Petraglia in command after Round Two Qualifying in Senior U. S. Open

    06/18/08

    2008 PBA Senior Tour #5

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

    2008PBAS05JohnnyPetraglia2.jpg Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Hall of Famer Johnny Petraglia continued his hot pace in qualifying in the PBA U.S. Senior Open presented by Suncoast, retaining the lead after second round competition Tuesday at the Suncoast Bowling Center.

    The six-time Senior Tour and 14-time Denny's PBA Tour winner has a 2,948 12-game pinfall total after two days. He rolled 1,471 for his six games on Tuesday (245.1 average) with games of 225, 219, 234, 278, 257 and 258.

    Petraglia admits to enjoying long format tournaments like the Senior U. S. Open which will require a bowler to bowl 51 games in qualifying and match play for the chance to make the stepladder finals.

    "If you shoot 548 over (over 200 average), and you're not having a good time than I don't know when you can," said the 61-year-old lefthander. "I like the longer formats, the longer the better.

    "So far, from practice through the second block of qualifying things have stayed pretty similar," Petraglia added. "If things stay that way, I'll know how to prepare for tomorrow's qualifying."

    2007PITMarkRoth_small.jpg Petraglia, along with fellow PBA Hall of Famers Mark Roth (left, currently tied for 30th ) and Steve Cook (currently tied for 18th), are trying to become the first to win both the national tour's U.S. Open and Senior U.S. Open.

    BWAARickMinier_small.jpg Defending Senior U.S. Open champion Rick Minier (r.), who became the first amateur to win the event, is currently in sixth. Second-year Senior Tour player Kenny Parks, who won the tour's other major, the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Senior Masters in Tucson, Ariz., last week is in ninth.

    The 321-player field will bowl another six-game qualifying block Wednesday before the field is cut to the top 25 percent of the field for a nine-game qualifying round Thursday morning.

    After qualifying on Thursday, the top 24 players will advance to 24 games of round robin match play which will continue through Friday. After qualifying and match play, the top four survivors will compete in a traditional stepladder finale which gets underway at 6:30 p.m. EDT (3:30 p.m. PDT) on Friday.

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


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    Qualifying Round Two - Standings after 12 games


