By Lucas Wiseman, USBC Communications
LAS VEGAS - Bob Handley of Winter Park, Fla., remained the leader Tuesday after two rounds of qualifying in the 2010 United States Bowling Congress Senior Masters.
Handley has a 10-game total of 2,291, an average 229.1, at the South Point Hotel, Casino and Bowling Center. A day after shooting 1,171 in the opening round, Handley shot 1,120 to maintain his strong start. He leads Roger Kossert of Lithia, Fla., by one pin.
"I didn't throw the ball quite as well as I did yesterday," said Handley, who has five career Professional Bowlers Association national titles and one PBA Senior Tour title. "I didn't have an open today but I didn't have as many strikes."
Handley said he is going to take it easy in Wednesday's final qualifying block.
"I'm very happy and should be very comfortable tomorrow," he said. "I'm just hoping not to get injured doing something stupid."
Kossert, meanwhile, also put together another strong block after bowling well on the opening day. He moved up from third to second with 2,290. Kossert opened the tournament with 1,139 and shot 1,151 on Tuesday. He started the day with games of 256 and 259.
"I'm fortunate I am in this position because I haven't bowled on the fresh yet and tomorrow I can experiment," said Kossert, a left-hander who has two career Senior Professional Bowlers Association Tour titles. "I need to learn off bowling on the fresh because that's what we will bowl matches on."
Even after bowling well in Round 1, Kossert decided he wanted to try and improve his ball reaction, so he drilled a new bowling ball in advance of Tuesday's second round.
"The ball I used yesterday would have been OK today, but the new one created a lot of area for me," Kossert said. "I actually probably threw the ball better yesterday, but I was able to strike more today."
Kenny Parks of Hammond, Ind., the 2008 Senior Masters champion, is in third place at 2,227 with Kent Wagner of Palmetto, Fla., in fourth at 2,218. Germany's Peter Knopp is fifth at 2,201.
All participants will return a final five-game block Wednesday. The top 63 players after 15 games will join defending champion Dale Traber of Cedarburg, Wis., and advance to the double-elimination match-play bracket on Thursday and Friday. The championship match is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. PDT on Friday.
USBC SENIOR MASTERS
South Point Hotel and Casino Bowling Center, Las Vegas, Tuesday, June 15
SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND (after 10 games)
1, Bob Handley, Winter Park, Fla., 2,291.
2, Roger Kossert, Lithia, Fla., 2,290.
3, Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 2,227.
4, Kent Wagner, Palmetto, Fla., 2,218.
5, Peter Knopp, Germany, 2,201.
6, Ross Packard, San Jose, Calif., 2,181.
7, Cliff Connors, Tempe, Ariz., 2,170.
8, John Di Santis, Wilmington, Del., 2,153.
9, Gary Hiday, Indianapolis, Ind., 2,145.
10, Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 2,137.
11, Gary Dickinson, Edmond, Okla., 2,123.
12, Howie Partell, Las Vegas, Nev., 2,116.
13, Pete McCordic, Katy, Texas, 2,115.
14, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield, Mich., 2,113.
15, (tie) Phillip Karwoski Sr., South Hadley, Mass., and David Eatmon, Ferndale, Mich., 2,108.
17, Bo Goergen, Sanford, Mich., 2,104.
18, Dick Baker, Las Vegas, Nev., 2,102.
19, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 2,101.
20, John Chapman, Canada, 2,099.
21, Warren Blankenship, Ardmore, Okla., 2,090.
22, (tie) Michael Karch, Edgewood, Wash., and Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 2,089.
24, Brad Snell, Mount Prospect, Ill., 2,087.
25, Barry Gurney, West Hills, Calif., 2,086.
26, Bob Purzycki, Las Vegas, Nev., 2,083.
27, Noel Vazquez, Sacramento, Calif., 2,080.
28, John Eiss, Orono, Minn., 2,079.
29, Max Martinez, Tijeras, N.M., 2,074.
30, Dave Sill, Rockledge, Fla., 2,069.
