Hometown player Holman leads PBA Senior Decatur Open
08/10/09
2009 PBA Senior Tour #9
Hall of Famer Williams trails by 58 pins after first qualifying round
Decatur’s Bennie Holman, bowling in only his second Professional Bowlers Association Senior Tour event, averaged 237 to take the first-round qualifying lead Sunday in the PBA Senior Decatur Open at Spare Time Lanes.
Holman, a 51-year-old Archer-Daniels-Midland employee, posted an eight-game total of 1,896 pins to take a 58–pin lead over PBA Hall of Famer Mark Williams of Beaumont, Texas, who won last week’s PBA Senior Lake County Indiana Open.
Kerry Painter of Henderson, Nev., was third with 1,802 pins followed by Dale Traber of Cedarburg, Wis., at 1,777 and Hugh Miller of Seattle at 1,776.
“I had a real good day,” said Holman, who bowled his only previous PBA Senior Tour event in Decatur a year ago. “My goal was to be plus-200 for the first round. I got there plus, so that’s a good thing.”
The 110-player field will bowl another eight-game qualifying round on Monday after which the field will be cut to the top 32 players who will advance to best-of-five match play beginning Tuesday at 9 a.m. Match play continues all day on Tuesday with the Round of 8 and championship rounds scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
PBA Senior Tour continues Midwestern swing with PBA Senior Decatur Open
Players with position, hometown and 8-game total
1, Bennie Holman, Decatur, Ill, 1,896
2, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 1,838
3, Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., 1,802
4, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 1,777
5, Hugh Miller, Seattle, 1,776
6, Jack Wallisch, Hot Springs Village, Ark., 1,772
7, Vince Honeycutt, Buford, Ga, 1,770
8, Mike Hastings, Georgetown, Del, 1,766
9, Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 1,765
10, Bill Henson, Westerville, Ohio, 1,763
11, Charlie Tapp, Kalamazoo, Mich., 1,756
12, Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 1,752
13, Curtis Aemisegger, Wauconda, Ill., 1,739
14, Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., 1,731
15, Dean Jones, San Marcos, Texas, 1,729
16, Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 1,727
17, Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 1,722
18, (TIE) Dale Csuhta, Wadsworth, Ohio, and Jim Knoblauch, Waukesha, Wis., 1,720
20, Kent Wagner, Palmetto, Fla., 1,716
21, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 1,714
22, Steve Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y., 1,712
23, Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 1,711
24, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 1,710
25, Jimmy Johnson, Bellevue, Neb., 1,699
26, Wayne Webb, Sacramento, 1,697
27, Keith Sharp, Orlando, Fla., 1,694
28, Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 1,693
29, Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 1,690
30, (TIE) John Dudak, Orland Park, Ill., and Doug Spicer, Canton, Mich., 1,687
32, David Axon, Bellevue, Neb, 1,686
33, Patrick King, Yankton, S.D., 1,685
34, Richard Hunt, Valparaiso, Ind., 1,683
35, Rodney Tramp, Porterville, Calif, 1,677
36, (TIE) Ray Johnson, Battle Creek, Mich., and Randy Rau, Belleville, Ill., 1,676
38, Brian Brazeau, Ocala, Fla, 1,675
39, Gregory Goetz, Washington D.C., 1,669
40, Dave Flemming, Fairborn, Ohio, 1,660
41, Bob Knipple, Long Beach, Calif., 1,659
42, Ron Profitt, Brookville, Ohio, 1,656
43, Henry Gonzalez, Colorado Springs, Colo., 1,652
44, Dale Diamond, Springfield, Ill., 1,650
45, Russ Freeman, Antioch, Ill., 1,645
46, Mike Mineman, Belleville, Ill., 1,643
47, (TIE) Dave Patchen, Oregon, Ohio, and D.A. Carbone, Broomfield, Colo., 1,641
49, Tom Howison, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1,638
50, Daniel Nicklin, Aviston, Ill, 1,636
51, Brendan Bierch, Grafton, Mass., 1,623
52, (TIE) Dan Duskin Sr., Atlantic, Iowa, and Dave Shaw, Cottage Grove, Wis., 1,617
54, Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla., 1,616
55, George Lord, Lakeland, Fla., 1,613
56, Gregg Getzlow, St. Charles, Mo., 1,612
57, Richard Nardozza, Clearfield, Pa., 1,610
58, Dick Baker, Henderson, Nev., 1,600
59, Donald Breihan, Columbia, S.C., 1,596
