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BOWLING · 2008-03-30 · NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ, UNITED STATES

65th Denny's U.S. Open 2008 PBA prize money

The 65th Denny's U.S. Open paid £288,011 to 122 bowlers. Norm Duke won £75,188. Mika Koivuniemi took £37,594 as runner-up.

TOTAL PAID£288k
WINNER£75k
BOWLERS PAID122
PAYOUT BANDS108

Every cheque

122 bowlers paid, in finishing order

Prize money won by each bowler at the 65th Denny's U.S. Open.
PLACE BOWLER NATION PRIZE MONEY
1st Norm Duke United States £75,188£75k
2nd Mika Koivuniemi United States £37,594£38k
3rd Chris Loschetter United States £18,797£19k
4th Doug Kent United States £9,774£10k
5th Wes Malott United States £6,767£7k
6th Brad Angelo United States £5,639£6k
7th Parker Bohn III United States £4,662£5k
8th Shannon Buchan United States £3,985£4k
9th Brian Valenta United States £3,383£3k
10th Tommy Jones United States £3,008£3k
11th Jason Belmonte Australia £2,857£3k
12th Eugene McCune United States £2,707£3k
13th Bill O'Neill United States £2,556£3k
14th Jeff Lizzi United States £2,406£2k
15th Mark Clark United States £2,256£2k
16th Mike Scroggins United States £2,105£2k
17th Mike Edwards United States £2,030£2k
18th Mike Wolfe United States £1,955£2k
19th Mike Rose Jr. United States £1,917£2k
T20 Todd Book United States £1,861£2k
T20 David O'Sullivan United States £1,861£2k
22nd Tom Baker United States £1,805£2k
23rd Ryan Shafer United States £1,767£2k
24th John Nolen United States £1,729£2k
25th Andrew Koff United States £1,429£1k
26th Jim Wolcott United States £1,391£1k
27th Dominic Barrett England £1,353£1k
28th Brian Kretzer United States £1,316£1k
29th Sean Rash United States £1,278£1k
30th Jeff Carter United States £1,241£1k
31st Ron Nelson Jr. United States £1,203£1k
32nd Brian Himmler United States £1,173£1k
T33 Stuart Williams United States £1,143£1k
T33 Dino Castillo United States £1,143£1k
T33 Tony Reyes United States £1,143£1k
36th Lonnie Waliczek United States £1,113£1k
37th Robert Smith United States £1,098£1k
38th Brian Voss United States £1,083£1k
39th Walter Ray Williams Jr. United States £1,068£1k
40th Dale Aivaz Jr. United States £1,060£1k
T41 Carolyn Dorin-Ballard United States £1,049£1k
T41 Isao Yamamoto Japan £1,049£1k
43rd Peter Spreadbury United States £1,038£1k
T44 Nathan Bohr United States £1,026£1k
T44 Craig Tuholski United States £1,026£1k
46th Kelly Kulick United States £1,015£1k
47th Jeff Roche United States £1,008£1k
48th Patrick Allen United States £1,000£1k
49th Chris Klerk United States £992£992
50th Chris Barnes United States £985£985
T51 Mike DeVaney United States £974£974
T51 John Furey United States £974£974
53rd Ron Mohr United States £962£962
54th Steve Jaros United States £955£955
T55 Chris Warren United States £944£944
T55 Ron Dixon United States £944£944
57th Clint Dacy United States £936£936
T58 Michael Machuga United States £929£929
T58 Rhino Page United States £929£929
T58 Shawn Slocum United States £929£929
61st Jack Jurek United States £921£921
62nd PJ Haggerty United States £917£917
63rd Edward VanDaniker Jr United States £914£914
64th Matthew O'Grady United States £910£910
65th Thomas Hess United States £906£906
66th Alex Aguiar United States £902£902
67th Stevie Weber United States £899£899
68th Danny Wiseman United States £895£895
69th Rusty Thomsen United States £891£891
70th Mike Mineman United States £887£887
71st Frank Calca United States £883£883
72nd Joe Ciccone United States £880£880
73rd Riga Kalfas United States £876£876
74th Brian LeClair United States £872£872
75th Amleto Monacelli Venezuela £868£868
76th Christopher Blackmore United States £865£865
77th Jimmy Cook United States £861£861
78th Patrick Girard Canada £857£857
79th Mark Taylor United States £853£853
80th George Gohagan III United States £850£850
81st Ken Simard United States £846£846
82nd Kenneth Jessee United States £842£842
83rd Aaron Buss United States £838£838
84th James Wallace United States £835£835
T85 Tom Daugherty United States £829£829
T85 Kevin Cartier United States £829£829
87th Wade Gayhart United States £823£823
88th John Santalucia United States £820£820
89th Jacqui Reese United States £816£816
T90 Mitch Beasley United States £810£810
T90 Steve Harman United States £810£810
92nd Sean Riccardi United States £805£805
T93 Shawn McKee United States £799£799
T93 Michael Fagan United States £799£799
95th Tom Sorce United States £793£793
96th Scott Santos United States £789£789
97th Del Ballard Jr. United States £786£786
98th Diandra Asbaty United States £782£782
99th Tim Mack United States £778£778
100th Jason Lundquist United States £774£774
101st Vinny D'Ambrosio III United States £771£771
102nd Jonathan Van Hees United States £767£767
103rd Walter Schaub II United States £763£763
104th Troy Wollenbecker United States £759£759
T105 Billy Oatman United States £754£754
T105 Michael Marsico United States £754£754
107th Jason Sterner United States £752£752
108th Thomas Brown United States £752£752
109th Steve Rogers United States £752£752
110th Charles Anderson United States £752£752
111th Timothy Banks Ireland £752£752
112th Jack Kurent United States £752£752
113th Mark Decman Canada £752£752
114th Scott Newell United States £752£752
115th Tyrel Rose Canada £752£752
T116 Fero Williams United States £752£752
T116 Andrew Horodecki United States £752£752
118th Ritchie Allen United States £752£752
119th Ernie Schlegel United States £752£752
120th Hernan Ramirez United States £752£752
121st Christopher Wood United States £752£752
122nd Pete Weber United States £752£752

