By: Dennis Franz
St. Paul Senior Masters
Leif Carlson won the 13th
Annual St. Paul Senior Masters Tournament on Sunday, October 3rd at West
Side Lanes in West St. Paul, Minnesota.
36 senior bowlers
participated in this year’s tournament.
Each bowler bowled an 8 game qualifying block in the morning, with the
top 16 moving on to the match play portion of the tournament in the
afternoon. Match Play consisted of 1
game matches – double elimination format.
Leif, seeded 8th in
the Match Play portion of the tournament averaged 226.5 for 8 games winning two
games and then losing his third game in a rolloff of the 9th and 10th
frames after tying with Dick Pietsch with a 192. The rolloff was won by Dick Pietsch 50 to 37. Leif never lost a
game after that and ended up defeating Todd Savoy in the final two games to win
the Championship. Todd Savoy, seeded 10th
in the Match Play portion of the tournament lost only twice averaging 230 over six
games. Those two losses were against
the eventual winner Leif Carlson and were the last two games of the tournament.
Leif Carlson defeated Dick
Pietsch 256-153 in the final of the Loser’s Bracket to have a chance against Todd.
The average to make the top
16 was 194.12 and the High Qualifier was Gary Green with a 210.62 average for 8
games.
For his efforts, Leif received
a check for $350, a plaque donated by Mike’s Pro Shop, a Champions Jacket and a
paid entry into the USBC Senior Masters.
Next years tournament will
be held Sunday, October 2, 2011 at a place yet to be determined. The tournament
is open to all St. Paul Sanctioned bowlers, 50 years of age and over. Contact Matt Lang of the St. Paul United
States Bowling Congress (USBC) Association at 651-415-2828 for further
information or if there are any other comments about the tournament whether
good or bad. Information is always
helpful.
Do not forget the 40th
Annual Masters Tournament to be bowled on November 6th and 7th
at Mattie’s Lanes at 365 N. Concord in South St. Paul. Get your entry in early
as there is a limit on entries.