Petraglia leads PBA Senior U.S. Open first round qualifying

    06/17/08

    2008 PBA Senior Tour #5

    Suncoast Bowling Center in Las Vegas, Nev. United States (June 15-20, 2008)

    2008PBAS05JohnnyPetraglia.jpg Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Hall of Famer Johnny Petraglia averaged 246.1 to take the first round qualifying lead Monday in the PBA Senior U.S. Open presented by Suncoast at the Suncoast Bowling Center.

    Petraglia, a six-time Senior Tour and 14-time Denny's PBA Tour winner, had a 1,477 six-game total on games of 203, 279, 269, 224, 222 and 280 to top a 321-player field made up of PBA Senior Tour professionals as well as amateurs.

    Petraglia's last Senior Tour victory was in May in Jackson, Mich.

    "It's been a great four weeks, I'm bowling really well and making good adjustments," said the 61-year-old lefthander. "This is a good start because in this tournament you want to be up at the top because all the pinfall carries over."

    Petraglia found that the adjustments he had to make today were much more subtle than last week's United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Senior Masters where he was the No. 2 qualifier.

    "I had to make adjustments a lot differently here than last week," said Petraglia. "Here I was able to stay in a zone from the 10 to 15 board where I really like to be and just make ball adjustments or adjust my aim point up and down the lanes. Last week I had to make more radical lateral moves left to right."

    Petraglia prefers the Senior Open qualifying format and pointed out that the way you approach qualifying in each tournament is very different.

    "I'm so much better mentally prepared for this qualifying format," Petraglia said. "If you've got 160 in the ninth, you have to be mentally prepared to double in the 10th the same as you would if you had 240.

    Qualifying continues with six-game blocks Tuesday and Wednesday. The field will then be cut to the top 25 percent for another nine games on Thursday, after which the top 24 players will advance to 24 games of round robin match play which will continue through June 20. After 51 games of qualifying and match play, the top five survivors will compete in a traditional stepladder finale which gets underway at 6:30 p.m. EDT (3:30 p.m. PDT) on June 20.

    The Senior U.S. Open winner takes home a $20,000 first prize.

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    Qualifying - Standings after 6 games