How the money splits

Each finishing band, what it paid each bowler, and what it paid in all

Prize money bands at the 65th Denny's U.S. Open.
PLACE BOWLERS EACH BAND TOTAL
1st 1 £75,188£75k £75,188£75k
2nd 1 £37,594£38k £37,594£38k
3rd 1 £18,797£19k £18,797£19k
4th 1 £9,774£10k £9,774£10k
5th 1 £6,767£7k £6,767£7k
6th 1 £5,639£6k £5,639£6k
7th 1 £4,662£5k £4,662£5k
8th 1 £3,985£4k £3,985£4k
9th 1 £3,383£3k £3,383£3k
10th 1 £3,008£3k £3,008£3k
11th 1 £2,857£3k £2,857£3k
12th 1 £2,707£3k £2,707£3k
13th 1 £2,556£3k £2,556£3k
14th 1 £2,406£2k £2,406£2k
15th 1 £2,256£2k £2,256£2k
16th 1 £2,105£2k £2,105£2k
17th 1 £2,030£2k £2,030£2k
18th 1 £1,955£2k £1,955£2k
19th 1 £1,917£2k £1,917£2k
T20 2 £1,861£2k £3,722£4k
22nd 1 £1,805£2k £1,805£2k
23rd 1 £1,767£2k £1,767£2k
24th 1 £1,729£2k £1,729£2k
25th 1 £1,429£1k £1,429£1k
26th 1 £1,391£1k £1,391£1k
27th 1 £1,353£1k £1,353£1k
28th 1 £1,316£1k £1,316£1k
29th 1 £1,278£1k £1,278£1k
30th 1 £1,241£1k £1,241£1k
31st 1 £1,203£1k £1,203£1k
32nd 1 £1,173£1k £1,173£1k
T33 3 £1,143£1k £3,429£3k
36th 1 £1,113£1k £1,113£1k
37th 1 £1,098£1k £1,098£1k
38th 1 £1,083£1k £1,083£1k
39th 1 £1,068£1k £1,068£1k
40th 1 £1,060£1k £1,060£1k
T41 2 £1,049£1k £2,098£2k
43rd 1 £1,038£1k £1,038£1k
T44 2 £1,026£1k £2,053£2k
46th 1 £1,015£1k £1,015£1k
47th 1 £1,008£1k £1,008£1k
48th 1 £1,000£1k £1,000£1k
49th 1 £992£992 £992£992
50th 1 £985£985 £985£985
T51 2 £974£974 £1,947£2k
53rd 1 £962£962 £962£962
54th 1 £955£955 £955£955
T55 2 £944£944 £1,887£2k
57th 1 £936£936 £936£936
T58 3 £929£929 £2,786£3k
61st 1 £921£921 £921£921
62nd 1 £917£917 £917£917
63rd 1 £914£914 £914£914
64th 1 £910£910 £910£910
65th 1 £906£906 £906£906
66th 1 £902£902 £902£902
67th 1 £899£899 £899£899
68th 1 £895£895 £895£895
69th 1 £891£891 £891£891
70th 1 £887£887 £887£887
71st 1 £883£883 £883£883
72nd 1 £880£880 £880£880
73rd 1 £876£876 £876£876
74th 1 £872£872 £872£872
75th 1 £868£868 £868£868
76th 1 £865£865 £865£865
77th 1 £861£861 £861£861
78th 1 £857£857 £857£857
79th 1 £853£853 £853£853
80th 1 £850£850 £850£850
81st 1 £846£846 £846£846
82nd 1 £842£842 £842£842
83rd 1 £838£838 £838£838
84th 1 £835£835 £835£835
T85 2 £829£829 £1,658£2k
87th 1 £823£823 £823£823
88th 1 £820£820 £820£820
89th 1 £816£816 £816£816
T90 2 £810£810 £1,620£2k
92nd 1 £805£805 £805£805
T93 2 £799£799 £1,598£2k
95th 1 £793£793 £793£793
96th 1 £789£789 £789£789
97th 1 £786£786 £786£786
98th 1 £782£782 £782£782
99th 1 £778£778 £778£778
100th 1 £774£774 £774£774
101st 1 £771£771 £771£771
102nd 1 £767£767 £767£767
103rd 1 £763£763 £763£763
104th 1 £759£759 £759£759
T105 2 £754£754 £1,508£2k
107th 1 £752£752 £752£752
108th 1 £752£752 £752£752
109th 1 £752£752 £752£752
110th 1 £752£752 £752£752
111th 1 £752£752 £752£752
112th 1 £752£752 £752£752
113th 1 £752£752 £752£752
114th 1 £752£752 £752£752
115th 1 £752£752 £752£752
T116 2 £752£752 £1,504£2k
118th 1 £752£752 £752£752
119th 1 £752£752 £752£752
120th 1 £752£752 £752£752
121st 1 £752£752 £752£752
122nd 1 £752£752 £752£752

