Harry Sullins moves into second round lead in PBA Senior U.S. Open

    06/09/10

    2010 PBA Senior Tour #5

    2009PBASHarrySullins.jpg2010PBASSteveFerraro.jpgHarry Sullins (pictured left) of Chesterfield Township, Mich., moved into the second round lead in the 2010 PBA Senior U.S. Open at the Suncoast Bowling Center in Las Vegas with a 2,746 12-game pinfall (228.8 average).

    In Tuesday’s second six-game block he bowled games of 203, 234, 242, 245, 236 and 233 to take a 71-pin lead over Steve Ferraro (right) of Kingston, N.Y., in second with 2,675.

    When Sullins finished fourth in the 2009 PBA Senior U.S. Open, it marked a turning point in his career. Despite having to work through a nagging tendon and tennis elbow injury last year, Sullins went on to capture an emotional win in the 2009 PBA Senior World Championship last September in his hometown of Detroit for his first Senior Tour title.

    That win would land him a berth in the 2010 PBA Tournament of Champions where he finished 14th. Throughout the winter and spring he would bowl well enough in PBA senior regional tournaments to be named PBA Midwest and Central Region Senior Player of the Year.

    “It sounds strange but it kind of changed my game for the better,” said the 52-year-old Sullins, who also owns five career Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour titles. “It forced me to change the way I throw the ball but in a good way. Sometimes when you have to work through an injury it has a bad effect but in my case it had a positive effect.”

    Now Sullins has to navigate his way through the rest of another demanding Senior U.S. Open format while still taking care of his ailing right arm.

    “It’s definitely something I can manage more easily now with over-the-counter medication and taping it up,” he said. “My toughest block will be tomorrow but I have a game plan in mind. Basically, I just want to grind out the first couple of games and hope I get lined up by the middle of the block.”

    2010PBASBobBrady.jpg2010PBASRonMohr.jpgFirst round leader Bob Brady (left), Santa Monica, Calif., slipped to third place with 2,672. Don Moser, Murrieta, Calif., is fourth with 2,671. Tom Baker of King, N.C., trying for a third Senior U.S. Open crown having won the 2005 and ’06 tournaments, is fifth with 2,636.

    Reigning PBA Senior Player of the Year Ron Mohr (right) of Eagle River, Alaska is ninth with 2,610. Two-time defending champion Wayne Webb of Columbus, Ohio, trying for this third consecutive Senior U.S. Open title is tied for 12th after two rounds with 2,583.

    The 226-player field will bowl one more six-game qualifying block Wednesday after which the field will be cut to the top 57 players for another nine-game qualifying round Thursday morning.

    The field will then be cut to the top 24 players for three eight-game round-robin match play rounds conducted Thursday and Friday to determine the top four for the stepladder finals scheduled for Friday at 3:30 p.m. Pacific.

    Bowling fans can check out coverage of the match play portions of the Senior U.S. Open on pba.com’s Xtra Frame video service.

     


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    2010 PBA Senior U.S. Open - Second Round


