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Santtu is back! Chris Via, Sean Rash, Tim Foy Jr., Matt Ogle also make stepladder finals of 2025 PBA Owen's Illinois Classic
JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Thursday, February 6, 2025 11:00 pm
The stepladder finalists for the 2025 PBA Illinois Classic, left to right and in order from first to fifth: Santtu Tahvanainen, Chris Via, Sean Rash, Tim Foy Jr., and Matt Ogle. Photo by PBA.
I’m not sure what it is about Santtu Tahvanainen that makes him a PBA Tour fan favorite and simply a phenomenon.
He’s a powerful 2-hander, but others have more power. He has charismatic hair, but no one tops Kyle Troup. He has Euro style, but so do lots of other players.
Maybe it’s just that he seems like the kind of jovial, funny guy you’d love to sit down and have a beer with?
Whatever it is, Tahvanainen competing on the PBA Tour is good for the PBA Tour, and it is...