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Ryan Shafer leads Suncoast PBA Senior U.S. Open after 3 rounds as he aims for major title that eluded him on PBA Tour

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Wednesday, June 13, 2018 10:00 pm
Ryan Shafer leads Suncoast PBA Senior U.S. Open after 3 rounds as he aims for major title that eluded him on PBA Tour
Ryan Shafer leads the Suncoast PBA Senior U.S. Open after the third round. Photo by Pro Bowlers Association.
There is no doubt that Ryan Shafer is the greatest bowler ever with five or fewer titles in a lengthy PBA Tour career.  The what-ifs in Shafer’s career are mind-boggling: Mixed in a long career's worth of bowling heartbreak are 14 TV finals in major tournaments (if my math is right) without a title, including five second-place finishes. Just winning two of those major tournament TV title matches and Shafer would be a borderline Hall of Famer; three or more and he’d probably...