The five-day event begins today at Country Club Bowl in Mesa, with the finals Thursday. Macpherson, in her 15th professional season, was named the Bowler of the Decade for the 1990s, and last year got the millennium off to a good start by being named Bowler of the Year for the fourth time. Macpherson doesn't look at any specific bowler as a rival as the level of competition has reached an all-time high. To win, you have to bowl well with a little bit of luck. There are games, she said, when she can do nothing wrong.
Bowlers go through strenuous qualifying rounds that physically take their toll over the years.
Your arms are sore and your muscles are sore. She said she sometimes gets discouraged, but the underlying mind-set remains the same. If you don't expect to win every week you come into a tournament, you shouldn't be here. You have to want it . . . Bowler of the Decade Wendy Macpherson aims for another title at the Wheelchair Awareness Classic that begins today in Mesa.