Sammy Ventura (pictured left) of Syracuse, N.Y., retained his lead after the third round of the Etonic Professional Bowlers Association Senior U.S. Open Wednesday at the Suncoast Bowling Center, but making a charge were two two-time winners hoping to become the tournament's first three-time winner.

Ventura, who tied for the lead with Joe Salvemini (right) of Las Vegas after the second round, leads with a 4,295 18-game pinfall total (238.1 average) and heads a field of 55 players who advanced to Thursday's final qualifying round which will determine the top 24 players who will move on to match play. Salvemini dropped to eighth.

"I feel good physically and mentally and I have confidence in my equipment so I just need to keep an open mind about making adjustments," Ventura said. "The one good thing about bowling on three different (lane) conditions over the past three days is getting the experience to adapt to the conditions and how the lanes play differently."

Trailing Ventura are two two-time Senior U.S. Open champions, PBA Hall of Famers Wayne Webb (left) of Columbus, Ohio and Tom Baker (right) of King, N.C.

Webb, the 2010 Senior Player of the Year and the tournament's champion in 2008 and 2009, is in second 24 pins back with 4,271. He bowled games of 227, 238, 268, 227, 248 and 255 in Wednesday's round.

"It's one of those rare tournaments where I'm actually feeling stronger as it goes along," said Webb, who won 20 titles on the PBA Tour. "Early on I had trouble with my timing and made an adjustment holding the ball farther down in my stance like the old days and things just got better the more games I bowled."

Baker, a four-time Senior Player of the Year who won the Senior U.S. Open in 2005 and 2006, is in third 41 pins back with 4,230. His third round included games of 199, 243, 224, 300, 199 and 241.

"I'm just plugging along," Baker said. "The important thing right now is to not get ahead of yourself. You're bowling on a different lane condition each day and then the pairs (of lanes) can be so different so you really have to stay in the moment."

Another Hall of Famer, Amleto Monacelli (left) of Venezuela, bowling in his first year on the Senior Tour, charged from 15th after the second round to fourth finishing with 4,228. He had third round games of 246, 237, 249, 227, 279 and 247.

It was a tough and unexpected tournament for reigning Senior Player of the Year and 2011 winner Ron Mohr (right) of Eagle River, Alaska, failing to make the cut finishing 83rd with 3,867 total.

"I'm disappointed and frankly a little embarrassed," said Mohr, who also finished second in 2010. "In general it was just bad bowling but looking back on it I think I was throwing the ball too hard and couldn't get a consistent ball reaction for an entire block.

"It shakes your confidence a little when everyone else around you is striking and then you have to press and chase strikes."

Dan Roberts of Brentwood, Calif. took the 55th and last place to advance with 3,935 and an average of 218,61. Missing the cut by just two pins was 56th place Lennie Boresch Jr. (left) of Kenosha, Wis., who won his first career PBA Senior Tour title in the season-opening PBA Senior Sun Bowl in The Villages presented by Storm.

The top 24 players after Thursday's qualifying round advance to round-robin match play to be conducted Thursday afternoon 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 - Third Round Results

Players with position, hometown and 18-game total. The top 55 advance to the fourth round. a indicates amateur; ss-super seniors out of the regular prize fund cashing for $700

1, Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 4,295
2, Wayne Webb, Columbus, Ohio, 4,271
3, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 4,230
4, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 4,228
5, Bo Goergen, Sanford, Mich., 4,207
6, Hugh Miller, Seattle, 4,187
7, Marv Sargent, Temecula, Calif., 4,169
8, Joe Salvemini, Las Vegas, 4,147
9, a-Barry Zimmerman, Grand Forks, N.D., 4,146
10, (tie) a-Terry Leong, Las Vegas, Robert Brown, Cody, Wyo., and Brian Voss, Alpharetta, Ga., 4,145
13, Sal Bongiorno, Hollywood, Fla., 4,138
14, Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 4,131
15, Eric Forkel, Las Vegas, 4,127
16, Peter Knopp, Germany, 4,122
17, Charlie Tapp, Kalamazoo, Mich., 4,118
18, a-Ed Roberts, Braintree, Mass., 4,106
19, Rohn Morton, Vancouver, Wash., 4,105
20, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 4,093
21, a-Dick Baker, Henderson, Nev., 4,086
22, Ricky Beck, Box Elder, S.D., 4,078
23, Bryan Goebel, Shawnee, Kan., 4,077
24, Gary Skidmore, Albuquerque, N.M., 4,067
25, Bob Learn Jr., Erie, Pa., 4,052
26, Brad Snell, Mount Prospect, Ill., 4,048
27, Ron Winger, Las Vegas, 4,045
28, Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 4,042
29, Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., 4,038
30, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 4,037
31, (tie) David Axon, Bellevue, Neb., 4,031, and John Dudak, Orland Park, Ill., 4,031
33, Rick Francis, Galt, Calif., 4,020
34, Mike Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 4,015
35, Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., 4,012
36, Paul McCordic, Sugar Land, Texas, 4,006
37, Kevin Fatherree, Northridge, Calif., 4,005
38, Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 4,000
39, Frank Gallo, Jacksonville, Fla., 3,994
40, a-Henry Dawson, Elma, Wash., 3,983
41, Don Sylvia, Reno, Nev., 3,976
42, William Keenan, Orlando, Fla., 3,969
43, (tie) Chris Keane, New City, N.Y., and Steve Davis, Manteca, Calif., 3,962
45, (tie) Noel Vazquez, Sacramento, Calif., Mark Lineberry, Camanche, Iowa, and Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 3,962
48, Don Moser, Murrieta, Calif., 3,960
49, a-Marc McDowell, Madison, Wis., 3,956
50, a-Bob Markiewicz, San Diego, 3,946
51, (tie) Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., and Randy Shewmake, Fort Worth, Texas, 3,944
53, Ron Hosler, Denver, Colo., 3,943
54, Mike Clemence, Las Vegas, 3,942
55, Dan Roberts, Brentwood, Calif., 3,935