    1, John Petraglia, Manalapan, N.J., 2,948
    2, Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 2,846
    3, Bob Handley, Winter Park, Fla., 2,824
    4, Wayne Webb, Las Vegas, 2,751
    5, Jerry Swank, Chouteau, Okla., 2,737
    6, Rick Minier, Houston, Texas, 2,722
    7, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 2,704
    8, Ross Packard, San Jose, Calif., 2,703
    9, Kenny Parks, East Chicago, Ind., 2,693
    10, Edward Silva, Manteca, Calif., 2,672
    11, Brian Brazeau, Ocala, Fla, 2,667
    12, Edward Roberts, Braintree, Mass., 2,653
    13, Keith Kolozsi, Las Vegas, Nev, 2,652
    14, Ron Profitt, Brookville, Ohio, 2,645
    15, Henry Gonzalez, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2,639
    16, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 2,638
    17, Roger Kossert, Lithia, Fla., 2,635
    18, (tie) Steve Cook, Granite Bay, Calif., and Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 2,633
    20, Hugh Miller, Seattle, 2,629
    21, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 2,626
    22, Dick Baker, Henderson, Nev., 2,625
    23, John Tavano, Sebring, Fla., 2,623
    24, Roger LeClair, Clackamas, Ore., 2,620
    25, Les Shirwindt, Las Vegas, Nev, 2,619
    26, Dewaine West, Temecula, Calif., 2,608
    27, Vince Mazzanti Jr., Levittown, Pa., 2,594
    28, Rohn Morton, Vancouver, Wash., 2,592
    29, Don Sylvia, Discovery Bay, Calif., 2,588
    30, (tie) Mitchell Jabczenski, Novi, Mich., and Mark Roth, Fulton, N.Y., 2,585
    32, Rodney Garrick, San Francisco, 2,578
    33, Greg Shields, Independence, Mo., 2,577
    34, Steve Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y., 2,575
    35, Mark Glover, Woodbridge, Va, 2,565. 36, Rodney Tramp, Porterville, Calif., 2,561
    37, (tie) Larry Graybeal, Elizabethton, Tenn., and John Weltzien, Wellington, Fla., 2,559
    39, Jeff Suma, Auburn Hills, Mich., 2,558
    40, Mark Estes, Grapevine, Texas, 2,555
    41, (tie) Toby Contreras, Kansas City, Mo., and Matt Buxton, Jefferson City, Mo., 2,553
    43, (tie) Max Shellabarger, Roy, Utah, and Dave Patchen, Oregon, Ohio, and Frank DeRemer, Lacey, Wash., 2,552
    46, Vince Honeycutt, Monroe, Ga, 2,550
    47, Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 2,549
    48, Fred McClain, Lincoln Park, Mich., 2,548
    49, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 2,544
    50, Sam Zurich, Grant, Fla., 2,542
    51, Charlie Tapp, Kalamazoo, Mich., 2,537
    52, Chuck Riess, Tukwila, Wash., 2,532
    53, Trent Zabelle, Beaverton, Ore., 2,531
    54, Barry Mefford, Aurora, Ill, 2,529
    55, Dennis Psaropoulos, Lake Worth, Fla, 2,526
    56, (tie) Shannon Starnes, Fort Worth, Texas, and Sam Carter, BenLomond, Calif., 2,525
    58, Keith Sharp, Orlando, Fla., 2,524
    59, Mel Wolf, Jackson, Mich., 2,523
    60, (tie) C.K. Moore, Redding, Calif., and Michael Lucente, Warren, Mich., 2,522
    62, Jeff Jamison, Boulder City, Nev., 2,521
    63, Ron House, Combine, Texas, 2,516
    64, Terry Franz, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, 2,513
    65, J.P. Muller, Gervais, Ore, 2,510
    66, Terry Leong, Las Vegas, 2,508
    67, Jim Ragnoni, Creston, Ohio, 2,505
    68, Ron Winger, Las Vegas, Nev., 2,504
    69, (tie) Norm Palomares, San Francisco, and Stan Winters, Simi Valley, Calif., and Gordon Stuntz, Hellertown, Pa, and Rick Vittone, Canada, 2,503
    73, Frank Manley Jr., Fletcher, N.C., 2,502
    74, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Township, Mich., 2,494
    75, Bill Sell, Menasha, Wis, 2,489
    76, (tie) Harv Pallas, Stevensville, Mich., and Keith Glasgow, St. Petersburg, Fla., 2,487
