Superman!

It’s not how you start, but how you finish. Although a great start and a great finish are okay too, as Doug Kent can attest to. Kent became the sixth bowler in Denny’s PBA Tour history to win two Majors in one season, defeating Chris Barnes, 237-216, Sunday to win the 2007 Denny’s World Championship at DeVos Place. Kent won the season-opening USBC Masters for his second career Major title, then captured his second career World Championship in the season’s second-to-last event. He is the first bowler since Walter Ray Williams Jr. in 2002-03 to win two Majors in a season and the eighth bowler all-time to win multiple World Championships.“This one really feels great, to win two in a season is very rare and just to be in this position is a great feeling,” Kent said. Though he’s been fairly quiet in the second half of the season, with two Majors under his belt Kent threw his name in an already crowded Player of the Year race with one event and the final Major – remaining. Barnes advanced to the title match with a 246-226 win over Tony Reyes.Kent earned $50,000 and a four-season Denny’s PBA Tour exemption through the 2010-11 season with the win. Barnes took home $25,000 for second, Wiseman earned $13,000 for third and Reyes earned $10,000 for fourth. Next week the Denny’s PBA Tour season wraps up with the 2007 PBA Tournament of Champions, March 29-April 1. The live ESPN-televised finals take place Sunday, April 1 at 1 p.m. EST at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.