60, Hubert Harrison, Middletown, Ind., 1,594
61, Kerry Fulford, Brownwood, Texas, 1,593
62, Bob Chamberlain, The Villages, Fla., 1,589
63, (TIE) Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., and Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 1,583
65, Bob Faragon, Schenectady, N.Y., 1,580
66, Michael Truitt, Orland Park, Ill., 1,579
67, (TIE) Bobby Johnson, Chillicothe, Ohio, and Daniel Miner, East Moline, Ill., 1,577
69, Fred Cole, Visalia, Calif, 1,575
70, Dennis Lane, Kingsport, Tenn., 1,573
71, Bill Hewlett, Meridian, Idaho, 1,571
72, (TIE) Jerry Lau, St. Peters, Mo., and John Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., 1,563
74, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Township, Mich., 1,562
75, Max Shellabarger, Ogden, Utah, 1,560
76, Al Pote, Lovington, Ill., 1,549
77, Mark Jones, Amelia, Ohio, 1,546
78, Steve Bergan, O'Fallon, Ill., 1,544
79, Gene Vincent, Decatur, Ill., 1,540
80, Brian Montgomery, Siloam Springs, Ark., 1,538
81, Timothy Kauble, Marion, Ohio, 1,532
82, (TIE) James Gochis, Ivanhoe, Ill., and Dannie Hettinger, Circleville, Ohio, 1,523
84, Ken Waters, Kingsport, Tenn., 1,509
85, Barry Witmer, St. Charles, Mo., 1,498
86, Harv Pallas, Stevensville, Mich., 1,496
87, Leo Plaia, New Orleans, 1,494
88, Tom Ferry, Green Bay, Wis., 1,493
89, (TIE) Ronald Sowa, Columbia, Tenn., and Barry Gurney, West Hills, Calif., 1,490
91, (TIE) Chuck Huckelberry, Rockford, Ill., and Larry Graybeal, Elizabethton, Tenn., 1,489
93, Norb Wetzel, Fond du Lac, Wis., 1,487
94, Jim Gordin, Modesto, Calif., 1,485
95, Kim Kirkpatrick, Rockford, Ill., 1,480
96, Barry Mefford, Aurora, Ill., 1,473
97, James Souder, Greeneville, Tenn., 1,458
98, Dan Clausse, Reno, Nev., 1,456
99, John Staub, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1,452
100, Robert Teeters, Lapel, Ind., 1,442
101, Jace Peterson, Elkhorn, Wis., 1,441
102, Bob Andersen, Forest City, N.C., 1,424
103, James Hollis Sr, Vienna, Ill., 1,412
104, Keith Hennricks, Green Bay, Wis., 1,398
105, Gary Friedman, Farmingdale, N.Y., 1,388
106, Mike Zur, Decatur, Ill., 1,382
107, Gary Haines, Decatur, Ill., 1,368
108, Peter Brainard, Tampa, Fla., 1,349
109, Fred Baldwin, Sturgis, Mich., 1,348
110, Mel Wolf, Jackson, Mich., 1,343
Holman, a 51-year-old Archer-Daniels-Midland employee, posted an eight-game total of 1,896 pins to take a 58–pin lead over PBA Hall of Famer Mark Williams of Beaumont, Texas, who won last week’s PBA Senior Lake County Indiana Open.
Kerry Painter of Henderson, Nev., was third with 1,802 pins followed by Dale Traber of Cedarburg, Wis., at 1,777 and Hugh Miller of Seattle at 1,776.
“I had a real good day,” said Holman, who bowled his only previous PBA Senior Tour event in Decatur a year ago. “My goal was to be plus-200 for the first round. I got there plus, so that’s a good thing.”
The 110-player field will bowl another eight-game qualifying round on Monday after which the field will be cut to the top 32 players who will advance to best-of-five match play beginning Tuesday at 9 a.m. Match play continues all day on Tuesday with the Round of 8 and championship rounds scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
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PBA Senior Tour continues Midwestern swing with PBA Senior Decatur Open
Round One Qualifying
Players with position, hometown and 8-game total
1, Bennie Holman, Decatur, Ill, 1,896
2, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 1,838
3, Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., 1,802
4, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 1,777
5, Hugh Miller, Seattle, 1,776
6, Jack Wallisch, Hot Springs Village, Ark., 1,772
7, Vince Honeycutt, Buford, Ga, 1,770
8, Mike Hastings, Georgetown, Del, 1,766
9, Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 1,765
10, Bill Henson, Westerville, Ohio, 1,763
11, Charlie Tapp, Kalamazoo, Mich., 1,756
12, Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 1,752
13, Curtis Aemisegger, Wauconda, Ill., 1,739
14, Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., 1,731
15, Dean Jones, San Marcos, Texas, 1,729
16, Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 1,727
17, Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 1,722
18, (TIE) Dale Csuhta, Wadsworth, Ohio, and Jim Knoblauch, Waukesha, Wis., 1,720
20, Kent Wagner, Palmetto, Fla., 1,716
21, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 1,714
22, Steve Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y., 1,712
23, Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 1,711
24, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 1,710
25, Jimmy Johnson, Bellevue, Neb., 1,699
26, Wayne Webb, Sacramento, 1,697
27, Keith Sharp, Orlando, Fla., 1,694
28, Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 1,693
29, Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 1,690
30, (TIE) John Dudak, Orland Park, Ill., and Doug Spicer, Canton, Mich., 1,687
32, David Axon, Bellevue, Neb, 1,686
33, Patrick King, Yankton, S.D., 1,685
34, Richard Hunt, Valparaiso, Ind., 1,683
35, Rodney Tramp, Porterville, Calif, 1,677
36, (TIE) Ray Johnson, Battle Creek, Mich., and Randy Rau, Belleville, Ill., 1,676
38, Brian Brazeau, Ocala, Fla, 1,675
39, Gregory Goetz, Washington D.C., 1,669
40, Dave Flemming, Fairborn, Ohio, 1,660
41, Bob Knipple, Long Beach, Calif., 1,659
42, Ron Profitt, Brookville, Ohio, 1,656
43, Henry Gonzalez, Colorado Springs, Colo., 1,652
44, Dale Diamond, Springfield, Ill., 1,650
45, Russ Freeman, Antioch, Ill., 1,645
46, Mike Mineman, Belleville, Ill., 1,643
47, (TIE) Dave Patchen, Oregon, Ohio, and D.A. Carbone, Broomfield, Colo., 1,641
49, Tom Howison, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1,638
50, Daniel Nicklin, Aviston, Ill, 1,636
51, Brendan Bierch, Grafton, Mass., 1,623
52, (TIE) Dan Duskin Sr., Atlantic, Iowa, and Dave Shaw, Cottage Grove, Wis., 1,617
54, Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla., 1,616
55, George Lord, Lakeland, Fla., 1,613
56, Gregg Getzlow, St. Charles, Mo., 1,612
57, Richard Nardozza, Clearfield, Pa., 1,610
58, Dick Baker, Henderson, Nev., 1,600
59, Donald Breihan, Columbia, S.C., 1,596
60, Hubert Harrison, Middletown, Ind., 1,594
61, Kerry Fulford, Brownwood, Texas, 1,593
62, Bob Chamberlain, The Villages, Fla., 1,589
63, (TIE) Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., and Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 1,583
65, Bob Faragon, Schenectady, N.Y., 1,580
66, Michael Truitt, Orland Park, Ill., 1,579
67, (TIE) Bobby Johnson, Chillicothe, Ohio, and Daniel Miner, East Moline, Ill., 1,577
69, Fred Cole, Visalia, Calif, 1,575
70, Dennis Lane, Kingsport, Tenn., 1,573
71, Bill Hewlett, Meridian, Idaho, 1,571
72, (TIE) Jerry Lau, St. Peters, Mo., and John Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., 1,563
74, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Township, Mich., 1,562
75, Max Shellabarger, Ogden, Utah, 1,560
76, Al Pote, Lovington, Ill., 1,549
77, Mark Jones, Amelia, Ohio, 1,546
78, Steve Bergan, O'Fallon, Ill., 1,544
79, Gene Vincent, Decatur, Ill., 1,540
80, Brian Montgomery, Siloam Springs, Ark., 1,538
81, Timothy Kauble, Marion, Ohio, 1,532
82, (TIE) James Gochis, Ivanhoe, Ill., and Dannie Hettinger, Circleville, Ohio, 1,523
84, Ken Waters, Kingsport, Tenn., 1,509
85, Barry Witmer, St. Charles, Mo., 1,498
86, Harv Pallas, Stevensville, Mich., 1,496
87, Leo Plaia, New Orleans, 1,494
88, Tom Ferry, Green Bay, Wis., 1,493
89, (TIE) Ronald Sowa, Columbia, Tenn., and Barry Gurney, West Hills, Calif., 1,490
91, (TIE) Chuck Huckelberry, Rockford, Ill., and Larry Graybeal, Elizabethton, Tenn., 1,489
93, Norb Wetzel, Fond du Lac, Wis., 1,487
94, Jim Gordin, Modesto, Calif., 1,485
95, Kim Kirkpatrick, Rockford, Ill., 1,480
96, Barry Mefford, Aurora, Ill., 1,473
97, James Souder, Greeneville, Tenn., 1,458
98, Dan Clausse, Reno, Nev., 1,456
99, John Staub, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1,452
100, Robert Teeters, Lapel, Ind., 1,442
101, Jace Peterson, Elkhorn, Wis., 1,441
102, Bob Andersen, Forest City, N.C., 1,424
103, James Hollis Sr, Vienna, Ill., 1,412
104, Keith Hennricks, Green Bay, Wis., 1,398
105, Gary Friedman, Farmingdale, N.Y., 1,388
106, Mike Zur, Decatur, Ill., 1,382
107, Gary Haines, Decatur, Ill., 1,368
108, Peter Brainard, Tampa, Fla., 1,349
109, Fred Baldwin, Sturgis, Mich., 1,348
110, Mel Wolf, Jackson, Mich., 1,343