Hall of Famer Brian Voss (pictured) retained his lead with a 4,074 18-game pinfall (226.3 average) after third round qualifying Wednesday in the Professional Bowlers Association Senior U.S. Open at the Suncoast Bowling Center.

The 269-player field has been cut to the top 67 players who will advance to a nine-game qualifying round Thursday morning.

The 50-year-old Voss had a 1,362 pinfall in Wednesday's six-game round with games of 215, 238, 248, 203, 213 and 245. He bowled 1,341 in Monday's round and 1,371 Tuesday.

"Bowling the first block today wasn't as difficult as I anticipated," said Voss, who is a 24-time Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour titlist and is trying for his first Senior Tour title. "I didn't get a lot of practice on a fresh lane condition so I'm pretty satisfied today."

Voss, of Alpharetta, Ga., has used a different ball in each qualifying block but has relied on making adjustments primarily with his delivery and hand position which is his trademark.

"I often use the strategy of sticking with one ball for a block and just make the necessary adjustments," Voss said. "I like to keep it simple—it's less confusing."

Voss holds 74-pin lead over Harry Sullins of Chesterfield Township, Mich., in second who is a five-time winner on the national tour. Sullins has a 4,004 18-game pinfall (222.4 average).

PBA Hall of Famer and defending Senior U.S. Open champion Wayne Webb (pictured right) of Sacramento, Calif., is third with a 3,973 pinfall (220.7 average).

"The conditions have been a little different this year but the concept of being able to create something by thinking and figuring out how to play the lane conditions is still the same," Webb said. "The bowler who does that the best is usually going to win this tournament."

After Thursday's final qualifying round, the field will then be cut to the top 24 players for one round-robin match play round Thursday afternoon and two more eight-game rounds on Friday that will determine the top four for the stepladder finals scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Pacific.

The Senior U.S. Open, a major on the PBA Senior Tour, offers $20,000 and a berth into the 2010 Tournament of Champions to the winner.

 

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2009 PBA Senior U.S. Open - Third Round Qualifying

Players with position, hometown and 18-game total. The top 67 advance.

1, Brian Voss, Alpharetta, Ga., 4,074
2, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Township, Mich., 4,004
3, Wayne Webb, Sacramento, Calif., 3,973
4, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 3,955
5, Jimmy Johnson, Bellevue, Neb., 3,924
6, Jim Murtishaw, Menifee, Calif., 3,915
7, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 3,880
8, Charlie Tapp, Kalamazoo, Mich., 3,844
9, Brian Brazeau, Ocala, Fla., 3,836.
10, Bill Spigner, Vernon Hills, Ill., 3,835
11, Greg Waldon, Manhattan, Mont., 3,831
12, Mike Terrell, Newport News, Va., 3,813
13, Vince Honeycutt, Monroe, Ga., 3,812
14, Larry Graybeal, Elizabethton, Tenn., 3,809
15, Hugh Miller, Seattle, 3,808
16, Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 3,784
17, Sam Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 3,781
18, Greg Shields, Independence, Mo., 3,769
19, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 3,766
20, Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 3,765
21, Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., 3,761
22, Gary Skidmore, Albuquerque, N.M., 3,756
23, Jimmy Young, Atlanta, Texas, 3,755
24, Marty Deh, San Jose, Calif., 3,752
25, Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 3,746
26, Bob Faragon, Schenectady, N.Y., 3,741
27, Mike Mineman, Belleville, Ill., 3,736
28, Steve Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y., 3,735
29, Ron Profitt, Brookville, Ohio, 3,734
30, Sam Zurich, Grant, Fla., 3,733
31, Bill Nichols, Roseville, Calif., 3,728
32, Mitchell Jabczenski, Novi, Mich., 3,726
33, Rohn Morton, Vancouver, Wash., 3,723
34, Dave Flemming, Fairborn, Ohio, 3,722
35, Rick Cashell, Dedham, Mass., 3,721
36, Mark Glover, Woodbridge, Va., 3,718
37, Daniel Winter, Rockford, Ill., 3,715
38, (tie) Ron Boroff, Mansfield, Texas, and Marv Sargent, Temecula, Calif., 3,714
40, Curtis Aemisegger, Wauconda, Ill., 3,711
41, Gary James, Spring, Texas, 3,709
42, Howard Partell, Las Vegas, Nev., 3,708
43, Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 3,706
44, Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 3,699
45, Henry Gonzalez, Colorado Springs, Colo., 3,698
46, Bob Handley, Winter Park, Fla., 3,696
47, John Bennett, Clarkston, Mich., 3,695
48, Ken Konczos, Sagamore Hills, Ohio, 3,694
49, Randy Rau, Belleville, Ill., 3,689
50, Roger Kossert, Lithia, Fla., 3,680
51, Dennis Psaropoulos, Lake Worth, Fla., 3,678
52, Keith Kolozsi, Las Vegas, Nev., 3,673
53, Gale Voshell, Dover, Del., 3,668
54, Darwin Wimer, Mesquite, Nev., 3,664
55, Craig Kisro, Granada Hills, Calif., 3,662
56, Ross Packard, San Jose, Calif., 3,658
57, (tie) Barry Gurney, West Hills, Calif., and Steve Cook, Granite Bay, Calif., and Gerald Calvin, Thousand Oaks, Calif., 3,657
60, Bob Knipple, Long Beach, Calif., 3,655
61, Christopher Keane, New City, N.Y., 3,653
62, Dean Jones, Austin, Texas, 3,651
63, Joe Staton, Alta Loma, Calif., 3,647
64, David Axon, Bellevue, Neb., 3,643
65, Vaughn Doody, Las Vegas, Nev., 3,640.
66, (tie) Bill Sell, Menasha, Wis., and Jace Peterson, Elkhorn, Wis., 3,636