    1, John Petraglia, Manalapan, N.J., 1,477
    2, Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 1,442
    3, Bob Handley, Winter Park, Fla., 1,434
    4, Rick Minier, Houston, Texas, 1,418
    5, Barry Mefford, Aurora, Ill, 1,384
    6, Terry Leong, Las Vegas, 1,383
    7, Les Shirwindt, Las Vegas, Nev, 1,373
    8, Wayne Webb, Las Vegas, 1,370
    9, (tie) Steve Cook, Granite Bay, Calif., and Roger LeClair, Clackamas, Ore., 1,368
    11, Jerry Swank, Chouteau, Okla., 1,360
    12, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 1,358
    13, Hugh Miller, Seattle, 1,355
    14, Ross Packard, San Jose, Calif., 1,351
    15, Michael Lucente, Warren, Mich., 1,347
    16, Fred McClain, Lincoln Park, Mich., 1,342
    17, John Tavano, Sebring, Fla., 1,341
    18, C.K. Moore, Redding, Calif., 1,337
    19, Mark Estes, Grapevine, Texas, 1,333
    20, (tie) Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., and Sam Carter, BenLomond, Calif., and Trent Zabelle, Beaverton, Ore., 1,324. 23, Roger Kossert, Lithia, Fla., 1,323
    24, Chuck Riess, Tukwila, Wash., 1,322
    25, Keith Kolozsi, Las Vegas, Nev, 1,320
    26, Frank DeRemer, Lacey, Wash., 1,316
    27, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Township, Mich., 1,312
    28, John McClure, Maumee, Ohio, 1,309
    29, (tie) Sam Zurich, Grant, Fla., and Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 1,306
    31, (tie) Kenny Parks, East Chicago, Ind., and Brian Brazeau, Ocala, Fla, 1,305
    33, Greg Shields, Independence, Mo., 1,304
    34, Edward Silva, Manteca, Calif., 1,303
    35, (tie) Edward Roberts, Braintree, Mass., and Dennis Psaropoulos, Lake Worth, Fla, 1,300
    37, Michael Chrzanowski, Shepherd, Mich., 1,298
    38, Fred Kouri, Apple Valley, Calif., 1,296
    39, (tie) Dewaine West, Temecula, Calif., and Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 1,295
    41, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 1,294
    42, Dave Bernhardt, Shelby Twp., Mich., 1,293
    43, (tie) Bob Chamberlain, The Villages, Fla., and Ron Hosler, Denver, Colo., 1,292
    45, Matt Buxton, Jefferson City, Mo., 1,289
    46, Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 1,288
    47, Steve Fehr, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1,287
    48, (tie) Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, and Rodney Garrick, San Francisco, and Ron Profitt, Brookville, Ohio, 1,286
    51, (tie) Dave Patchen, Oregon, Ohio, and David Axon, Bellevue, Neb, 1,285
    53, Shannon Starnes, Fort Worth, Texas, 1,284
    54, Frank Manley Jr., Fletcher, N.C., 1,283
    55, Phil Prieto Jr., El Paso, Texas, 1,282
    56, Jesse Nation, Moab, Utah, 1,281
    57, (tie) Tom Howison, Chillicothe, Ohio, and Henry Gonzalez, Colorado Springs, Colo., 1,280
    59, Ray Cobb, Highland, Calif., 1,278
    60, Don Sylvia, Discovery Bay, Calif., 1,276
    61, (tie) Rick Vittone, Canada, and Rohn Morton, Vancouver, Wash., and Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., 1,275
    64, (tie) Mark Glover, Woodbridge, Va, and Bob Purzycki, Pompton Plains, N.J., 1,274
    66, Richard Bucey, Forest Hill, Md, 1,273
    67, Marc Lineberry, Camanche, Iowa, 1,271
    68, Gary James, Spring, Texas, 1,270
    69, Dick Baker, Henderson, Nev., 1,269
    70, Bill Sell, Menasha, Wis, 1,268
    71, (tie) Keith Sharp, Orlando, Fla., and Mel Wolf, Jackson, Mich., 1,267
    73, J.P. Muller, Gervais, Ore, 1,265
    74, Teata Semiz, North Brunswick, N.J., 1,264
    75, (tie) Doug Arden, Havelock, N.C., and Gordon Stuntz, Hellertown, Pa, 1,262
    77, Barry Gurney, West Hills, Calif., 1,261
