohio, 1,208
96, Bruce Siegel, Highland Park, Ill., 1,109
97, n-William Zwit, Galesburg, Ill., 1,064