Missed Cut:
68, Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 3,630
69, Douglas Kirkman, Clovis, N.M., 3,620
70, Max Shellabarger, Roy, Utah, 3,618
71, Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., 3,616, $700*
72, Russ Freeman, Lake Villa, Ill., 3,613
73, Dave Bernhardt, Shelby Township, Mich., 3,611, $700*
74, Jim Knoblauch, Waukesha, Wis., 3,610
75, Bob Chamberlain, The Villages, Fla., 3,603, $700*
76, Jeff Jamison, Boulder City, Nev., 3,599, $700*
77, (tie) Pete Couture, Titusville, Fla., $700* and Ron Garr, Ridgedale, Mo., 3,593, $700*
79, Randy Lightfoot, St. Charles, Mo., 3,585
80, Matt Surina, Everett, Wash., 3,584
81, Terry Leong, Las Vegas, 3,583
82, Tim Ruelle, Racine, Wis., 3,582.
83, (tie) Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., and C.K. Moore, Redding, Calif., 3,577
85, Ernie Schlegel, Vancouver, Wash., 3,574, $700
86, Char Hammel, Las Vegas, 3,573
87, Dave Washburn, Las Vegas, Nev., 3,572
88, (tie) Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, and Dick Baker, Henderson, Nev., 3,571, $700*
90, Kent Wagner, Palmetto, Fla., 3,569
91, Jeff Suma, Auburn Hills, Mich., 3,568
92, Edward Silva, Manteca, Calif., 3,567
93, Bill Hewlett, Meridian, Idaho, 3,566
94, Ralph Smith, Colorado Springs, Colo., 3,562, $700*
95, Gerry Keslar, Tonganoxie, Kan., 3,561
96, Keith Sharp, Orlando, Fla., 3,559
97, Skip Pavone, San Jose, Calif., 3,553
98, Rod McLean, North Las Vegas, Nev., 3,544, $700*
99, John Dudak, Orland Park, Ill., 3,543
100, Kerry Fulford, Brownwood, Texas, 3,542.
101, (tie) Gus Yannaras, Milwaukee, Wis., and Larry Laub, Lincoln, Calif., and
Frank Tardio, Palatine, Ill., 3,540
104, John Di Santis, Wilmington, Del., 3,535
105, Michael Lucente, Warren, Mich., 3,532
106, Jim Moran, Las Vegas, 3,531
107, Nicholas Maturo, Las Vegas, Nev., 3,524
108, Frank Gallo Jr., Newport News, Va., 3,521
109, Bill Henson, Westerville, Ohio, 3,519
110, Gary Hiday, Indianapolis, 3,517
111, (tie) Scott Hansel, Stockton, Calif., and Norb Wetzel, Fond du Lac, Wis., 3,516
113, (tie) Avery LeBlanc, Plano, Texas, and Warren Nelson, North Las Vegas, Nev., 3,514
115, Rudy Moreno, Reno, Nev., 3,508
116, Russell Michaud, Hudson, N.H., 3,505
117, Jim Gordin, Modesto, Calif., 3,502
118, Bob Puttick, Canada, 3,501
119, Glen Smith, Seattle, Wash, 3,494
120, (tie) Daniel Emmett, Las Vegas, and J.P. Muller, Gervais, Ore., and Don Sylvia, Vero Beach, Fla., 3,490
123, Jerry Keily, Littleton, Colo., 3,488
124, Thomas Ream, Tampa, Fla., 3,486
125, Michael Larson, Gardena, Calif., 3,484 126, Donald Breihan, Columbia, S.C., 3,483
127, Bob Amoruso, Glenview, Ill., 3,482
128, Pete Danyo Sr., Toms River, N.J., 3,481
129, Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 3,476
130, Ray Shuel, Canada, 3,471
131, Bob Purzycki, Pompton Plains, N.J., 3,468
132, Mike Pullin, Rochelle, Ill., 3,466
133, Shannon Starnes, Fort Worth, Texas, 3,465
