Back to Michigan!

The third of four Majors on the Denny’s PBA Tour takes place this week, the 2007 Denny’s World Championship at Spectrum Lanes in Wyoming, Mich., with the finals taking place Sunday, March 25 at DeVos Place in Grand Rapids. A lot is at stake this week as this will be the final event of the season which awards points, as next week’s season-ending PBA Tournament of Champions is an invitational event. Exemptions will be handed out this week, and the PBA Player of the Year race could be decided.Walter Ray Williams Jr. will look to win back-to-back Denny’s World Championships as he won his seventh career Major and record-tying 41st career Denny’s PBA Tour title in last season’s event at Woodland Bowl in Indianapolis. Last year at Spectrum Lanes, Patrick Allen captured his second title of the season in the final standard event of 2005-06, which also saw Dale Traber earn the final exemption for 2006-07 through the PBA World Point Rankings. Since this year’s finals are in DeVos Place, Allen won’t get a chance to defend the title in Spectrum Lanes should he reach the finals, but he will look for his fourth career title in the state of Michigan.