31, (tie) Don Sylvia, Reno , Nev., and Joe Salvemini, Las Vegas, Nev., 2,067.
33, Greg Shields, Independence, Mo., 2,063.
34, (tie) Harry Mickelson, Yakima, Wash.; Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., and Wayne Webb, Grove City, Ohio, 2,062.
37, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 2,061.
38, Christopher Keane, New City, N.Y., 2,059.
39, Greg Waldon, Sun City West, Ariz., 2,058.
40, David Axon, Bellevue, Neb., 2,052.
41, Gary Bessette, Summerdale, Ala., 2,051.
42, Marc Scherlis, Littleton, Colo., 2,049.
43, Dean Jones, San Marcos, Texas, 2,048.
44, Mike Lucente, Warren, Mich., 2,041.
45, Marc Lineberry, Camanche, Iowa, 2,038.
46, Steven Bergan, Belleville, Ill., 2,037.
47, Clark Poelzer, Arden Hills, Minn., 2,035.
48, John Dudak, Orland Park, Ill., 2,033.
49, Bobby Johnson, Chillicothe, Ohio, 2,030.
50, (tie) Glenn Morgan, Seminole, Ala., and Ron Profitt, Brookville, Ohio, 2,028.
52, Robin Romeo, Newhall, Calif., 2,025.
53, (tie) Paul McCordic, Sugarland, Texas, and Ron Winger, Las Vegas, Nev., 2,023.
55, Don Fowler, Overland Park, Kan., 2,019.
56, Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 2,018.
57, Bruce Lang, Lenore, Idaho, 2,017.
58, (tie) Max Shellabarger, Layton, Utah, and Sam Carter, Ben Lomond, Calif., 2,016.
60, Warren Eales, Chandler, Ariz., 2,015.
61, Edward Silva, Manteca, Calif., 2,014.
62, Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla., 2,012.
63, (tie) Jim Knoblauch, Waukesha, Wis.; David Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y., and Kevin Gannon, Lakewood, Calif., 2,011.
66, Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 2,010.
67, (tie) Darwin Wimer, Mesquite, Nev., and Brian Brazeau, Ocala, Fla., 2,007.
69, George Lord, Mulberry, Fla., 2,005.
70, (tie) Mike Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, and Les Shirwindt, Las Vegas, Nev., 2,002.
72, (tie) Keith Kolozsi, Las Vegas, Nev., and Mark VanMeter, Albuquerque, N.M., 2,001.
74, Dave Patchen, Oregon, Ohio, 1,997.
75, Fred Strasser, Arroyo Grande, Calif., 1,995.
76, (tie) Rich Cook, Olympia, Wash., and Darryl Bower, Middletown, Pa., 1,993.
78, Bill Nichols, Roseville, Calif., 1,992.
79, (tie) Darrell Jones, Lingle, Wyo., and Gary Morgan, Marietta, Ga., 1,990.
81, (tie) Hal Wilbur, Las Vegas, Nev., and Henry Gonzalez, Colorado Springs, Colo., 1,989.
83, Danny Carbone, Broomfield, Colo., 1,988.
84, (tie) Jim Gordin, Modesto, Calif., and Bob Permann, Hemet, Calif., 1,987.
86, (tie) Donald Breihan, Columbia, S.C., and Kevin Humble, Lake Mary, Fla., 1,983.
88, John Young, Albuquerque, N.M., 1,982.
89, Warren Nelson, Madera, Calif., 1,981.
90, Anthony Myers, Pensacola, Fla., 1,980.
91, Francisco Figueredo, Lauderhill, Fla., 1,979.
92, (tie) Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., and Marv Sargent, Temecula, Calif., 1,977.
94, (tie) Ziggy Czaja, Fontana, Calif.; Michael Chrzanowski, Shepard, Mich., and Rohn Morton, Portland, Ore., 1,975.
97, (tie) Bill McCorkle, Westerville, Ohio, and Steve Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y., 1,974.
99, (tie) Skip Sansone, Tucson, Ariz., and Russ Freeman, Antioch, Ill., 1,972.
101, (tie) Ernie Schlegel, Vancouver, Wash., and Sam Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 1,970.
