Bowling in just his third Professional Bowlers Association Senior Tour tournament, Bo Goergen (pictured left) of Sanford, Mich., averaged 222.3 for six games Tuesday to move into the second-round lead of the PBA Senior U.S. Open presented by the Suncoast at the Suncoast Bowling Center.

After finishing second with a 1,424 six-game pinfall after Monday's first round, Goergen bowled 1,334 in Tuesday's second round with games of 202, 212, 238, 205, 234 and 243. His combined 12-game pinfall of 2,758 and overall average of 229.8 leads first-round leader Kevin Croucher (right) of Grants Pass, Ore., in second with 2,731.

Leading qualifying was an unexpected surprise for Goergen who was struggling with his equipment and arm swing as late as the tournament's practice session.

"At the Sun Bowl In The Villages I just didn't bring strong enough equipment and I ended up missing the cut to match play by one pin so I wanted to make sure I was more prepared coming in here," said the 51-year-old Goergen.

"I was confident in my equipment but then I developed a problem with my arm swing that fortunately I was able to work out with the help of Chris Schlemmer (Storm Products representative) during practice.

"Tomorrow (Wednesday) I'll be bowling on a fresh lane condition for the first time in the tournament so I'm going to gamble a little bit and try an outside line and see if I can get a good ball reaction from there."

Georgen, who is a bowling proprietor, holds the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships three-game series record of 862 that he bowled to win the singles title in 2009. He was also a member of the USBC Open Championships team all events champion in 2010.

The 224-player field will bowl one more six-game qualifying round Wednesday after which the field will be cut to the top 56 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. PT.

PBA legend Walter Ray Williams Jr. (left) of Ocala, Fla., is in third after Tuesday's round with a 2,723 pinfall. A win in the Senior U.S. Open for Williams would make PBA's all-time career leader in Tour titles with 47 wins, the first to win U.S. Open titles on both the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour and Senior Tour. Williams is also coming off a win in the recent Senior Mark Roth Allentown Open.

"I was really pleasantly surprised bowling as well as I did in the first block on fresh oil today," said Williams, who had a 1,379 pinfall in Tuesday's second round. "I was hoping to shoot 60 or 70 over (200 average) because the better scores usually come off the later squads but I had exceptional carry today and shot 179 over which will put me in great shape for tomorrow."

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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2011 PBA Senior U.S. Open - Second Round