134, (tie) Dewaine West, Temecula, Calif., and George Lord, Lakeland, Fla., 3,464
136, Garry Blanton, Owensboro, Ky., 3,460
137, Buzz Goodman, Syosset, N.Y., 3,458
138, (tie) Tom Howison, Chillicothe, Ohio, and Paul Mielens, Menomonie, Wis., 3,457
140, Ron Winger, Las Vegas, Nev., 3,456
141, Mike Schmid, St. Paul, Minn., 3,452
142, (tie) Marc Clyburn, Pittsburg, Calif., and Rick Winther, Fairbanks, Alaska, 3,451
144, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 3,449
145, George Psaropoulos, Jupiter, Fla., 3,448
146, Rodney Tramp, Porterville, Calif., 3,446
147, Dan Duskin, Atlantic, Iowa, 3,442
148, Michael Warren, Dallas, 3,438
149, Will Friedrich, Green Bay, Wis., 3,437
150, Ray Cobb, Highland, Calif., 3,436
151, Sal Bongiorno, Hollywood, Fla., 3,434
152, Stan Winters, Simi Valley, Calif., 3,433
153, Kent Whitson, Sausalito, Calif., 3,429
154, Frank DeFilippo, Las Vegas, Nev., 3,425
155, Randy Corey, Henderson, Nev., 3,424
156, (tie) Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla., and Guy Gorman, Elko, Nev., 3,418
158, Edward Roberts, Braintree, Mass., 3,415
159, Robert McDonald, Addison, Ill., 3,414
160, Steve Stein, Staten Island, N.Y., 3,413
161, Dave Sill, Cary, Ill., 3,410
162, Michael Johnston, Lakeville, Minn., 3,407
163, Robert Callari, Bloomfield, N.Y., 3,406
164, Leo Plaia, New Orleans, 3,403
165, Jay Boyle, Garnet Valley, Pa., 3,400
166, Jerry Watkins, Bloomfield, N.M., 3,399
167, Harley Trumbull, New Boston, Mich., 3,396
168, Jay Aono, Boise, Idaho, 3,395
169, D.A. Carbone, Broomfield, Colo., 3,393
170, Rick Talley, Enid, Okla., 3,392
171, Lee Tucker, Camarillo, Calif., 3,387
172, Hilton Nunez, Dominican Republic, 3,386
173, (tie) Gene Vincent, Decatur, Ill., and Johnny Cook, Oneonta, Ala, 3,375
175, Gregory Smith, Baltimore, 3,373
176, Claes Gauffin, Sweden, 3,367
177, Jim Hutchinson, Ludlow Falls, Ohio, 3,366
178, Michael Chrzanowski, Shepherd, Mich., 3,361
179, Sam Perrotta, Lincoln Park, N.J., 3,360
180, Les Shirwindt, Las Vegas, Nev, 3,355
181, (tie) Murray Hickman, Las Vegas, Nev., and Brien Show-Yin, Australia, and Ed Bordenka, Las Vegas, Nev., and Gary Bessette, Summerdale, Ala., 3,350
185, Eugene Helbing, Glendale, Ariz., 3,348
186, (tie) Gordon Stuntz, Hellertown, Pa., and Dwight Tincher, Perris, Calif., 3,342
188, Clay Ory, Clovis, Calif., 3,335
189, John Reed, Pueblo, Colo., 3,329
190, (tie) Fred Kouri, Apple Valley, Calif., and Lamonte Lovering, San Mateo, Calif., and Fred Cole, Visalia, Calif., 3,323
193, Gary Morgan, Marietta, Ga., 3,321
194, James Link, Mt. Dora, Fla., 3,317
195, Mark Fennell, Seattle, 3,308
196, Robert Walters, North Las Vegas, Nev., 3,307
197, Carey Hofmann, Phoenix, 3,306 198, Ross Larsen, Riverside, Calif., 3,304
199, (tie) Kevin Foley, Reno, Nev., and Tony Cangialosi, Dolan Springs, Ariz., 3,303
201, Don Robinson, Boise, Idaho, 3,300
202, Steve Schroeder, Carlsbad, Calif., 3,299
203, Ross McDonald, Clarksville, Md., 3,293
