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World Bowling Hall of Famer Tore Torgersen of Norway beats top seed Mika Koivuniemi of Finland in international title match of 2019 Suncoast PBA Senior U.S. Open

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Friday, June 14, 2019 10:00 pm
World Bowling Hall of Famer Tore Torgersen of Norway beats top seed Mika Koivuniemi of Finland in international title match of 2019 Suncoast PBA Senior U.S. Open
Tore Torgersen of Norway after winning the 2019 Suncoast PBA Senior U.S. Open with the Storm PHAZE II he almost didn't bring to the tournament. Photo by Storm Products.
A U.S. Open is supposed to be a grind, and the 2019 Suncoast PBA Senior U.S. Open presented by Storm certainly was on the challenging Marshall Holman 41 lane pattern, which has 30.91 mL of oil and a 2.49-1 ratio. In the 24 games of qualifying, only 46 players in a field that started with 152 managed to average 200, and that continued through match play and into the stepladder finals, capped by World Bowling Hall of Famer Tore Torgersen of Norway beating top seed and defending champion Mika...