Missed Cut:
56, Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 3,933
57, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp, Mich., 3,932
58, a-Rudy Moreno, Reno, Nev., 3,931
59, Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 3,929
60, Koichiro Tamaki, Japan, 3,927
61, ss-Barry Gurney, West Hills, Calif., 3,926, $700
62, (tie) Bill Nichols, Roseville, Calif., and C.K. Moore, Redding, Calif., 3,917
64, (tie) Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., and a-Pete Thomas, Oklahoma City, 3,915
66, (tie) Vince Honeycutt, Buford, Ga., a-Harry Mickelson, Yakima, Wash. and Kerry Fulford, Brownwood, Texas, 3,912
69, Les Shirwindt, Las Vegas, 3,903
70, Brian Brazeau, Ocala, Fla., 3,905
71, Jerry Sikora, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., 3,903
72, a-Steve Corsaro, Tracy, Calif., 3,896, $700
73, ss-Vince Mazzanti Jr., Levittown, Pa., 3,892, $700
74, ss-Rick Minier, Cypress, Texas, 3,891, $700
75, ss-Dave Bernhardt, Romeo, Mich., 3,886, $700
76, Crister Danielsson, Sweden, 3,881
77, (tie) Bruce Hall, Los Altos Hills, Calif., and Mike Raleigh, Clyde, Mich., 3,876
79, ss-a, Masato Hanamoto, Japan, 3,875, $700
80, (tie), Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio and Greg Waldon, Manhattan, Mont., 3,873
82, Larry Popp, Marion, Ohio, 3,869
83. (tie) Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska and ss-Howard Loosbroock, Henderson, Nev., 3,867, $700
85, ss-a D.A. Wright, Palm Desert, Calif., 3,863, $700
86, ss-Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., 3,859, $700
87, Kevin Foley, Reno, Nev., 3,857
88, Lee Rucker, Fort Myers, Fla., 3,852
89, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 3,851
90, a-Dan Ahlquist, Sweden, 3,848
91, Arturo Hernandez, Venezuela, 3,846
92, Thomas Ream, Tampa, Fla., 3,843
93, (tie) Joel Carlson, Omaha, Neb., and Roger Kossert, Lithia, Fla., 3,841
95, Ron Profitt, Brookville, Ohio, 3,836
96, Ron Dixon, Boynton Beach, Fla., 3,830
97, (tie) Darryl Bower, Middletown, Pa., and Doug Kempt, Monrovia, Calif., 3,829
99, a-Cliff Connors, Tempe, Ariz., 3,827
100, Fred Cole, Visalia, Calif., 3,826
101, Junichi Yajima, Japan, 3,824
102, a-Gerald Calvin, Thousand Oaks, Calif., 3,822
103, Garry Blanton, Owensboro, Ky., 3,805
104, (tie) Craig Kisro, Granada Hills, Calif., and Jeff Suma, Auburn Hills, Mich., 3,802
106, Steve Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y., 3,800
107, Todd Kjell, Roscoe, Ill., 3,783
108, Tony Majcher, Rolling Meadows, Ill., 3,781
109, Rodney Garrick, San Francisco, 3,779
110, (tie) Chuck Schuette, Davenport, Iowa, Fred Kouri, Castle Rock, Colo., and
Edward Silva, Manteca, Calif., 3,774
113, Marc Clyburn, Pittsburg, Calif., 3,768
114, (tie) Howard Partell, Las Vegas, and a-Wayne Manwill, Boise, Idaho, 3,767
116, Scott Lindsey, Omaha, Neb., 3,766
117, Keith Sharp, Orlando, Fla., 3,763
118, a-Rodney Tramp, Porterville, Calif, 3,758
119, Mal Helmuth, Elk Grove, Calif., 3,757
120, Tony Rodriguez Jr., Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., 3,752
121, Ron Garr, Ridgedale, Mo., 3,735
122, Brian Cooper, Visalia, Calif., 3,732
123, Daniel Miyamoto, Mililani, Hawaii, 3,731
124, Dave Flemming, Fairborn, Ohio, 3,730
125, Randy Peterson, Carrington, N.D., 3,727
126, Emilio Mora Sr., Defiance, Ohio, 3,722
127, a-Michael Lucente, Warren, Mich., 3,719
128, Henry Gonzalez, Colorado Springs, Colo., 3,709
129, a-Darwin Wimer, Mesquite, Nev., 3,708
130, a-Al Bella , Antioch, Calif., 3,703
131, a-Dave Washburn, Las Vegas, 3,702
132, a-Jace Peterson, Elkhorn, Wis., 3,698
133, Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla., 3,696
134, Gary Livingston, Papillion, Neb., 3,695
135, a-Paul Appling, Camarillo, Calif., 3,681
