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[email protected] Office: 562-807-3600 Fax: 562-807-2288 Mika Koivuniemi’s Missed 10 Pin Hands Norm Duke Lumber Liquidators U.S. Open Title Stunning final frame gives PBA Hall of Famer his 34th career major, $80,000 top prize NORTH BRUNSWICK, With his victory, Duke Duke knew exactly how after leaving a solid 8 pin in N.J. (Feb. 27, 2011) – Norm earned $80,000 and moved Koivuniemi felt on his spare the eighth frame. I did what I Duke of Clermont, Fla., won into a tie for fourth place on attempt because in 2008, when needed to do” his 34th Professional Bowlers the Lumber Liquidators PBA Duke won his first U.S. Open Koivuniemi, the No. 3 Tour title and seventh career Tour’s list of all-time title- title to complete the PBA Tri- qualifier for the U.S. Open major in the 68th Lumber Liq- winners with fellow PBA Hall ple Crown and Grand Slam, stepladder finals, eliminated uidators U.S. Open at Bruns- of Famer Mark Roth. he had to convert the 2-4-5-8 Ryan Shafer of Horseheads, wick Zone-Carolier Sunday “You’d like to say to your- “bucket” in the 10th frame to N.Y., 236-222, in Sunday’s with a stunning 225-216 vic- self I just won the U.S. Open, win. first match. The key shot in tory over Mika Koivuniemi of and maybe I’ll grow into that, “I couldn’t feel my legs that match was a pocket 7-10 Hartland, Mich., when Koivu- but right this minute, I feel on the approach on that shot,” split by Shafer in the eighth niemi missed a 10 pin spare in like Mika lost the U.S.