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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 £283,744 to 122 bowlers. Norm Duke won £74,074. Mika Koivuniemi took £37,037 as runner-up.

TOTAL PAID£284k
WINNER£74k
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 £74,074£74k
2nd Mika Koivuniemi United States £37,037£37k
3rd Chris Loschetter United States £18,519£19k
4th Doug Kent United States £9,630£10k
5th Wes Malott United States £6,667£7k
6th Brad Angelo United States £5,556£6k
7th Parker Bohn III United States £4,593£5k
8th Shannon Buchan United States £3,926£4k
9th Brian Valenta United States £3,333£3k
10th Tommy Jones United States £2,963£3k
11th Jason Belmonte Australia £2,815£3k
12th Eugene McCune United States £2,667£3k
13th Bill O'Neill United States £2,519£3k
14th Jeff Lizzi United States £2,370£2k
15th Mark Clark United States £2,222£2k
16th Mike Scroggins United States £2,074£2k
17th Mike Edwards United States £2,000£2k
18th Mike Wolfe United States £1,926£2k
19th Mike Rose Jr. United States £1,889£2k
T20 Todd Book United States £1,833£2k
T20 David O'Sullivan United States £1,833£2k
22nd Tom Baker United States £1,778£2k
23rd Ryan Shafer United States £1,741£2k
24th John Nolen United States £1,704£2k
25th Andrew Koff United States £1,407£1k
26th Jim Wolcott United States £1,370£1k
27th Dominic Barrett England £1,333£1k
28th Brian Kretzer United States £1,296£1k
29th Sean Rash United States £1,259£1k
30th Jeff Carter United States £1,222£1k
31st Ron Nelson Jr. United States £1,185£1k
32nd Brian Himmler United States £1,156£1k
T33 Stuart Williams United States £1,126£1k
T33 Dino Castillo United States £1,126£1k
T33 Tony Reyes United States £1,126£1k
36th Lonnie Waliczek United States £1,096£1k
37th Robert Smith United States £1,081£1k
38th Brian Voss United States £1,067£1k
39th Walter Ray Williams Jr. United States £1,052£1k
40th Dale Aivaz Jr. United States £1,044£1k
T41 Carolyn Dorin-Ballard United States £1,033£1k
T41 Isao Yamamoto Japan £1,033£1k
43rd Peter Spreadbury United States £1,022£1k
T44 Nathan Bohr United States £1,011£1k
T44 Craig Tuholski United States £1,011£1k
46th Kelly Kulick United States £1,000£1k
47th Jeff Roche United States £993£993
48th Patrick Allen United States £985£985
49th Chris Klerk United States £978£978
50th Chris Barnes United States £970£970
T51 Mike DeVaney United States £959£959
T51 John Furey United States £959£959
53rd Ron Mohr United States £948£948
54th Steve Jaros United States £941£941
T55 Chris Warren United States £930£930
T55 Ron Dixon United States £930£930
57th Clint Dacy United States £922£922
T58 Michael Machuga United States £915£915
T58 Rhino Page United States £915£915
T58 Shawn Slocum United States £915£915
61st Jack Jurek United States £907£907
62nd PJ Haggerty United States £904£904
63rd Edward VanDaniker Jr United States £900£900
64th Matthew O'Grady United States £896£896
65th Thomas Hess United States £893£893
66th Alex Aguiar United States £889£889
67th Stevie Weber United States £885£885
68th Danny Wiseman United States £881£881
69th Rusty Thomsen United States £878£878
70th Mike Mineman United States £874£874
71st Frank Calca United States £870£870
72nd Joe Ciccone United States £867£867
73rd Riga Kalfas United States £863£863
74th Brian LeClair United States £859£859
75th Amleto Monacelli Venezuela £856£856
76th Christopher Blackmore United States £852£852
77th Jimmy Cook United States £848£848
78th Patrick Girard Canada £844£844
79th Mark Taylor United States £841£841
80th George Gohagan III United States £837£837
81st Ken Simard United States £833£833
82nd Kenneth Jessee United States £830£830
83rd Aaron Buss United States £826£826
84th James Wallace United States £822£822
T85 Tom Daugherty United States £817£817
T85 Kevin Cartier United States £817£817
87th Wade Gayhart United States £811£811
88th John Santalucia United States £807£807
89th Jacqui Reese United States £804£804
T90 Mitch Beasley United States £798£798
T90 Steve Harman United States £798£798
92nd Sean Riccardi United States £793£793
T93 Shawn McKee United States £787£787
T93 Michael Fagan United States £787£787
95th Tom Sorce United States £781£781
96th Scott Santos United States £778£778
97th Del Ballard Jr. United States £774£774
98th Diandra Asbaty United States £770£770
99th Tim Mack United States £767£767
100th Jason Lundquist United States £763£763
101st Vinny D'Ambrosio III United States £759£759
102nd Jonathan Van Hees United States £756£756
103rd Walter Schaub II United States £752£752
104th Troy Wollenbecker United States £748£748
T105 Billy Oatman United States £743£743
T105 Michael Marsico United States £743£743
107th Jason Sterner United States £741£741
108th Thomas Brown United States £741£741
109th Steve Rogers United States £741£741
110th Charles Anderson United States £741£741
111th Timothy Banks Ireland £741£741
112th Jack Kurent United States £741£741
113th Mark Decman Canada £741£741
114th Scott Newell United States £741£741
115th Tyrel Rose Canada £741£741
T116 Fero Williams United States £741£741
T116 Andrew Horodecki United States £741£741
118th Ritchie Allen United States £741£741
119th Ernie Schlegel United States £741£741
120th Hernan Ramirez United States £741£741
121st Christopher Wood United States £741£741
122nd Pete Weber United States £741£741