    Players with position, hometown and 12-game total

    1, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Township, Mich., 2,746
    2, Steve Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y., 2,675
    3, Bob Brady, Santa Monica, Calif., 2,672
    4, Don Moser, Murrieta, Calif., 2,671
    5, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 2,635
    6, Emilio Mora Sr., Defiance, Ohio, 2,633
    7, Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., 2,625
    8, Russ Freeman, Antioch, Ill., 2,616
    9, Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 2,610
    10, Dennis Psaropoulos, Lake Worth, Fla., 2,609
    11, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 2,589
    12, (TIE) Bobby Johnson, Chillicothe, Ohio
    and Wayne Webb, Columbus, Ohio, 2,583
    14, Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 2,580
    15, John Chapman, Canada, 2,569
    16, (TIE) Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore
    and Koichiro Tamaki, Japan, 2,558
    18, Jeff Jamison, Boulder City, Nev., 2,551
    19, Brad Snell, Mount Prospect, Ill., 2,529
    20, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 2,522
    21, Rick Pollard, Versailles, Ind., 2,520
    22, Brian Brazeau, Ocala, Fla., 2,515
    23, Kerry Fulford, Brownwood, Texas, 2,514
    24, Nick Morgan, Sacramento, Calif., 2,506
    25, Bob Puttick, Canada, 2,504
    26, Terry Leong, Las Vegas, 2,503
    27, Hirotsugu Kawanishi, Japan, 2,497
    28, (TIE) Jim Murtishaw, Menifee, Calif
    and Hugh Miller, Seattle, 2,491
    30, Keith Sharp, Orlando, Fla., 2,481
    31, Edward Roberts, Braintree, Mass., 2,480
    32, (TIE) Robin Romeo, Newhall, Calif
    and J.P. Muller, Gervais, Ore., 2,477
    34, David Axon, Bellevue, Neb., 2,473
    35, (TIE) Gary Bessette, Summerdale, Ala.,
    Ross Packard, San Jose, Calif
    and Char Hammel, Las Vegas, 2,462
    38, Mike Mineman, Belleville, Ill., 2,461
    39, Dick Baker, Henderson, Nev., 2,460
    40, Henry Gonzalez, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2,456
    41, Les Shirwindt, Las Vegas, Nev., 2,455
    42, Greg Shields, Independence, Mo., 2,454
    43, Kent Wagner, Palmetto, Fla., 2,447
    44, (TIE) Paul Kwiecien, Lansing, Mich
    and Mitchell Jabczenski, Novi, Mich., 2,445
    46, (TIE) Gary Skidmore, Albuquerque, N.M
    and Bob Handley, Winter Park, Fla., 2,444
    48, Y.H. Byun, Korea, 2,443
    49, Marc Lineberry, Camanche, Iowa, 2,442
    50, Tom Howison, Chillicothe, Ohio, 2,441
    51, Bill Spigner, Vernon Hills, Ill., 2,437
    52, Howard Loosbroock, Henderson, Nev., 2,436
    53, Ernie Schlegel, Vancouver, Wash., 2,435
    54, (TIE) Daniel Winter, Rockford, Ill
    and Jorge Gutierrez, Las Cruces, N.M., 2,434
    56, Darwin Wimer, Mesquite, Nev., 2,432
    57, Dave Washburn, Las Vegas, Nev., 2,430
    58, Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 2,427
    59, Jeff Suma, Auburn Hills, Mich., 2,426
    60, Gary Morgan, Marietta, Ga., 2,425
    61, Junichi Yajima, Japan, 2,423
    62, Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 2,421
    63, Dave Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y., 2,418
    64, Bob Knipple, Long Beach, Calif., 2,417
    65, Kevin Foley, Reno, Nev., 2,411
    66, Avery LeBlanc, Plano, Texas, 2,409
    67, Don Sylvia, Reno, Nev., 2,406
    68, Keith Kolozsi, Las Vegas, 2,398
    69, Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 2,395
    70, (TIE) Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio
    and Frank DeFilippo, Las Vegas, 2,391