    78, David Axon, Bellevue, Neb, 2,485
    79, Robert Teeters, Lapel, Ind., 2,484
    80, Greg Waldon, Manhattan, Mont., 2,479
    81, Dale Csuhta, Wadsworth, Ohio, 2,478
    82, Ty Dawson, Sunnyvale, Calif., 2,476
    83, (tie) Gary James, Spring, Texas, and Steve Fehr, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2,473
    85, (tie) Steven Jansson, Barnes, Wis., and Michael Chrzanowski, Shepherd, Mich., 2,472
    87, Bob Chamberlain, The Villages, Fla., 2,471
    88, Michael LaRocca, New Hudson, Mich., 2,470
    89, (tie) Daniel Emmett, Las Vegas, Nev, and Ed Bordenka, Las Vegas, 2,468
    91, Jack Guay, Canada, 2,467
    92, Phil Prieto Jr., El Paso, Texas, 2,466
    93, Ken Konczos, Sagamore Hills, Ohio, 2,462
    94, Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., 2,460
    95, Dave Bernhardt, Shelby Twp., Mich., 2,459
    96, Bill Spigner, Vernon Hills, Ill., 2,458
    97, Richard Bucey, Forest Hill, Md, 2,457
    98, (tie) Ron Sandusky, Visalia, Calif., and Garrie Yacap, Vallejo, Calif., 2,452
    100, Fred Kouri, Apple Valley, Calif., 2,451
    101, Marc Clyburn, Pittsburg, Calif, 2,446
    102, (tie) Tom Enright, Las Vegas, and Don Robinson, Boise, Idaho, 2,445
    104, Mark Fahy, Chicago, Ill., 2,442
    105, Will Friedrich, Green Bay, Wis., 2,438
    106, Bill Hewlett, Meridian, Idaho, 2,436
    107, (tie) Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, and John Wilson, Flagstaff, Ariz., and Kerry Fulford, Waco, Texas, and Steve Stein, Staten Island, N.Y., and Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., 2,433
    112, Barry Gurney, West Hills, Calif., 2,432
    113, (tie) Ken Waters, Kingsport, Tenn., and Mike Rodriguez, Lomita, Calif., 2,429
    115, Matt Surina, Everett, Wash., 2,427
    116, Daniel Winter, Rockford, Ill., 2,425
    117, Pete Bryan, Laurel, Del., 2,424
    118, Jesse Nation, Moab, Utah, 2,423
    119, (tie) Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., and Darrel Curtis, Las Vegas, 2,422
    121, (tie) Gary Skidmore, Albuquerque, NM, and James Link, Cape Coral, Fla., and Bob Purzycki, Pompton Plains, N.J., 2,419
    124, (tie) George Psaropoulos, Jupiter, Fla., and Rod McLean, North Las Vegas, Nev., and Ron Hosler, Denver, Colo., 2,416
    127, (tie) Bill Roeben, Bonney Lake, Wash., and John Cocchi, Las Vegas, and Christopher Keane, New City, N.Y., 2,415
    130, Timothy Kauble, Marion, Ohio, 2,414
    131, Roy Buckley, New Albany, Ohio, 2,413
    132, Jay Boyle, Garnet Valley, Pa, 2,409
    133, Tom Howison, Chillicothe, Ohio, 2,407
    134, Gregory Jackson, Los Angeles, 2,405
    135, Bob Priess, Las Vegas, 2,403
    136, Nicholas Maturo, Las Vegas, Nev., 2,402
    137, (tie) Hilton Nunez, Santiago, Dominican Republic, and Rod Michael, Florissant, Mo., 2,399
    139, (tie) Randy Niehaus, Rockford, Ill., and Bobby Johnson, Chillicothe, Ohio, 2,398
    141, John Bennett, Clarkston, Mich., 2,397
    142, Bill Ades, Minden, Nev., 2,395
    143, John McClure, Maumee, Ohio, 2,393
    144, Glen Smith, Seattle, Wash, 2,392
    145, Tom Smith III, Newark, Del., 2,390
    146, Bobby Holmes, North Las Vegas, Nev., 2,389
    147, John Shreve Sr., Elyria, Ohio, 2,387
    148, Teata Semiz, North Brunswick, N.J., 2,383
    149, (tie) Kevin Foley, Reno, Nev., and David Zonfrilli, Pahrumph, Nev., and Robert Lite, Portland, Ore., 2,380
    152, Jim Knoblauch, Waukesha, Wis., 2,378
    153, Dave Frame, Stockton, Kansas, 2,377
    154, (tie) Robert Maki, Ishpeming, Mich., and Larry Montgomery, Safety Harbor, Fla., 2,372
    156, (tie) Steve Freeman, Hermantown, Minn., and Ray Morgan, Scottsdale, Ariz, 2,371
    158, Timothy Bates, Orlando, Fla., 2,370