Players with position, hometown and 12-game total

1, Bo Goergen, Sanford, Mich., 2,758
2, Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 2,731
3, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 2,723
4, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Township, Mich., 2,712
5, Hugh Miller, Seattle, 2,684
6, Ricky Beck, Box Elder, S.D., 2,673
7 (tie), Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., and Junichi Yajima, Japan, 2,662
9, Barry Zimmerman , Grand Forks, N.D., 2,655
10, John Chapman, Canada, 2,631
11, Marv Sargent, Temecula, Calif., 2,615
12, Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 2,607
13, Eric Forkel, Las Vegas, 2,601
14, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 2,585
15, Wayne Webb, Columbus, Ohio, 2,580
16, Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 2,574
17, Ron Winger, Las Vegas, 2,572
18, Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., 2,571
19, Brian Voss, Alpharetta, Ga., 2,556
20 (tie), David Axon, Bellevue, Neb., and Terry Metzner, Kentwood, Mich., 2,553
22, Christopher Keane, New City, N.Y., 2,549
23, Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 2,543
24, Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 2,540
25, Darryl Bower, Middletown, Pa., 2,536
26, Henry Gonzalez, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2,531
27, Brian Brazeau, Ocala, Fla., 2,528
28, John Kirker, Taftville, Conn., 2,521
29, Thomas Ream, Tampa, Fla., 2,517
30, Kent Wagner, Palmetto, Fla., 2,513
31, Karl Simonis, Mesa, Ariz., 2,511
32, Steve Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y., 2,509
33, Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., 2,505
34, Peter Knopp, Germany, 2,504
35, Randy Robertson, Evansville, Ind., 2,496
36, Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 2,489
37 (tie), Doug Kempt, Monrovia, Calif., and Jim Murtishaw, Menifee, Calif., 2,475
39, Bill Sell, Menasha, Wis., 2,473
40, Harry Mickelson, Yakima, Wash., 2,468
41, Jim Gordin, Modesto, Calif., 2,467
42, Nick Tjotjos, Westlake, Ohio, 2,466
43 (tie), Pete Thomas, Oklahoma City, Okla., and Roger Kossert, Lithia, Fla., 2,465
45 (tie) Koichiro Tamaki, Japan, and Rich Cook, Olympia, Wash., 2,464
47, Kerry Fulford, Brownwood, Texas, 2,461
48 (tie), Bill Nichols, Roseville, Calif., and Don Hicks, West Babylon, N.Y., 2,455
50, Howard Partell, Las Vegas, 2,454
51, Gary Skidmore, Albuquerque, N.M., 2,452
52, Mitchell Jabczenski, Novi, Mich., 2,450
53, Howard Loosbroock , Henderson, Nev., 2,449
54, Don Sylvia, Reno, Nev., 2,448
55, Emilio Mora Sr., Defiance, Ohio, 2,445
56, Russ Freeman, Antioch, Ill., 2,444
57 (tie), Marc Lineberry, Camanche, Iowa, and John Bennett, Clarkston, Mich., 2,439
59, Frank Gallo Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., 2,437
60, Paul Nilsen Sr., Murrieta, Calif., 2,431
61 (tie), John Forst, Salt Lake City, and Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 2,429
63, Jeff Suma , Auburn Hills, Mich., 2,418
64, Terry Leong, Las Vegas, 2,410
65 (tie), Daniel Miyamoto, Mililani, Hawaii, and Don Moser, Murrieta, Calif., 2,407
67 (tie), Sal Bongiorno, Hollywood, Fla., and Paul Appling, Camarillo, Calif., 2,404
69 (tie), Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, and Peter Marien, Lisbon, Conn., 2,403
71, Frank DeFilippo, Las Vegas, 2,401
72, Jorge Gutierrez, Las Cruces, N.M., 2,399
73 (tie), Jace Peterson , Elkhorn, Wis., and David Knight, Folcroft, Pa., 2,398
75, Jeff Jamison, Boulder City, Nev., 2,397
76, Jim Moran, Las Vegas, 2,396
77, Bob Brady, Santa Monica, Calif., 2,395
78, Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., 2,387
79, Noel Vazquez, Sacramento, Calif., 2,383
80, Charlie Tapp, Kalamazoo, Mich., 2,380
81, Dave Washburn, Las Vegas, 2,376
82 (tie), Gerald Calvin, Thousand Oaks, Calif., and Carl Labayan, Long Beach, Calif., 2,375
84, Dick Baker, Henderson, Nev., 2,373
85 (tie), George Tignor, Winchendon, Mass., and Anthony Chmura, Chaplin, Conn., 2,367
87, Brendan Bierch, Grafton, Mass., 2,366
88, Andy Anderson, Falls Church, Va., 2,355
89, Matt Surina, Puyallup, Wash., 2,353
90, Mark Scime, Winter Garden, Fla., 2,349
91, Donald Breihan, Columbia, S.C., 2,348
92 (tie), Warren Blankenship, Ardmore, Okla., and Ross Packard, San Jose, Calif., 2,347
94, Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla., 2,346
95, Ed Jablonski , Las Vegas, 2,344
96, Radar Presley, Atlanta, 2,342
97, David Blades, East Wenatchee, Wash., 2,338
98 (tie), Gary Bessette, Summerdale, Ala., and John DiSantis, Wilmington, Del., 2,336
100 (tie), Fred Kouri, Castle Rock, Colo., and William Keenan, Jr., Orlando, Fla., 2,332
102, Mike Locorriere, Las Vegas, 2,331
103, John Dudak, Orland Park, Ill., 2,325
104, John Younger, Ledyard, Conn., 2,324
105, Harley Trumbull, New Boston, Mich., 2,322
106, Mark Glover, Woodbridge, Va., 2,321
107, Ken Gibson, Greenville, S.C., 2,318