Where the money went, band by band

1st £75k
2nd £38k
3rd £19k
4th £9,774
5th £6,767
6th £5,639
7th £4,662
8th £3,985
9th £3,383
10th £3,008
11th £2,857
12th £2,707
13th £2,556
14th £2,406

The rest of 2008

Every other bowling tournament we hold from 2008

Other bowling tournaments in 2008.
TOURNAMENT WINNER PAID
Lumber Liquidators Shark Championship Rhino Page £140,992£141k
Cheetah Championship Parker Bohn III £139,789£140k
CLR Carmen Salvino Scorpion Championship Wes Malott £142,391£142k
Chameleon Championship Michael Machuga £141,361£141k
Ultimate Scoring Championship Mike Wolfe £141,034£141k
Lake County Indiana Championship Second Event Timothy Kauble £41,729£42k
Lake County Indiana Championship Walter Ray Williams Jr. £141,962£142k
Pepsi Viper Championship Brad Angelo £140,428£140k
PBA World Championship Norm Duke £180,406£180k
PBA Senior Decatur Open Brian Brazeau £56,429£56k
PBA Senior Lake County Indiana Open Mark Williams £60,000£60k
PBA Senior Northern California Classic Nick Morgan £46,165£46k
PBA Senior Epicenter Classic Hugh Miller £45,865£46k
PBA Senior U.S. Open Wayne Webb £117,853£118k
USBC Senior Masters Kenny Parks £84,211£84k
PBA Senior Jackson Open John Petraglia £60,000£60k
PBA Senior Dayton Classic Keith Sharp £59,850£60k
GEICO Classic Tommy Jones £141,609£142k
Go RVing Classic Rhino Page £138,481£138k
Don Johnson Buckeye State Classic Chris Barnes £139,331£139k
Denny's World Championship Norm Duke £183,955£184k
Pepsi Championship Mike Scroggins £141,421£141k
Bayer Classic Chris Barnes £136,767£137k
H&R Block Tournament of Champions Michael Haugen Jr. £153,338£153k
PBA Exempt Doubles Classic Danny Wiseman, Michael Fagan £138,677£139k
Motel 6 Dick Weber Open Mike Scroggins £113,978£114k
Lumber Liquidators Earl Anthony Medford Classic Wes Malott £140,211£140k
ConstructionJobs.com Championship Tommy Jones £136,737£137k

Frequently asked questions

How much did the winner of the 65th Denny's U.S. Open get?

Norm Duke took £75,188.

How much did the runner-up get?

Mika Koivuniemi took £37,594, 50% of the winner's cheque.

What was the total prize money at the 65th Denny's U.S. Open?

£288,011, paid to 122 bowlers.

How does it compare with other years?

The 64th U.S. Open paid £288,605, and the 66th Lumber Liquidators U.S. Open paid £270,609.

Where to next

Every edition is on the U.S. Open prize money page, and the whole year on bowling prize money in 2008. The edition before was the 64th U.S. Open. The one after was the 66th Lumber Liquidators U.S. Open.