    78, Jeff Jamison, Boulder City, Nev., 1,260
    79, (tie) Ed Bordenka, Las Vegas, and Bob Priess, Las Vegas, and Rod McLean, North Las Vegas, Nev., 1,259
    82, (tie) Jeff Suma, Auburn Hills, Mich., and Bob Brady, Santa Monica, Calif., and Toby Contreras, Kansas City, Mo., 1,255
    85, Ron Garr, Ridgedale, Mo., 1,254
    86, (tie) Robert Lite, Portland, Ore., and Brad Newhouse, Las Vegas, Nev., 1,253
    88, John Bennett, Clarkston, Mich., 1,252
    89, (tie) Stan Winters, Simi Valley, Calif., and Bill Hewlett, Meridian, Idaho, 1,250
    91, Bill Ades, Minden, Nev., 1,249
    92, Mark Roth, Fulton, N.Y., 1,248
    93, Glen Smith, Seattle, Wash, 1,246
    94, Bobby Johnson, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1,245
    95, Don Robinson, Boise, Idaho, 1,244
    96, Matt Surina, Everett, Wash., 1,242
    97, (tie) William Keenan, Jr., Orlando, Fla., and Ron Winger, Las Vegas, Nev., 1,241
    99, Greg Waldon, Manhattan, Mont., 1,240
    100, Daniel Winter, Rockford, Ill., 1,239
    101, (tie) Tom Enright, Las Vegas, and Larry Montgomery, Safety Harbor, Fla., 1,238
    103, (tie) John Weltzien, Wellington, Fla., and Rod Michael, Florissant, Mo., 1,237
    105, (tie) Mitchell Jabczenski, Novi, Mich., and Nicholas Maturo, Las Vegas, Nev., 1,236
    107, Dustin Johnson, Chatsworth, Calif., 1,235
    108, Steven Jansson, Barnes, Wis., 1,234
    109, (tie) Steven Saltz, San Juan Capistrano, Calif, and Ron House, Combine, Texas, 1,232
    111, Lenny Biondi, Orlando, Fla., 1,231
    112, (tie) Mike Landrith, Chandler, Ariz, and Steve Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y., 1,229
    114, Marc Clyburn, Pittsburg, Calif, 1,228
    115, Christopher Keane, New City, N.Y., 1,227
    116, (tie) Jeff Henry, Hales Corners, Wisc., and Darrel Curtis, Las Vegas, 1,226
    118, (tie) Terry Franz, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and Clay Ory, Clovis, Calif., and John Cocchi, Las Vegas, and Daniel Emmett, Las Vegas, Nev, 1,225
    122, (tie) Rodney Tramp, Porterville, Calif., and Roy Buckley, New Albany, Ohio, 1,223
    124, (tie) Norm Palomares, San Francisco, and Ronald Ellingson, Madison, S.D., 1,222
    126, Steve Stein, Staten Island, N.Y., 1,221
    127, (tie) Keith Glasgow, St. Petersburg, Fla., and Ross McDonald, Clarksville, Md., 1,218
    129, (tie) Vaughn Doody, Las Vegas, and David Peters, Decatur, Ill., 1,217
    131, (tie) Max Shellabarger, Roy, Utah, and Timothy Kauble, Marion, Ohio, and Allen Meskan, Wood Dale, Ill., 1,216
    134, (tie) Carey Hofmann, Phoenix, and Rudy Moreno, Reno, Nev., and Gary Hadley, Santa Fe, N.M., 1,212
    137, (tie) D.A. Carbone, Broomfield, Colo., and Garrie Yacap, Vallejo, Calif., 1,211
    139, Dick Selgo, Archbold, Ohio, 1,210. 140, (tie) Hal Wilber, Las Vegas, and Kevin McCormick, Carrollton, Texas, 1,208
    142, Ron Sandusky, Visalia, Calif., 1,207
    143, (tie) Vince Mazzanti Jr., Levittown, Pa., and Brendan Bierch, Grafton, Mass., 1,205
    145, (tie) Brian Miller, Springfield, Ohio, and Ray Morgan, Scottsdale, Ariz, 1,204
    147, (tie) Edward Regehr, Hesperia, Calif., and Steve Hamman, Everett, Wash., 1,203
    149, (tie) Harv Pallas, Stevensville, Mich., and Vince Honeycutt, Monroe, Ga, and Will Friedrich, Green Bay, Wis., and Kerry Fulford, Waco, Texas, 1,202
    153, (tie) Jack Guay, Canada, and Gregory Jackson, Los Angeles, and Frank DeFilippo, Las Vegas, 1,201
    156, (tie) Gary Hiday, Indianapolis, and Charlie Tapp, Kalamazoo, Mich., 1,199
    158, Timothy Bates, Orlando, Fla., 1,198
    159, (tie) Robert Teeters, Lapel, Ind., and Frank Gallo Jr., Newport News, VA., 1,195