108, Bill Stewart , Plainwell, Mich., 2,316
109, Max Shellabarger, Layton, Utah, 2,313
110, Warren Nelson, Fresno, Calif., 2,312
111, Edward Roberts, Braintree, Mass., 2,311
112 (tie), James Martin, Vero Beach, Fla., and Phil Gessner, Spring, Texas, 2,310
114, Jim Knoblauch, Waukesha, Wis., 2,308
115, Marvin Dickey, Mineral Wells, Texas, 2,307
116, Ralph Smith, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2,306
117, Roger Painter, Woodbridge, Va., 2,305
118, Edwin Case, Albuquerque, N.M., 2,302
119, Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 2,300
120, Jimmy Johnson, Bellevue, Neb., 2,299
121, Dean Jones, Las Vegas, 2,298
122, Michael Clemence, Las Vegas, 2,297
123, Lee Taylor, Las Vegas, 2,296
124, Shannon Starnes, Fort Worth, Texas, 2,294
125, Rodney Tramp, Porterville, Calif, 2,292
126, Pedro Flores, Salida, Calif., 2,290
127, Mike Schmid, St. Paul, Minn., 2,288
128, Mal Helmuth, Elk Grove, Calif., 2,275
129 (tie), Darwin Wimer, Mesquite, Nev., and Mike Webb, Red Oak, Iowa, 2,274
131 (tie), Michael Lucente, Warren, Mich., and Mike Landrith, Maricopa, Ariz., 2,272
133 (tie), Steve Davis, Manteca, Calif., and Thomas Andres Sr., Highland, Calif., 2,271
135, Garry Blanton, Owensboro, Ky., 2,270
136, Hal Wilber, Las Vegas, 2,269
137, Glen Smith, Seattle, Wash., 2,265
138, Edward Silva, Manteca, Calif., 2,263
139, Gary Morgan, Marietta, Ga., 2,260
140, Lee Rucker, Fort Myers, Fla., 2,259
141 (tie), Butch Hrouda, Dickinson, N.D., Donna Tuttle, King, N.C.,
And Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 2,258
144, Rudy Moreno, Reno, Nev., 2,257
145, Nicholas Maturo, Las Vegas, 2,254
146, Fred McClain, Lincoln Park, Mich., 2,253
147 (tie), Rich Wilkinson, Bennington, Neb., and Kevin Foley, Reno, Nev., 2,251
149 (tie), Ray Cobb, Highland, Calif., and Bob Knipple, Long Beach, Calif., 2,247
151, Ron Sandusky, Visalia, Calif., 2,246
152, Sam Perrotta, Lincoln Park, N.J., 2,242
153, Lee Tucker, Camarillo, Calif., 2,235
154, Stan Winters, Simi Valley, Calif., 2,224
155, Rohn Morton, Vancouver, Wash., 2,223
156, David Graber, Las Vegas, 2,222
157, Murray Hickman Sr., Las Vegas, 2,220
158, Dan Winter, Rockford, Ill., 2,216
159, John Shreve Sr., Elyria, Ohio, 2,215
160, Bob Puttick, Canada, 2,212
161 (tie), Lamonte Lovering, San Mateo, Calif., and Don Lane, San Francisco, 2,208
163 (tie), Marvin Nezvensky Jr., Pueblo, Colo., and John Thullen, Whiteland, Ind., 2,201
165 (tie), Brad Newhouse, Las Vegas, and Tim Pierce, Portland, Ore., 2,199
167 (tie), Darrel Curtis, Las Vegas, and Fred Cole, Visalia, Calif., 2,198
169, Chuck Best, Buda, Texas, 2,197
170 (tie), Larry Galloway, Fresno, Calif., and Melvin Shirey, Sun City West, Ariz., 2,196
172 (tie), Dewaine West, Temecula, Calif., D.A. Carbone, Broomfield, Colo., and
Bill Stempke, Moorpark, Calif., 2,194
175, Barry Gurney, West Hills, Calif., 2,189
176 (tie), Van Fenner, Reno, Nev., and Gerry Chinn, Castaic, Calif., 2,188
178, Don Jackson, Bonita, Calif., 2,187
179, James Turner, Lubbock, Texas, 2,185
180, Ray Shuel, Canada, 2,184
181, Brian Miller, Springfield, Ohio, 2,180
182 (tie), Dean Hebner, Vancouver, Wash., Jim Stevens, Eagan, Minn., and
Frank Weiler , San Bernardino, Calif., 2,177
185, Gary Coultas, Huntington Beach, Calif., 2,174
186, Ron Boroff, Mansfield, Texas, 2,172
187 (tie), Glen Morgan, Seminole, Ala., and John Dassi, Las Vegas, 2,166
189 (tie), George Abrahamsen, Laguna Beach, Calif., and Matty Robinson, Columbia, S.C., 2,156
191, Mike Foreman , Las Vegas, 2,149
192, Kazz Tsujinaga, Japan, 2,147
193, George Lord, Lakeland, Fla., 2,145
194, Herbye Mitchell, Granbury, Texas, 2,144
195, Dave Cook , Temecula, Calif., 2,137
196 (tie), Bill Argenbright, Fisherville, Va., and Rick Salyer, Kingsport, Tenn., 2,133
198, Rickey Smith, Milton, Fla., 2,132
199, Rob Mautner, Las Vegas, 2,127
200, Alan Anderson Jr., Albany, N.Y., 2,114
201, Phil Prieto Jr., El Paso, Texas, 2,108
202, Robert Walters, North Las Vegas, Nev., 2,104
203, Ed Bordenka, Las Vegas, 2,099
204 (tie), Randolph Kerr, Troutdale, Ore., Walter Rampton, Las Vegas, and
Howard Frostman, Washburn, Wis., 2,095
207, John Tavano, Sebring, Fla., 2,090
208, Jim Lee, Rogersville, Tenn., 2,087
209 (tie) Bill Kaiser Jr., Las Vegas, and Larry Grandt, Gurnee, Ill., 2,083
211, Randy Niehaus, Rockford, Ill., 2,073
212, Ross McDonald, Clarksville, Md., 2,060
213, Rich Cutler, Valley Springs, Calif., 2,050
214 (tie), Ray Randall, Dearborn, Mich., and Dan Clausse, Reno, Nev., 2,049
216, Robert Maki, Ishpeming, Mich., 2,038
217, Jay Boyle, Garnet Valley, Pa., 2,036
218, Ross Larsen, Riverside, Calif., 2,033
219, Robert Teeters, Lapel, Ind., 2,022
220, Glenn Masukawa, Henderson, Nev., 2,012
221, Fred Baldwin, Sturgis, Mich., 2,010
222, Don Michaelsen Sr., Plant City, Fla., 2,001
223, Steve Lennard, Palmdale, Calif., 1,867
224, James Gregware Jr., Rensselaer, N.Y., 1,810