Doug Leikness explains how he did it after holding on to win 2026 Petersen Classic

Doug Leikness knows about agonizing close calls at the Petersen Classic. About 10 years ago, the Madison right-hander needed 233 the last game to take the lead toward the end of the tournament and rolled a couple of doubles, but a 5-7-10 Petersen special was a killer. “I spared in the ninth when I needed a strike, and missed a 3-pin in the 10th,” Leikness told 11thFrame.com in a phone interview on Labor Day. Then in 2022, Leikness fired 1,763, but fell eight pins short of leader Kevi...