Up Front RESULTS Duke not only acknowledges that fact,
but embraces it. “We know how to play this game,”
he said of himself and his championship match opponent, Weber. “We are spare geniuses. That’s not an advantage in most tournaments, but in a U.S. Open, it’s a huge advantage.” That’s why Duke
and Weber were able to gradually pull away from the rest of the field as the match play rounds unfolded. Weber was the 26-game qualifying leader, and maintained his lead through the first eight-game match play block. In the second block, Duke began
How were Duke and Weber able to put
so much distance between themselves and everybody else? Weber believes it’s because they have similar mindsets. “He’s a lot like me,” Weber said. “Nei-
ther one of us is here to finish second. We go into every tournament believing we’re the two best bowlers and nobody is going to beat us. We can figure out the lanes faster than anyone else, es- pecially when they’re tough. “I saw some guys miss-
Amleto Monacelli
ing spares by 10 feet,” We- ber added. “In a U.S. Open, you can’t give away pins like that.” That’s a fact that Duke
clearly understands, given
chipping away at Weber’s advantage. He picked up 19 pins in game 35, and then made a big move in game 36, gaining 90 sticks. After game 37, Weber’s lead had shrunk to 11 pins, and in game 38, Duke took over the top spot. That’s where he’d stay through the rest of match play, finally finishing with a 115-pin lead over Weber. Two-time defending champion Amleto
Monacelli claimed the No. 3 position for the finals, despite finishing 420 pins be- hind Weber. The fourth and final steplad- der berth went to Voss, who finished eight pins behind Monacelli and 96 ahead of Walter Ray Williams Jr.
the circumstances of his win in the 2011 U.S. Open, when Mika Koivuniemi missed a 10-pin in the 10th frame to hand him the $80,000 title. Duke had also outscored “Major Mika” in the championship match of the 2008 U.S. Open to earn $100,000. By comparison, the $12,000 first prize
in the 2014 Senior U.S. Open was pocket change, and may explain, in part, why Duke spent as little time in Las Vegas as possible, arriving a day after the rest of the field and departing immediately following the Xtra Frame webcast. “I spotted the guys a day,” Duke ac-
knowledged. “I didn’t get a practice day in, so I was a little down in the standings [52nd out of 191 players] after the first day.
PBA SENIOR U.S. OPEN
PRESENTED BY DEXTER JUNE 2-6, 2014 /// SUNCOAST BOWLING CENTER, LAS VEGAS, NEV.
1. Norm Duke, $12,000; 2. Pete Weber, $6,000; 3. Brian Voss, $5,000; 4. Amleto Monacelli, $4,000.
Xtra Frame Stepladder Finals: Voss def. Monacelli, 263-194; Weber def. Voss, 193-158; Duke def. Weber, 214-174.
50-Game Totals (Includes 30 Pins for Each Match Won): 1. Norm Duke, 19- 4-1, 11,920; 2. Pete Weber, 14-10, 11,805; 3. Amleto Monacelli, 15-6-3, 11,385; 4. Brian Voss, 15-9, 11,378; 5. Walter Ray Williams Jr., 14-9-1, 11,282, $3,000; 6. Tom Baker, 11-13, 11,045, $2,500; 7. Jack Jurek, 13-10-1, 11,011, $2,300; 8. Mike Edwards, 11-13, 10,994, $2,100; 9. Lennie Boresch Jr., 15-9, 10,992, $2,000; 10. Kenny Parks, 11-12-1, 10,933, $1,900; 11. Eric Forkel, 13-10-1, 10,909, $1,850; 12. Robert Lawrence, 12-12, 10,896, $1,800; 13. Kent Wagner, 12-11-1, 10.857, $1,775; 14. (tie) Akio Ishihara, 11-13, and Ron Mohr, 15-8, 10,837, $1,737 each; 16. Harry Sullins, 9-15, 10,821, $1,700; 17. Darron Peters, 13-11, 10,775, $1,675; 18. Marv Sargent, 12-12, 10,636, $1,650; 19. Roger Kossert, 8-16, 10,596, $1,625; 20. Paul McCordic, 5-19-0, 10,572, $1,560; 21. Dennis Lane, 7-16-1, 10,402, $1,575; 22. Peter Knopp, 7-17, 10,354, $1,550; 23. Kevin Croucher, 6-18, 10,187, $1,525; 24. Brian Pirnie, 5-19, 10.085, $1,500. (Note: McCordic replaced Stony Baker, who withdrew due to injury and was moved to 25th place.)
18-Game Cut Score (53rd Place): 3648. 26-Game Cut Score (24th Place): 5411. Leading Qualifier: Pete Weber, 6078. Low Score to Cash (53rd Place): 5156. Lane Pattern: PBA Senior U.S. Open. Entries: 191.
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