    159, Kenneth Bumpass, Henderson, Nev., 2,369
    160, Vaughn Doody, Las Vegas, 2,367
    161, Ron Garr, Ridgedale, Mo., 2,366
    162, Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 2,364
    163, (tie) James Coats, Upland, Calif., and Gary Hadley, Santa Fe, N.M., and Steven Saltz, San Juan Capistrano, Calif, 2,363
    166, Bruno Vitasovic, Aurora, Colo., 2,362
    167, Brian Miller, Springfield, Ohio, 2,361
    168, Carey Hofmann, Phoenix, 2,360
    169, Ernie Schlegel, Vancouver, Wash., 2,359
    170, Brad Newhouse, Las Vegas, Nev., 2,357
    171, Scott Weston, Auburn, Mich, 2,356
    172, Marc Lineberry, Camanche, Iowa, 2,355
    173, Jamie Lawrence, Camillus, N.Y., 2,351
    174, Robert Callari, Bloomfield, N.Y., 2,350
    175, Dave Washburn, Las Vegas, Nev., 2,349
    176, (tie) Bob Brady, Santa Monica, Calif., and Ray Cobb, Highland, Calif., 2,348
    178, (tie) Don Patterson, Knoxville, Tenn., and William Keenan, Jr., Orlando, Fla., 2,347
    180, (tie) Ross Larsen, Riverside, Calif, and Steve Hamman, Everett, Wash., 2,344
    182, Bob Knipple, Long Beach, Calif., 2,343
    183, David Peters, Decatur, Ill., 2,341
    184, Shigesada Fujimura, Tokyo, Japan, 2,340
    185, Mark Scime, Winter Garden, Fla, 2,339
    186, Frank Gallo Jr., Newport News, VA., 2,336
    187, Wayne Richards, Fernley, Nev., 2,335
    188, Ronald Ellingson, Madison, S.D., 2,334
    189, Dustin Johnson, Chatsworth, Calif., 2,333
    190, (tie) Ron Bays, Bloomington, Ill., and Allen Smith, Las Vegas, Nev., 2,331
    192, Rudy Moreno, Reno, Nev., 2,330
    193, Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 2,329
    194, Clay Ory, Clovis, Calif., 2,328
    195, Bob Amoruso, Glenview, Ill, 2,327
    196, D.A. Carbone, Broomfield, Colo., 2,323
    197, (tie) Darrell Adams, Flintstone, Ga., and Jackie Miller, Bermuda, and Hal Wilber, Las Vegas, 2,322
    200, L. Duane Hagen, Franklin, Va., 2,321
    201, (tie) Robin Romeo, Newhall, Calif., and Jerry Calvin, Thousand Oaks, Calif., and Scott Hansel, Stockton, Calif., and Robert Puttick, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2,317
    205, (tie) Sal Bongiorno, Hollywood, Fla., and Thomas Ream, Tampa, Fla., and George Lord, Lakeland, Fla., 2,314
    208, Lito Dela Cruz, Las Vegas, Nev., 2,313
    209, (tie) Leo Plaia, New Orleans, and Mike Landrith, Chandler, Ariz, 2,312
    211, Rickey Smith, Milton, Fla., 2,310
    212, (tie) Gordon Terakami, West Jordan, Utah, and Brendan Bierch, Grafton, Mass., and Lenny Biondi, Orlando, Fla., 2,308
    215, (tie) Gerry Chinn, Castaic, Calif., and Michael Hobbs, Cornelius, Ore, 2,306
    217, Allen Meskan, Wood Dale, Ill., 2,305
    218, (tie) Rich Cook, Olympia, Wash., and Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla., 2,304
    220, Jeff Henry, Hales Corners, Wisc., 2,302
    221, (tie) Linda Carter, Rockford, Ill., and Dick Selgo, Archbold, Ohio, 2,301
    223, (tie) Frank DeFilippo, Las Vegas, and Kevin McCormick, Carrollton, Texas, 2,297
    225, John Di Santis, Wilmington, Del., 2,291. 226, Jim Gordin, Modesto, Calif., 2,290
    227, Gary Hiday, Indianapolis, 2,288
    228, Dave Gualeni, Roswell, NM, 2,283
    229, (tie) Frank Pasternack, Phoenix, and Edward Regehr, Hesperia, Calif., 2,281
    231, Jim Moran, Las Vegas, 2,279
    232, Jay Aono, Boise, Idaho, 2,277
    233, Jerome Lee, Medford, Ore., 2,276
    234, Michael Ferguson, Houston, 2,275
    235, Doug Arden, Havelock, N.C., 2,274
    236, Chuck Huckelberry, Rockford, Ill., 2,271
    237, (tie) Mike Procaccino, Las Vegas, Nev., and Ziggy Czaja, Fontana, Calif., 2,270
    239, Jack Renshaw, Rifle, Colo., 2,265