103, (tie) Dewaine West, Temecula, Calif., and David Zelger, Red Lion, Pa., 1,969.
105, Rudy Moreno, Reno , Nev., 1,968.
106, (tie) Dan Ahlquist, Sweden; Al Rezendes, Aurora, Colo., and Dale Eagle, Kingsport, Tenn., 1,967.
109, (tie) Tim Ruelle, Racine, Wis., and Bill Argenbright, Waynesboro, Va., 1,966.
111, Jim Murtishaw, Menifee, Calif., 1,965.
112, Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 1,964.
113, (tie) Charlie Tapp, Portage, Mich., and Vince Honeycutt, Buford, Ga., 1,963.
115, Bob Pazur, Venice, Fla., 1,962.
116, Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 1,961.
117, (tie) Darryl Traber, Waterford, Wis., and William Neumann, Rensselaer, N.Y., 1,959.
119, Jerry Calvin, Thousand Oaks, Calif., 1,958.
120, Don Robinson, Boise, Idaho, 1,957.
121, Mike Hastings, Millsboro, Del., 1,954.
122, Rick Parschen, Strongsville, Ohio, 1,952.
123, James Martin, Vero Beach, Fla., 1,950.
124, (tie) Frank DeFilippo, Las Vegas, Nev., and Terry Metzner, Grand Rapids, Mich., 1,948.
126, Craig Vogel, Rome, N.Y., 1,946.
127, Robert Faragon, Schenectady, N.Y., 1,943.
128, (tie) Jerry Keily, Lakewood, Colo., and Brad Newhouse, Henderson, Nev., 1,941.
130, Bob Knipple, Long Beach, Calif., 1,940.
131, Patrick Byrne, Simi Valley, Calif., 1,939.
132, Edward Bordenka, Las Vegas, Nev., 1,937.
133, Hugh Miller, Mercer Island, Wash., 1,935.
134, Tim Pierce, Portland, Ore., 1,932.
135, (tie) Mike Castleton, San Diego, Calif., and Samuel Perrotta, Lincoln Park, N.J., 1,931.
137, (tie) Eddie Katz, Lakewood, Calif.; James Moran, Henderson, Nev., and Bernard Iwasczyszyn, Las Vegas, Nev., 1,930.
140, Ron DeGroat, Las Vegas, Nev., 1,929.
141, David Chew, Brentwood, Calif., 1,926.
142, (tie) Charles Best, Buda, Texas, and Paul Plummer, Boise, Idaho, 1,925.
144, (tie) Ron Garr, Ridgedale, Mo., and Jeff Jamison, Boulder City, Nev., 1,924.
146, Bill Spigner, Vernon Hills, Ill., 1,920.
147, (tie) Don Moser, Murrieta, Calif., and Bob Chamberlain, The Villages, Fla., 1,919.
149, Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 1,918.
150, JP Muller, Gervais, Ore., 1,917.
151, Dennis Jones, Fremont, Calif., 1,915.
152, Jerry Smith, Englewood, Colo., 1,913.
153, John Cocchi, Las Vegas, Nev., 1,909.
154, Bob Brady, Santa Monica, Calif., 1,905.
155, (tie) Leo Plaia, River Ridge, La., and Gary Johnson, Las Vegas, Nev., 1,903.
157, Bill Ades, Hesperia, Calif., 1,901.
158, Bobby Holmes, N Las Vegas, Nev., 1,900.
159, (tie) Char Hammel, Las Vegas, Nev., and Emilio Mora Sr., Defiance, Ohio, 1,899.
161, (tie) Glen Nakagawa, Highland Village, Texas, and Lee Patterson, Antioch, Calif., 1,896.
163, (tie) Craig Kisro, Granada Hills, Calif.; Glen Smith, Seattle, Wash.; Jim Cameron, Aliso Viejo, Calif., and Mitch Vernon, Olympia, Wash., 1,895.
167, Brian Miller, Springfield, Ohio, 1,894.
168, (tie) James King, New Braunfels, Texas; Richard Nardozza, Clearfield, Pa., and William Keenan, Orlando, Fla., 1,893.