    72, Vince Honeycutt, Buford, Ga., 2,390
    73, Edward Silva, Manteca, Calif., 2,388
    74, Jim Knoblauch, Waukesha, Wis., 2,382
    75, (TIE) Roger Kossert, Lithia, Fla
    and Noel Vazquez, Sacramento, Calif., 2,380
    77, Bob Chamberlain, The Villages, Fla., 2,377
    78, Jerry Smith, Englewood, Colo., 2,376
    79, Masato Hanamoto, Japan, 2,374
    80, (TIE) Phil Prieto Jr., El Paso, Texas
    and Tim Ruelle, Racine, Wis., 2,373
    82, Dave Bernhardt, Shelby Township., Mich., 2,371
    83, Max Martinez, Tijeras, N.M., 2,368
    84, Carey Hofmann, Phoenix, 2,365
    85, (TIE) Shannon Starnes, Fort Worth, Texas,
    and Gary Hiday, Indianapolis, 2,363
    87, Peter Knopp, Germany, 2,362
    88, (TIE) Rudy Moreno, Reno, Nev
    and Chuck Best, Buda, Texas, 2,361
    90, Robert Callari, Bloomfield, N.Y., 2,360
    91, Michael Lucente, Warren, Mich., 2,358
    92, (TIE) David Eatmon, Ferndale, Mich
    and Paul Danforth, Laguna Hills, Calif., 2,355
    94, John Dudak, Orland Park, Ill., 2,351
    95, Steve Fulton, Lansing, Mich., 2,349
    96, Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 2,347
    97, (TIE) Barry Gurney, West Hills, Calif.,
    Frank Tardio, Palatine, Ill. and
    John Bennett, Clarkston, Mich., 2,344
    100, Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla., 2,343
    101, Bob Priess, Las Vegas, 2,337
    102, Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., 2,334
    103, Ron Hosler, Denver, Colo., 2,331
    104, Jim Moran, Las Vegas, 2,329
    105, Tim Pierce, Portland, Ore., 2,328
    106, Howard Partell, Las Vegas, 2,325
    107, Mike Pullin, Rochelle, Ill., 2,324
    108, Charlie Tapp, Kalamazoo, Mich., 2,323
    109, Dan Ahlquist, Sweden, 2,322
    110, (TIE) Fred Kouri, Castle Rock, Colo
    and Will Friedrich, Green Bay, Wis., 2,320
    112, Christopher Keane, New City, N.Y., 2,316
    113, (TIE) Craig Kisro, Granada Hills, Calif
    and Max Shellabarger, Roy, Utah, 2,314
    115, George Lord, Lakeland, Fla., 2,313
    116, (TIE) Ron Winger, Las Vegas, Nev.,
    Rohn Morton, Vancouver, Wash. and
    Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., 2,312
    119, (TIE) Mark Peavey, Van Nuys, Calif
    and Randy Rau, Belleville, Ill., 2,310
    121, Dave Flemming, Fairborn, Ohio, 2,307
    122, Randy Niehaus, Rockford, Ill., 2,304
    123, (TIE) Edward Regehr, Hesperia, Calif
    and Ernie Bourque, Acushnet, Mass., 2,301
    125, Gary Coultas, Huntington Beach, Calif., 2,300
    126, (TIE) Bill Nichols, Roseville, Calif.,
    Robert Walters, N Las Vegas, Nev
    and Paula Vidad, Sun City, Calif., 2,297
    129, Dean Jones, San Marcos, Texas, 2,295
    130, Terry Metzner, Kentwood, Mich., 2,294
    131, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 2,292
    132, Scott Lindsey, Omaha, Neb., 2,288
    133, Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 2,286
    134, Dave Sill, Cary, Ill., 2,282
    135, Gerry Keslar, Tonganoxie, Kan., 2,281
    136, Ronald Roberts, Lake Havasu, Ariz., 2,277
    137, Donald Kilgore, Las Vegas, 2,272
    138, Glen Smith, Seattle, Wash., 2,271
    139, (TIE) Michael Warren, Dallas
    and Randy Corey, Henderson, Nev., 2,270
    141, Darrel Curtis, Las Vegas, 2,268
    142, Lamonte Lovering, San Mateo, Calif., 2,265
    143, Larry Galloway, Fresno, Calif., 2,258
    144, Craig Vogel, Rome, N.Y., 2,257
    145, (TIE) Glen Morgan, Seminole, Ala
    and Richard Nardozza, Clearfield, Pa., 2,254
    147, Randy Turner, Lubbock, Texas, 2,253
    148, (TIE) Ron Garr, Ridgedale, Mo
    and Bill Sell, Menasha, Wis, 2,251
