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2007 champion Chad Kloss fires 1,628 to take lead at 2021 Petersen Classic

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Sunday, July 11, 2021 8:00 pm
2007 champion Chad Kloss fires 1,628 to take lead at 2021 Petersen Classic
Chad Kloss in front of his Petersen Classic championship picture from 2007 after he took the lead in the 2021 Petersen Classic with 1,620 on Sunday. Photo by Bowlers Headquarters.
In the last 50 years, only two players have won the Petersen Classic twice: Boots Kass in 2002 and 2011 and Bud Deluca in 1976 and 1987 (see PDF at bottom of story). On Sunday, Chad Kloss put himself in positon to become the third, firing a 1,628 to move past the 1,597 of prior leader Alan Blome of Racine. Kloss totaled 1,657 when he won in 2007 at AMF Hoffman Estates Lanes in suburban Chicago. Kloss started on 11-12 with 184 and then rolled 211 on 13-14 before struggling to 168 and 170 on...