136, Mike Hastings, Millsboro, Del., 3,680
137, Ken Waltman, Tokeland, Wash., 3,679
138, Ross Larsen, Riverside, Calif., 3,673
139, (tie) Mike Locorriere, Las Vegas, and Bill Stempke, Moorpark, Calif., 3,670
141, a-Dan Winter, Rockford, Ill., 3,666
142, John Shreve Sr., Elyria, Ohio, 3,656
143, (tie) Norb Wetzel, Fond du Lac, Wis., and George Patel, England, 3,654
145, Steven Withrow, Puyallup, Wash., 3,652
146, a- Frank DeFilippo, Las Vegas, 3,650
147, a-Jim Stevens, Eagan, Minn., 3,644
148, Darrell Adams, Flintstone, Ga., 3,636
149, Don Lane, San Francisco, 3,631
150, Timothy Kauble, Marion, Ohio, 3,630
151, a-Jim Moran, Las Vegas, 3,627
152, George Lord, Lakeland, Fla., 3,626
153, a-Ed Jablonski, Las Vegas, 3,621
154, (tie) Don Hicks, West Babylon, N.Y., and Rich Wilkinson, Bennington, Neb., 3,610
156, Jim Gordin, Modesto, Calif., 3,603
157, a-Robert Priess, Las Vegas, Nev., 3,598
158, Marvin Nezvensky Jr., Pueblo, Colo., 3,596
159, a-Trent Zabelle, Beaverton, Ore., 3,594
160, Bill Hewlett, Eagle, Idaho, 3,592
161, (tie) a-Dewaine West, Temecula, Calif., and Dennis Bremer, Stoughton, Wis., 3,586
163, a-Max Shellabarger, Layton, Utah, 3,581
164, a-Mike Castleton, San Diego, 3,576
165, Ross McDonald, Clarksville, Md., 3,575
166, a-Donald Kilgore, Las Vegas, 3,573
167, a-Gary Johnson, Las Vegas, Nev., 3,570
168, Daniel Miner, East Moline, Ill., 3,568
169, Dave Schultz, Jackson, Wis., 3,567
170, Robert Sturdevant Jr., Long Beach, Wash., 3,566
171, Lucien Casagrande, Canada, 3,554
172, (tie) Jorge Gutierrez, Las Cruces, N.M., and a-David Graber, Las Vegas, 3,551
174, (tie) a-Stan Winters, Simi Valley, Calif., and a-Gary Coultas, Huntington Beach, Calif., 3,550
176, (tie) Ray Randall, Dearborn, Mich., and Mark Scime, Winter Garden, Fla., 3,547
178, Randy Niehaus, Rockford, Ill., 3,543
179, a-Dale Rider, Las Vegas, 3,541
180, a-Mike Schmid, St. Paul, Minn., 3,525
181, (tie) a-Kiyoshi Nakarai, Japan, and Ed Bordenka, Las Vegas, 3,523
183, Van Fenner, Reno, Nev., 3,521
184, a-Randy Jackman, Hammond, Ind., 3,515
185, a-Leif Sjoberg, Sweden, 3,513
186, a-Thomas Smith, San Bernardino, Calif., 3,509
187, a-Darrel Curtis, Las Vegas, 3,505
188, Bob Amoruso, Glenview, Ill, 3,499
189, a-Douglas Thompson, Aberdeen, S.D., 3,498
190, Gerry Chinn, Castaic, Calif., 3,496
191, (tie) a-Butch Hrouda, Dickinson, N.D., and Gary Simon, Philippi, W.Va., 3,493
193, Steve Lennard, Palmdale, Calif., 3,483
194, Lauri Karppala Jr., Folsom, Calif., 3,474
195, Tim Pierce, Portland, Ore., 3,459
196, John Thullen, Whiteland, Ind., 3,452
197, a-John Reed, Pueblo, Colo., 3,441
198, D.A. Carbone, Broomfield, Colo., 3,431
199, Rickey Smith, Milton, Fla., 3,428
200, a-Murray Hickman Sr., Las Vegas, 3,422
201, Donald Breihan, Columbia, S.C., 3,402
202, Andy Anderson, Falls Church, Va., 3,401
203, a-Kenneth Daily, San Leanardo, Calif., 3,369
204, Larry Jordan, Lebanon, Ore., 3,360
205, Jerry Watkins, Bloomfield, N.M., 3,349
206, a-Mark Fenton, Aurora, Colo., 3,315
207, Larry Grandt, Lake Bluff, Ill., 3,296
208, a-Larry O'Neill, Alexandria, Va., 3,289
209, a-Lamonte Lovering, San Mateo, Calif., 3,272
210, Dave Gualeni, Roswell, NM, 3,252
211, Herbye Mitchell, Granbury, Texas, 3,238
212, Randee Fry, Scottsbluff, Neb., 3,198
213, Ray Shuel, Canada, 3,193
214, Don Michaelsen Sr., Plant City, Fla., 3,192
215, a-Ted Clampitt, Denton, Texas, 2,974
216, James Gregware Jr, Rensselaer, N.Y., 2,856
217, a- David Thomas, Las Vegas, 3,277 (WD)
218, a-Jim Cote, Spokane, Wash., 2,919 (WD)
219, Harley Trumbull, New Boston, Mich., 2,334 (WD)
220, a-James Snyder, Fair Oaks, Calif., 1,527 (WD)
221, Tom Greco, West Palm Beach, Fla., 269 (WD)

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