    150, Warren Blankenship, Ardmore, Okla., 2,249
    151, D.A. Carbone, Broomfield, Colo., 2,246
    152, Gerald Calvin, Thousand Oaks, Calif., 2,244
    153, (TIE) Glen Nakagawa, Highland Village, Texas
    and Leo Plaia, New Orleans, 2,238
    155, Dale Ballou, Seaside, Ore., 2,237
    156, Michael Chrzanowski, Shepherd, Mich., 2,235
    157, (TIE) Jim Gordin, Modesto, Calif
    and Garry Blanton, Owensboro, Ky., 2,234
    159, Kiyoshi Nakarai, Japan, 2,233
    160, Gregory Waldon, Manhattan, Mont., 2,231
    161, Robert Reeder Jr., Bellefonte, Pa., 2,230
    162, (TIE) Nicholas Maturo, Las Vegas, Nev
    and Mike Schmid, St. Paul, Minn., 2,227
    164, Bob Faragon, Schenectady, N.Y., 2,225
    165, (TIE) Joseph Stalnaker, Alderson, W.Va
    and Mike Raleigh, Clyde, Mich., 2,224
    167, (TIE) Donald Breihan, Columbia, S.C
    and Mike Hastings, Millsboro, Del., 2,223
    169, Duke Sanders Jr., Las Vegas, 2,222
    170, Ron Profitt, Brookville, Ohio, 2,221
    171, Murray Hickman Sr., Las Vegas, 2,218
    172, Wayne Richards, Fernley, Nev., 2,216
    173, Cecil Knighton, Lakewood, Calif., 2,215
    174, Robert Teeters, Lapel, Ind., 2,213
    175, Hubert Harrison, Middletown, Ind., 2,209
    176, John Nicholson, North Las Vegas, 2,207
    177, (TIE) John DiSantis, Wilmington, Del
    and Glenn Masukawa, Henderson, Nev., 2,206
    179, Terry Norton, Omaha, Neb., 2,205
    180, Andy Anderson, Falls Church, Va., 2,204
    181, Phil Gessner, Spring, Texas, 2,203
    182, Douglas Kirkman, Clovis, N.M., 2,201
    183, Donnie Todd Sr., Somerset, Ky., 2,200
    184, Lee Rucker, Fort Myers, Fla., 2,199
    185, (TIE) Randy Shewmake, Ft. Worth, Texas
    and Bob Permann, Hemet, Calif., 2,197
    187, Ross McDonald, Clarksville, Md., 2,194
    188, Brien Show-Yin, Australia, 2,193
    189, Sal Bongiorno, Hollywood, Fla., 2,192
    190, Ed Bordenka, Las Vegas, 2,190
    191, Mike Locorriere, Las Vegas, 2,182
    192, Daniel Miner, East Moline, Ill., 2,181
    193, Robert Lively, Moreno Valley, Calif., 2,173
    194, Bill Stempke, Moorpark, Calif., 2,169
    195, Jay Boyle, Garnet Valley, Pa., 2,167
    196, Gerry Chinn, Castaic, Calif., 2,161
    197, (TIE) John Reed, Pueblo, Colo
    and Dave Patchen, Oregon, Ohio, 2,156
    199, (TIE) Stan Winters, Simi Valley, Calif
    and Steve Kiss, Clackamas, Ore., 2,155
    201, Ray Shuel, Canada, 2,153
    202, Rickey Smith, Milton, Fla., 2,144
    203, Thomas Smith, San Bernardino, Calif., 2,131
    204, John Shreve Sr., Elyria, Ohio, 2,126
    205, Ray Randall, Dearborn, Mich., 2,125
    206, Herbye Mitchell, Grandbury, Texas, 2,114
    207, Don Lane, San Francisco, 2,107
    208, David Wilson, Reno, Nev., 2,101
    209, Radar Presley, Atlanta, 2,085
    210, Ross Zeigler, Las Vegas, 2,082
    211, Randolph Kerr, Troutdale, Ore., 2,054
    212, Harley Trumbull, New Boston, Mich., 2,051
    213, Robert Maki, Ishpeming, Mich., 2,045
    214, Brett Roberts Sr., Calimesa, Calif., 2,043
    215, Ross Larsen, Riverside, Calif., 2,037
    216, Van Fenner, Reno, Nev., 2,033
    217, Sam Perrotta, Lincoln Park, N.J., 2,028
    218, Gary Reh, Nesbit, Miss., 2,024
    219, David Graber, Las Vegas, 2,023
    220, Dave Zebrowski Sr., New York Mills, N.Y., 2,008
    221, Ray Yunker, Cape Coral, Fla., 1,998
    222, Rob Mautner, Las Vegas, 1,996
    223, Scott Rosenthal, Las Vegas, 1,972
    224, Rod Michael, Florissant, Mo., 1,969
    225, Paul Plummer, Boise, Idaho, 1,956
    226, Toshiyuki Satoh, Japan, 1,888
    227, Robert MacDonald, Addison, Ill., WD