171, Paul Kwiecien, Lansing, Mich., 1,891.
172, (tie) Thomas Howison, Chillicothe, Ohio, and Bill Sell, Menasha, Wis., 1,890.
174, (tie) Harley Trumbull, New Boston, Mich., and Vaughn Doody, Las Vegas, Nev., 1,889.
176, Mark Peavey, Van Nuys, Calif., 1,887.
177, (tie) Dennis Dedmon, Houston, Texas, and Robert Michalojko, Mars, Pa., 1,886.
179, Tony Maresca, Mesa, Ariz., 1,885.
180, (tie) Jeff Suma Sr., Auburn Hills, Mich., and Gerry Chinn, Castaic, Calif., 1,884.
182, (tie) Chip Willett, San Diego, Calif.; Kerry Fulford, Brownwood, Texas, and Dave Flemming, Fairborn, Ohio, 1,883.
185, Ray Shuel, Canada, 1,882.
186, (tie) Jorge Gutierrez, Las Cruces, N.M., and Gary Skidmore, Albuquerque, N.M., 1,877.
188, (tie) Don Jackson, Bonita, Calif., and Garry Blanton, Owensboro, Ky., 1,876.
190, Keith Sharp, Orlando, Fla., 1,875.
191, Van Fenner, Reno, Nev., 1,871.
192, (tie) TJ Johnson, Spring, Texas, and Stan Winters, Simi Valley, Calif., 1,869.
194, Bob Priess, Las Vegas, Nev., 1,867.
195, Mike Mchugh, Keller, Texas, 1,865.
196, Don Lane, Oakland, Calif., 1,864.
197, (tie) Phil Prieto, El Paso, Texas, and Ron Hosler, Denver, Colo., 1,863.
199, (tie) Jerry Dallum, Prescott, Ariz., and Steve Freeman, Hermantown, Minn., 1,855.
201, Bob Neuerburg, Ceres, Calif., 1,854.
202, Mike Schmid, Arden Hills, Minn., 1,853.
203, Phil Gessner, Spring, Texas, 1,851.
204, (tie) Charles Nibert, Big Lake, Alaska, and Gary Reh, Nesbit, Miss., 1,850.
206, Chuck Worsham, Orange, Calif., 1,849.
207, (tie) James McGee, Townville, S.C.; Ike Reese, Atlanta, Ga., and Shannon Starnes, Ft. Worth, Texas, 1,847.
210, (tie) Mike Landrith, Maricopa, Ariz., and Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., 1,846.
212, Dale Seath, Mankato, Minn., 1,845.
213, (tie) Ed Roberts, Braintree, Mass., and Allen Sobelman, Moorpark, Calif., 1,843.
215, Robert Walters, N Las Vegas, Nev., 1,840.
216, (tie) John Czipka, Sparks, Nev., and Randy Niehaus, Rockford, Ill., 1,839.
218, Larry Galloway, Fresno, Calif., 1,838.
219, Barry Richards, Lodi, Calif., 1,837.
220, Randy Shewmake, Fort Worth, Texas, 1,835.
221, (tie) Rickey Smith, Gulf Breeze, Fla., and Kevin Foley, Reno, Nev., 1,831.
223, (tie) Rod Michael, Florissant, Mo., and Sal Bongiorno, Hollywood, Fla., 1,828.
225, Dan Duskin, Atlantic, Iowa, 1,827.
226, (tie) Wayne Richards, Fernley, Nev., and Darrel Curtis, Las Vegas, Nev., 1,825.
228, Scott Hansel, Stockton, Calif., 1,823.
229, Bob Teeters, Anderson, Ind., 1,820.
230, Lee Rucker, Ft. Myers, Fla., 1,818.
231, Laurie Karrppala, Folsom, Calif., 1,817.
232, Alden Anderson, Falls Church, Va., 1,814.
233, (tie) Bob Sturges, Las Vegas, Nev., and Jerry Watkins, Bloomfield, N.M., 1,813.
235, Bob McGuire, Warrenton, Va., 1,811.