    161, (tie) Jim Moran, Las Vegas, and John Wilson, Flagstaff, Ariz., 1,194
    163, (tie) E. Lester Hare III, The Woodlands, Texas, and Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., and Michael Hastings, Georgetown, Del, 1,193
    166, (tie) David Zonfrilli, Pahrumph, Nev., and Ty Dawson, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Robert Callari, Bloomfield, N.Y., and Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 1,192
    170, (tie) Bob Knipple, Long Beach, Calif., and Jay Boyle, Garnet Valley, Pa, 1,191
    172, Bob Amoruso, Glenview, Ill, 1,190
    173, (tie) Kenneth Bumpass, Henderson, Nev., and Bill Roeben, Bonney Lake, Wash., 1,189
    175, (tie) Bruno Vitasovic, Aurora, Colo., and Mark Scime, Winter Garden, Fla, and Jim Ragnoni, Creston, Ohio, and Mike Rodriguez, Lomita, Calif., 1,187
    179, Karl Walter III, Las Vegas, 1,186
    180, (tie) James Link, Cape Coral, Fla., and Ken Konczos, Sagamore Hills, Ohio, and Larry Galloway, Fresno, Calif., 1,185
    183, (tie) Steve Freeman, Hermantown, Minn., and Tom McBride, Cramerton, N.C., 1,184
    185, (tie) Pete Bryan, Laurel, Del., and Randy Niehaus, Rockford, Ill., and Dale Csuhta, Wadsworth, Ohio, 1,183
    188, (tie) Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., and Tom Smith III, Newark, Del., 1,182
    190, (tie) Mark Fahy, Chicago, Ill., and Jerome Lee, Medford, Ore., and Jackie Miller, Bermuda, 1,179
    193, Ken Waters, Kingsport, Tenn., 1,178
    194, (tie) Jack Renshaw, Rifle, Colo., and Howard Loosbroock, Henderson, Nev., and Michael Jochade, Albrightsville, Pa., 1,177
    197, Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., 1,176
    198, Dave Frame, Stockton, Kansas, 1,175
    199, Shigesada Fujimura, Tokyo, Japan, 1,174
    200, Robert Puttick, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1,173
    201, (tie) Gary Skidmore, Albuquerque, NM, and Robert Rogers, Brick, N.J., 1,171
    203, (tie) Jay Aono, Boise, Idaho, and Hilton Nunez, Santiago, Dominican Republic, 1,170
    205, (tie) George Lord, Lakeland, Fla., and Steve Norvise, Las Vegas, 1,168
    207, (tie) James Coats, Upland, Calif., and Jeff Mackey, Mexico, Mo., 1,167
    209, (tie) Dave Gualeni, Gladstone, Mo., and Tom Greco, West Palm Beach, Fla., 1,166
    211, Michael LaRocca, New Hudson, Mich., 1,165
    212, Scott Hansel, Stockton, Calif., 1,164
    213, Robert Maki, Ishpeming, Mich., 1,163
    214, Jerry Ernst, Garden Grove, Calif., 1,162
    215, Allen Smith, Las Vegas, Nev., 1,161
    216, Linda Carter, Rockford, Ill., 1,160
    217, (tie) George Psaropoulos, Jupiter, Fla., and Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla., 1,159
    219, Kevin Foley, Reno, Nev., 1,157
    220, (tie) John Shreve Sr., Elyria, Ohio, and Avery LeBlanc, Plano, Texas, 1,156
    222, Wayne Richards, Fernley, Nev., 1,155
    223, Michael Hobbs, Cornelius, Ore, 1,154
    224, Jim Gordin, Modesto, Calif., 1,153
    225, L. Duane Hagen, Franklin, Va., 1,152
    226, Lito Dela Cruz, Las Vegas, Nev., 1,151
    227, Dave Washburn, Las Vegas, Nev., 1,150
    228, Scott Weston, Auburn, Mich, 1,149
    229, Gordon Terakami, West Jordan, Utah, 1,148
    230, (tie) Richard Felten, Rockville, Md., and Leo Plaia, New Orleans, 1,146
    232, Bobby Holmes, North Las Vegas, Nev., 1,143
    233, Jerry Calvin, Thousand Oaks, Calif., 1,142
    234, Jamie Lawrence, Camillus, N.Y., 1,141
    235, Bill Spigner, Vernon Hills, Ill., 1,139
    236, (tie) Don Jackson, Bonita, Calif., and John Wukasch Sr., Montgomery, Texas, and Aron Lipshy, Roseville, Mich., and Bob Janego, Longwood, Fla., 1,137