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 £74,074£74k £74,074£74k
2nd 1 £37,037£37k £37,037£37k
3rd 1 £18,519£19k £18,519£19k
4th 1 £9,630£10k £9,630£10k
5th 1 £6,667£7k £6,667£7k
6th 1 £5,556£6k £5,556£6k
7th 1 £4,593£5k £4,593£5k
8th 1 £3,926£4k £3,926£4k
9th 1 £3,333£3k £3,333£3k
10th 1 £2,963£3k £2,963£3k
11th 1 £2,815£3k £2,815£3k
12th 1 £2,667£3k £2,667£3k
13th 1 £2,519£3k £2,519£3k
14th 1 £2,370£2k £2,370£2k
15th 1 £2,222£2k £2,222£2k
16th 1 £2,074£2k £2,074£2k
17th 1 £2,000£2k £2,000£2k
18th 1 £1,926£2k £1,926£2k
19th 1 £1,889£2k £1,889£2k
T20 2 £1,833£2k £3,667£4k
22nd 1 £1,778£2k £1,778£2k
23rd 1 £1,741£2k £1,741£2k
24th 1 £1,704£2k £1,704£2k
25th 1 £1,407£1k £1,407£1k
26th 1 £1,370£1k £1,370£1k
27th 1 £1,333£1k £1,333£1k
28th 1 £1,296£1k £1,296£1k
29th 1 £1,259£1k £1,259£1k
30th 1 £1,222£1k £1,222£1k
31st 1 £1,185£1k £1,185£1k
32nd 1 £1,156£1k £1,156£1k
T33 3 £1,126£1k £3,378£3k
36th 1 £1,096£1k £1,096£1k
37th 1 £1,081£1k £1,081£1k
38th 1 £1,067£1k £1,067£1k
39th 1 £1,052£1k £1,052£1k
40th 1 £1,044£1k £1,044£1k
T41 2 £1,033£1k £2,067£2k
43rd 1 £1,022£1k £1,022£1k
T44 2 £1,011£1k £2,022£2k
46th 1 £1,000£1k £1,000£1k
47th 1 £993£993 £993£993
48th 1 £985£985 £985£985
49th 1 £978£978 £978£978
50th 1 £970£970 £970£970
T51 2 £959£959 £1,919£2k
53rd 1 £948£948 £948£948
54th 1 £941£941 £941£941
T55 2 £930£930 £1,859£2k
57th 1 £922£922 £922£922
T58 3 £915£915 £2,744£3k
61st 1 £907£907 £907£907
62nd 1 £904£904 £904£904
63rd 1 £900£900 £900£900
64th 1 £896£896 £896£896
65th 1 £893£893 £893£893
66th 1 £889£889 £889£889
67th 1 £885£885 £885£885
68th 1 £881£881 £881£881
69th 1 £878£878 £878£878
70th 1 £874£874 £874£874
71st 1 £870£870 £870£870
72nd 1 £867£867 £867£867
73rd 1 £863£863 £863£863
74th 1 £859£859 £859£859
75th 1 £856£856 £856£856
76th 1 £852£852 £852£852
77th 1 £848£848 £848£848
78th 1 £844£844 £844£844
79th 1 £841£841 £841£841
80th 1 £837£837 £837£837
81st 1 £833£833 £833£833
82nd 1 £830£830 £830£830
83rd 1 £826£826 £826£826
84th 1 £822£822 £822£822
T85 2 £817£817 £1,633£2k
87th 1 £811£811 £811£811
88th 1 £807£807 £807£807
89th 1 £804£804 £804£804
T90 2 £798£798 £1,596£2k
92nd 1 £793£793 £793£793
T93 2 £787£787 £1,574£2k
95th 1 £781£781 £781£781
96th 1 £778£778 £778£778
97th 1 £774£774 £774£774
98th 1 £770£770 £770£770
99th 1 £767£767 £767£767
100th 1 £763£763 £763£763
101st 1 £759£759 £759£759
102nd 1 £756£756 £756£756
103rd 1 £752£752 £752£752
104th 1 £748£748 £748£748
T105 2 £743£743 £1,485£1k
107th 1 £741£741 £741£741
108th 1 £741£741 £741£741
109th 1 £741£741 £741£741
110th 1 £741£741 £741£741
111th 1 £741£741 £741£741
112th 1 £741£741 £741£741
113th 1 £741£741 £741£741
114th 1 £741£741 £741£741
115th 1 £741£741 £741£741
T116 2 £741£741 £1,481£1k
118th 1 £741£741 £741£741
119th 1 £741£741 £741£741
120th 1 £741£741 £741£741
121st 1 £741£741 £741£741
122nd 1 £741£741 £741£741

