Don Sylvia (pictured) of Reno, Nev., defeated
J.P. Muller of Gervais, Ore., 209-173, to win his third career Professional Bowlers Association Senior Tour title in the PBA Senior Northern California Classic at Harvest Park Bowl Wednesday. Sylvia, who won his last title in the Lake County Indiana Open in Hammond, Ind., three years ago, earned $8,000 while Muller, a non-titlist bowling in only his seventh Senior Tour event, won $4,500 as runner-up. The PBA Senior Tour now heads to Las Vegas, Nev., for back-to-back major
championships.
Wayne Webb (l.) of Grove City, Ohio, went undefeated in seven matches as he rolled to the title Friday at the 2010 USBC Senior Masters. Webb defeated reigning PBA Player of the Year Walter Ray Williams Jr. (r.) of Ocala, Fla., 705-628, in the title match at the South Point Bowling Center in Las Vegas and took home $16,000 for the victory. Williams reached the championship match by defeating top qualifier Peter Knopp of Bremen, Germany, 696-539. 
Wayne Webb (l.) of Grove City, Ohio, was ready to withdraw with a knee injury even before the 2010 USBC Senior Masters started. Now he's one of four undefeated players in match play heading into the final day. Webb is joined in the winners bracket by Henry Gonzalez, Colorado Springs, Colo., Pete McCordic, Katy, Texas, and Germany's Peter Knopp (r.). The four players will hit the lanes again Friday at 9:15 a.m. PDT, just three wins away from the $16,000 top prize. 
Bob Handley (l.) of Winter Park, Fla., remained in the lead Tuesday after two rounds of qualifying at the 2010 USBC Senior Masters. Handley has a 10-game total of 2,291, an average of 229.1. A day after shooting 1,171 in the opening round, Handley shot 1,120 to maintain his strong start. He leads Roger Kossert (r.) of Lithia, Fla., by one pin. All participants will return to South Point Bowling Center in Las Vegas for the final five-game block Wednesday.
Playing two entirely different shots in the championship match, Professional Bowlers Association Hall of Famer Mark Williams (pictured) won the 2010 PBA Senior U.S. Open Friday at the Suncoast Bowling Center for his first major Senior Tour title. Using the same ball and playing the right lane from an extreme outside angle and the left lane much farther inside, Williams defeated reigning Senior Player of the Year Ron Mohr of Eagle, River, Alaska, 198-181, to also win his third career Senior Tour title.
Reigning PBA Senior Player of the Year Ron Mohr (pictured) of Eagle River, Alaska, took his turn as tournament leader after the first round of match play Thursday in the 2010 PBA Senior U.S. Open at the Suncoast Bowling Center. After bowling 35 games the past three days, which included nine games in the final qualifying round and eight games of round-robin match play Thursday, the 54-year-old Mohr leads with a 7,852 pinfall and a 6-2 match play record. 
With one game of qualifying remaining last year, Dale Traber's hopes of winning the USBC Senior Masters seemed bleak. Sitting outside the cut number, Traber, of Cedarburg, Wis., fired a 259 game to surge into the match-play bracket and from there, he made his way into the championship match. He avenged an earlier loss and defeated Ross Packard of San Jose, Calif., in consecutive matches, 720-691 and 673-622. Traber (pictured) will put that title on defense when the 2010 USBC Senior Masters begins on Monday, June 14 in Las Vegas.
Averaging 234.6 in Wednesday's qualifying round, two-time PBA Senior U.S. Open winner Tom Baker (pictured) of King, N.C., emerged as the third round leader in the 2010 PBA Senior U.S. Open at the Suncoast Bowling Center. Baker had games of 257, 226, 227, 248, 236 and 214 to boost his 18-game overall pinfall to 4,043 (224.6 average). He holds a 40-pin lead over former PBA Tour player Don Moser of Murrieta, Calif., in second with 4,003. The field has been cut to 57 players. 
Harry Sullins (l.) of Chesterfield Township, Mich., moved into the second round lead in the 2010 PBA Senior U.S. Open 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 (r.) of Kingston, N.Y., in second with 2,675. 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. 
Journeyman Bob Brady (l.) of Santa Monica, Calif., averaged 238 to lead the 228-player field after first round qualifying Monday in the PBA Senior U.S. Open at the Suncoast Bowling Center. The 58-year-old Brady, who returned to the Senior Tour last week after an 18-month break, had a 1,428 six-game pinfall with games of 259, 213, 264, 233, 224 and 235. He holds a 40-pin lead over Don Moser of Kentwood, Mich., in second with 1,388. Two-time defending champion Wayne Webb is in 10th with 1,318. 
Reigning PBA Senior Tour Player of the Year Ron Mohr (l.) of Eagle River, Alaska, held onto a two-pin lead at the end of qualifying Tuesday in the PBA Senior Northern California Classic at Harvest Park Bowl. Mohr finished the 16 games of qualifying with a 3,624 total, two pins ahead of four-time PBA Senior Tour Player of the Year Tom Baker (r.) of King, N.C., as the top 32 players headed into Wednesday's single-elimination match play finals.
PBA Hall of Famer and two-time defending champion Wayne Webb (pictured) will attempt to become the first three-time winner of the PBA Senior U.S. Open presented by Suncoast when the 2010 edition is conducted June 6-11 at the Suncoast Bowling Center in Las Vegas. In 2009 Webb successfully defended his Senior U.S. Open title by defeating Brian Voss, 214-188, in the championship match. In 2008 he defeated top qualifier Johnny Petraglia, 204-172, for his first PBA Senior Tour title.
The PBA Senior Tour resumes action May 30 with a stop in Northern California followed by two Senior majors, the Senior U.S. Open presented by Suncoast and the United States Bowling Congress Senior Masters - both to be conducted in Las Vegas. Walter Ray Williams Jr. (l.) and defending champion Dale Traber (r.) head a list of more than 100 players scheduled to compete in the Senior Northern California Classic at Harvest Park Bowl in Brentwood May 30-June 2.
Recently-crowned Professional Bowlers Association Player of the Year Walter Ray Williams Jr. (pictured) of Ocala, Fla., picked up where he left off at the conclusion of the 2009-10 Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour season in April by winning the Senior Miller High Life Classic Wednesday at George Pappas Victory Lanes. Making his PBA Senior Tour debut, Williams, the PBA Tour's all-time leader in career titles with 47, notched his first Senior Tour win by defeating Keith Sharp of Orlando, Fla., 267-245 in the championship match.
With a 240.6 16-game overall average, 2009 PBA Senior World Championship winner Harry Sullins (l.) moved into the lead after the second round Tuesday in the PBA Senior Miller High Life Classic at George Pappas Victory Lanes as the 156-player field was cut to the top 32. Sullins held a 16-pin lead over John Pepper Jr. of Albuquerque, N.M., in second and a 31-pin lead over 2008 USBC Senior Masters winner Kenny Parks (r.) of Hammond, Ind., in third.