    240, Andy Anderson, Falls Church, Va, 1,136
    241, Gerry Chinn, Castaic, Calif., 1,134
    242, (tie) Michael Ferguson, Houston, and Jim Knoblauch, Waukesha, Wis., 1,133
    244, John Di Santis, Wilmington, Del., 1,131
    245, Tony DeLaTorre III, Highland, Calif., 1,130
    246, (tie) Ross Larsen, Riverside, Calif, and Larry Graybeal, Elizabethton, Tenn., and Ziggy Czaja, Fontana, Calif., 1,129
    249, Lauri Karppala Jr., Folsom, Ca, 1,124
    250, (tie) Darrell Adams, Flintstone, Ga., and Ron Bays, Bloomington, Ill., 1,123
    252, Chuck Huckelberry, Rockford, Ill., 1,121
    253, (tie) Robin Romeo, Newhall, Calif., and Ernie Schlegel, Vancouver, Wash., and Thomas Ream, Tampa, Fla., 1,116
    256, Rickey Smith, Milton, Fla., 1,114
    257, Kent Whitson, Sausalito, Calif., 1,113
    258, (tie) Frank Weiler, San Bernardino, Calif., and Jim Riffle, Las Vegas, and Dale Ballou, Seaside, Ore., and Frank Pasternack, Phoenix, 1,112
    262, (tie) Greg Wilmoth, Wadsworth, Ohio, and Bill Stempke, Moorpark, Calif., 1,111
    264, Howard Partell, Las Vegas, 1,110
    265, Rich Cook, Olympia, Wash., 1,109
    266, Sal Bongiorno, Hollywood, Fla., 1,105
    267, (tie) Don Patterson, Knoxville, Tenn., and Larry Grandt, Gurnee, Ill, 1,103
    269, John Reed, Pueblo, Colo., 1,099
    270, Sidney Smith, Omaha, Neb., 1,098
    271, John Fowles, England, 1,095
    272, F. Dale Rider, Las Vegas, 1,094
    273, Mark Fenton, Aurora, Colo., 1,091
    274, Raymond Gaunt, El Monte, Calif, 1,090
    275, Guenter Wrase, Las Vegas, 1,087
    276, Cecil Knighton, Lakewood, Calif., 1,085
    277, J. Wayne Shank, Winter Park, Fla., 1,084
    278, (tie) Randy Corey, Henderson, Nev., and Frank Ensweiler, Lowell, Ind., 1,081
    280, Alan Schafer, Sun City West, Ariz., 1,074
    281, Mike Procaccino, Las Vegas, Nev., 1,072
    282, Wally Schall, Santa Barbara, Calif., 1,070
    283, Val Benson, Bronx, N.Y., 1,069
    284, Bill Kaiser Jr., Las Vegas, Nev., 1,067
    285, Bob Pazur, Venice, Fla, 1,066
    286, (tie) Michael Kushner, Las Vegas, and Robert Holzbauer, Madison, Wis., 1,065
    288, Ray Randall, Dearborn, Mich., 1,062
    289, Scott Rosenthal, Las Vegas, 1,059
    290, Gregg Getzlow, St Peters, Mo., 1,057
    291, Dan Clausse, Reno, Nev., 1,056
    292, Daniel Miner, East Moline, Ill., 1,050
    293, Raymond Howard, Paradise, Calif., 1,048
    294, Billy Crider, Austin, Texas, 1,047
    295, (tie) Dave Kangas, Gwinn, Mich., and Roger Painter, Woodbridge, Va., 1,046
    297, Steven Overmyer, Divide, Colo., 1,044
    298, John Nicholson, North Las Vegas, Nev., 1,043
    299, Ray Shuel, Canada, 1,033
    300, Ernest Lukacs, Manville, N.J., 1,026
    301, Brian Buczek, Brighton, Mich., 1,025
    302, (tie) Marvin Nezvensky Jr., Pueblo, Colo., and Dan Duskin Sr, Atlantic, Iowa, and Donald Kilgore, Las Vegas, 1,024
    305, Glenn Masukawa, San Ramon, Calif, 1,023
    306, R. Mark Rice, Parawan, Utah, 1,020
    307, Larry Riley, Sun Lakes, Ariz, 1,016
    308, Charles Gadd, Grand Junction, Colo., 1,015
    309, Bob Williams, Sparks, Nev., 1,014
    310, Terry Thomas, Las Vegas, 1,010
    311, Michael Stecher, Las Vegas, 1,007
    312, Bob Holen, Scottsdale, Ariz, 1,004
    313, Jerry Dallum, Prescott, Ariz., 989
    314, Joseph LaBellarte, Chicago, 986
    315, Ronald Gales, Las Vegas, 983
    316, George Abrahamsen, Laguna Beach, Calif., 979
    317, John Dassi, Las Vegas, Nev., 977
    318, Buddy Thornton, Phoenix, 971
    319, Fred Baldwin, Sturgis, Mich., 953
    320, Lamonte Lovering, San Mateo, Calif., 949
    321, Rob Mautner, Las Vegas, Nev, 930