236, Lee Tucker, Camarillo, Calif., 1,810.
237, Pawel Bondar, Lauderhill, Fla., 1,808.
238, Matt Surina, Linnewood, Wash., 1,806.
239, Dennis Frawley, Binghamton, N.Y., 1,803.
240, Mike Raleigh, Clyde, Mich., 1,802.
241, Carey Hofmann, Phoenix, Ariz., 1,799.
242, Gordon Stuntz, Hellertown, Pa., 1,798.
243, Donnie Todd, Somerset, Ky., 1,795.
244, Avery LeBlanc, Plano, Texas, 1,793.
245, Terry Leong, Henderson, Nev., 1,788.
246, Douglas Thompson, Aberdeen, S.D., 1,787.
247, Steve Fulton, Lansing, Mich., 1,786.
248, Lindle Kincannon, Pearland, Texas, 1,780.
249, (tie) Hubert Harrison, Middletown, Ind., and Harry Villavicencio, Puerto Rico, 1,779.
251, Bill Stempke, Burbank, Calif., 1,770.
252, William Kaiser, Las Vegas, Nev., 1,767.
253, (tie) Ross McDonald, Clarksville, Md.; Butch Hrouda, Dickinson, N.D., and Glenn Masukawa, Henderson, Nev., 1,764.
256, Randee Fry, Scotts Bluff, Neb., 1,759.
257, (tie) Carl Hendrickson, Cloquet, Minn., and Fred Kouri, Castle Rock, Colo., 1,752.
259, (tie) Will Friedrich, Green Bay, Wis., and Melvin Shirey, Sun City West, Ariz., 1,751.
261, Ross Larsen, Riverside, Calif., 1,750.
262, Ralph Presley, Atlanta, Ga., 1,746.
263, Mark Sabatine, Syracuse, N.Y., 1,739.
264, (tie) Ron Garde, Henderson, Nev., and Joseph Stalnaker, Alderson, W.Va., 1,737.
266, Brien Show-Yin, Australia, 1,735.
267, Ernie Bourque, Acushnet, Mass., 1,726.
268, John E Reed, Pueblo, Colo., 1,724.
269, Richard Campbell, Phippsburg, Maine, 1,716.
270, Fernando Aguirre, Puerto Rico, , 1,715.
271, Diogenes Perez, New York, N.Y., 1,711.
272, (tie) Rich Cutler, Valley Springs, Calif., and Tom McNaughton, Sylmar, Calif., 1,708.
274, Rodney Musgrove, Clinton, Utah, 1,706.
275, Frank Weiler, San Bernadino, Calif., 1,705.
276, (tie) Ray Randall, Dearborn, Mich., and Don Ketterling, Westlake Village, Calif., 1,699.
278, Gary Friedman, Chandler, Ariz., 1,680.
279, Leon Uzelac, Woods Cross, Utah, 1,678.
280, Fred Baldwin, Sturgis, Mich., 1,675.
281, Ralph O'Leary, La Mirada, Calif., 1,674.
282, Perry Larson, Kaysville, Utah, 1,669.
283, Jose Mendaz, Venezuela, 1,666.
284, (tie) Clyde Gehringer, Memphis, Tenn., and Ronald Ruminer, Clifton, Colo., 1,665.
286, Richard Latvala, Egan, Minn., 1,652.
287, James Cote, Spokane, Wash., 1,648.
288, Randolph Kerr, Troutdale, Ore., 1,640.
289, Gregory Popham, Crestview Hills, Ky., 1,638.
290, Tim Bates, Orlando, Fla., 1,637.
291, Gary Carter, Woodinville, Wash., 1,622.
292, Edward Bayard, Escondido, Calif., 1,621.
293, Terre Sampson, Las Vegas, Nev., 1,617.
294, Jorge Aeurero, Taylorsville, Utah, 1,559.
295, Doug Kuzanek, Rowlett, Texas, 1,536.
296, Dan Miner, E. Moline, Ill., withdrew.
297, Carl Chavez, Albuquerque, N.M., withdrew