204, Matt Buxton, Jefferson City, Mo., 3,291
205, Jeff Cordeiro, Castaic, Calif., 3,287
206, David Zonfrilli, Las Vegas, Nev., 3,282
207, Melvin Shirey, Sun City West, Ariz., 3,281
208, (tie) Pat Danforth, Laguna Hills, Calif., and Stan Wells, Kingsport, Tenn., 3,279
210, Dave Gualeni, Roswell, N.M., 3,275
211, Robert Teeters, Lapel, Ind., 3,273
212, (tie) Fred Strasser, Pismo Beach, Calif., and Daniel Miner, East Moline, Ill., 3,271
214, Darrel Curtis, Las Vegas, Nev., 3,263
215, Chuck Olsen, St. George, Utah, 3,262
216, Mark Scime, Winter Garden, Fla., 3,261
217, Glen Nakagawa, Highland Village, Texas, 3,260
218, (tie) Tom Smith III, Newark, Del., and Rick Darnell, Lihue, Hawaii, 3,257
220, Randy Niehaus, Rockford, Ill., 3,253
221, Wayne Richards, Fernley, Nev., 3,250. 222, Terry Tuttle, King, N.C., 3,249
223, Bob Andersen, Forest City, N.C., 3,246
224, Russ Davies, Las Vegas, Nev., 3,239
225, Allen Meskan, Addison, Ill., 3,238
226, Dave Smith, Las Vegas, Nev., 3,235
227, (tie) Gene Johnson, Brier, Wash., and David Kebely, Bothell, Wash., 3,227
229, William Elvery Mines, New Brunswick, N.J., 3,217
230, (tie) Lee Taylor, Las Vegas Nev., and Donnie Todd, Somerset, Ky., 3,201
232, Radar Presley, Atlanta, 3,192
233, Lito Dela Cruz, Las Vegas, Nev., 3,190
234, Marvin Nezvensky Jr., Pueblo, Colo., 3,188
235, Tim Shirlock, Canyon Lake, Calif., 3,185
236, Gerry Chinn, Castaic, Calif., 3,180
237, Dennis Fitzsimonds, San Diego, 3,179
238, Don Lane, San Francisco, 3,177
239, Ray Randall, Dearborn, Mich., 3,175
240, Edward Regehr, Hesperia, Calif., 3,172
241, Scott Rosenthal, Las Vegas, Nev., 3,163
242, Chuck Haus, Linden, Mich., 3,156
243, Rod Michael, Florissant, Mo., 3,154
244, Dan Clausse, Reno, Nev., 3,149
245, Rick Salyer, Kingsport, Tenn, 3,140
246, (tie) Tom Addison, LaVista, Neb., and Ted Karbownik, Clarkston, Mich., 3,136
248, Dave Francis, Sebring, Fla., 3,122
249, (tie) Thomas Smith, San Bernardino, Calif., and Herbye Mitchell, Grandbury, Texas, 3,119 251, Dale Ballou, Seaside, Ore., 3,117
252, Hubert Harrison, Middletown, Ind., 3,109
253, Dave Zebrowski, New York Mills, N.Y., 3,105
254, F. Dale Rider, Las Vegas, Nev., 3,100
255, Rickey Smith, Milton, Fla., 3,093
256, Don Torok, South Bend, Ind., 3,083
257, J. Wayne Shank, Winter Park, Fla., 3,067
258, Michael Ferguson, Houston, 3,022
259, Earl Yohn, Shermans Dale, Pa., 3,007
260, Wayne Creasy, Bloomsburg, Pa., 2,994
261, Glenn Masukawa, San Ramon, Calif., 2,979
262, Gary Friedman, Farmingdale, N.Y., 2,946
263, Randolph Kerr, Troutdale, Ore., 2,935
264, Ralph Morton, Apache Junction, Ariz, 2,913
265, Steve Lickliter, Beckley, W.Va., 2,493 (WD)
266, John Gould, Orangevale, Calif., 2,247 (WD)
267, Rodney Chong, Harbor City, Calif., 1,216 (WD)
268, Val Benson, Bronx, N.Y., 1,040 (WD)
269, John Garry, Las Vegas, Nev., 869 (WD)

*Indicates money earned for Super Senior. Top 10 bowlers 60 years and older out of the top 67.