    240, (tie) Don Jackson, Bonita, Calif., and Larry Galloway, Fresno, Calif., 2,261
    242, (tie) Bill Stempke, Moorpark, Calif., and Michael Jochade, Albrightsville, Pa., 2,260
    244, Lauri Karppala Jr., Folsom, Ca, 2,257. 245, Howard Partell, Las Vegas, 2,254. 246, Lamonte Lovering, San Mateo, Calif., 2,252
    247, E. Lester Hare III, The Woodlands, Texas, 2,249
    248, (tie) Robert Rogers, Brick, N.J., and Howard Loosbroock, Henderson, Nev., 2,245
    250, (tie) Bob Janego, Longwood, Fla., and Michael Hastings, Georgetown, Del, 2,243
    252, Steve Norvise, Las Vegas, 2,242
    253, Andy Anderson, Falls Church, Va, 2,240
    254, (tie) Kent Whitson, Sausalito, Calif., and Jeff Mackey, Mexico, Mo., 2,239
    256, (tie) Robert Holzbauer, Madison, Wis., and Val Benson, Bronx, N.Y., 2,235
    258, Frank Weiler, San Bernardino, Calif., 2,232
    259, Dale Ballou, Seaside, Ore., 2,229
    260, F. Dale Rider, Las Vegas, 2,228. 261, Bob Pazur, Venice, Fla, 2,224
    262, (tie) Daniel Miner, East Moline, Ill., and Ross McDonald, Clarksville, Md., 2,221
    264, Scott Rosenthal, Las Vegas, 2,219
    265, Randy Corey, Henderson, Nev., 2,216
    266, Tony DeLaTorre III, Highland, Calif., 2,214
    267, Cecil Knighton, Lakewood, Calif., 2,213
    268, Wally Schall, Santa Barbara, Calif., 2,210
    269, Jim Riffle, Las Vegas, 2,199
    270, Billy Crider, Austin, Texas, 2,196
    271, Frank Ensweiler, Lowell, Ind., 2,195
    272, (tie) John Wukasch Sr., Montgomery, Texas, and Avery LeBlanc, Plano, Texas, 2,185
    274, Richard Felten, Rockville, Md., 2,183
    275, Alan Schafer, Sun City West, Ariz., 2,182
    276, Gregg Getzlow, St Peters, Mo., 2,181
    277, (tie) Mark Fenton, Aurora, Colo., and Greg Wilmoth, Wadsworth, Ohio, 2,179
    279, Aron Lipshy, Roseville, Mich., 2,176
    280, Michael Kushner, Las Vegas, 2,173
    281, Dan Clausse, Reno, Nev., 2,171
    282, Bill Kaiser Jr., Las Vegas, Nev., 2,164
    283, Ronald Gales, Las Vegas, 2,160
    284, Dave Kangas, Gwinn, Mich., 2,159
    285, Sidney Smith, Omaha, Neb., 2,154
    286, Guenter Wrase, Las Vegas, 2,147
    287, Donald Kilgore, Las Vegas, 2,145
    288, Dan Duskin Sr, Atlantic, Iowa, 2,142
    289, John Fowles, England, 2,134
    290, George Abrahamsen, Laguna Beach, Calif., 2,130
    291, Larry Grandt, Gurnee, Ill, 2,128
    292, John Reed, Pueblo, Colo., 2,126
    293, Buddy Thornton, Phoenix, 2,123
    294, Tom Greco, West Palm Beach, Fla., 2,111
    295, Ray Randall, Dearborn, Mich., 2,108
    296, Joseph LaBellarte, Chicago, 2,105
    297, Raymond Howard, Paradise, Calif., 2,100
    298, (tie) Glenn Masukawa, San Ramon, Calif, and J. Wayne Shank, Winter Park, Fla., 2,095
    300, Ray Shuel, Canada, 2,093
    301, Bob Holen, Scottsdale, Ariz, 2,087
    302, Jerry Ernst, Garden Grove, Calif., 2,071
    303, John Nicholson, North Las Vegas, Nev., 2,064
    304, Steven Overmyer, Divide, Colo., 2,061
    305, R. Mark Rice, Parawan, Utah, 2,057
    306, Raymond Gaunt, El Monte, Calif, 2,054
    307, Charles Gadd, Grand Junction, Colo., 2,052
    308, (tie) Marvin Nezvensky Jr., Pueblo, Colo., and Roger Painter, Woodbridge, Va., 2,044
    310, John Dassi, Las Vegas, Nev., 2,040
    311, Jerry Dallum, Prescott, Ariz., 2,036
    312, Terry Thomas, Las Vegas, 2,035
    313, Brian Buczek, Brighton, Mich., 2,023
    314, Ernest Lukacs, Manville, N.J., 2,000
    315, Fred Baldwin, Sturgis, Mich., 1,976
    316, Bob Williams, Sparks, Nev., 1,963
    317, Michael Stecher, Las Vegas, 1,940
    318, Rob Mautner, Las Vegas, Nev, 1,900
    319, Karl Walter III, Las Vegas, 1,652 (WD)
    320, Tom McBride, Cramerton, N.C., 1,477 (WD)
    321, Larry Riley, Sun Lakes, Ariz, 1,016 (WD)