Where the money went, band by band

1st £74k
2nd £37k
3rd £19k
4th £9,630
5th £6,667
6th £5,556
7th £4,593
8th £3,926
9th £3,333
10th £2,963
11th £2,815
12th £2,667
13th £2,519
14th £2,370

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 £138,904£139k
Cheetah Championship Parker Bohn III £137,718£138k
CLR Carmen Salvino Scorpion Championship Wes Malott £140,281£140k
Chameleon Championship Michael Machuga £139,267£139k
Ultimate Scoring Championship Mike Wolfe £138,944£139k
Lake County Indiana Championship Second Event Timothy Kauble £41,111£41k
Lake County Indiana Championship Walter Ray Williams Jr. £139,859£140k
Pepsi Viper Championship Brad Angelo £138,348£138k
PBA World Championship Norm Duke £177,733£178k
PBA Senior Decatur Open Brian Brazeau £55,593£56k
PBA Senior Lake County Indiana Open Mark Williams £59,111£59k
PBA Senior Northern California Classic Nick Morgan £45,481£45k
PBA Senior Epicenter Classic Hugh Miller £45,185£45k
PBA Senior U.S. Open Wayne Webb £116,107£116k
USBC Senior Masters Kenny Parks £82,963£83k
PBA Senior Jackson Open John Petraglia £59,111£59k
PBA Senior Dayton Classic Keith Sharp £58,963£59k
GEICO Classic Tommy Jones £139,511£140k
Go RVing Classic Rhino Page £136,430£136k
Don Johnson Buckeye State Classic Chris Barnes £137,267£137k
Denny's World Championship Norm Duke £181,230£181k
Pepsi Championship Mike Scroggins £139,326£139k
Bayer Classic Chris Barnes £134,741£135k
H&R Block Tournament of Champions Michael Haugen Jr. £151,067£151k
PBA Exempt Doubles Classic Danny Wiseman, Michael Fagan £136,622£137k
Motel 6 Dick Weber Open Mike Scroggins £112,290£112k
Lumber Liquidators Earl Anthony Medford Classic Wes Malott £138,133£138k
ConstructionJobs.com Championship Tommy Jones £134,711£135k

Frequently asked questions

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

Norm Duke took £74,074.

How much did the runner-up get?

Mika Koivuniemi took £37,037, 50% of the winner's cheque.

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

£283,744, paid to 122 bowlers.

How does it compare with other years?

The 64th U.S. Open paid £284,330, and the 66th Lumber Liquidators U.S. Open paid £266,600.

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.