PBA Communications
The Storm Lucky Larsen Masters, the final title event of the 2025 PBA Tour, is underway in Helsingborg, Sweden. This is the lone international title event of the year.
Native Swede Jesper Svensson will look to defend his title as multiple squads compete each day from through Aug. 30.
The advancer, match play and championship rounds will take place Aug. 31.
All rounds will be livestreamed on the Storm Lucky Larsen Masters YouTube channel.
Overall Leaders Through Squad 17
- Ethan Fiore, 1,393 (+193)
- Joachim Karlsson, 1,380 (+180)
- Thomas Larsen, 1,376 (+176)
- Tun Hakim, 1,375 (+175)
- Ryan Barnes, 1,374 (+174)
- Sean Rash, 1,367 (+167)
- Dario Stein, 1,366 (+166)
- Nate Purches, 1,363 (+163)
- Kevin Melin, 1,353 (+153)
- William Svensson, 1,352 (+152)
Four players averaged north of 220 on this squad, the most of any squad thus far in the event.
Sweden’s Joachim Karlsson (1,380) and Denmark’s Thomas Larsen (1,376) led the squad and moved into second and third place overall, respectively. Germany’s Sandro Brandt (1,327) and the United States’ Andrew Hall (1,320) also tallied their best totals of the SLLM.
Ethan Fiore bested his own tournament-leading score, tallying a 1,393 series. Two Canadians, Mathis Blanchette (1,341) and Nathan Ruest-Lajoie (1,279), rounded out the squad’s podium finishers. Blanchette moved into the top 10 overall.
A low-scoring squad saw just two players average more than 200: Andrew Hall (1,250) and Santtu Tahvanainen (1,233). Finland’s Tahvanainen won the PBA Owen’s Illinois Classic for his first career PBA Tour title earlier this season.
Ethan Fiore struggled in his first SLLM squad, posting a 1,160 series in Squad 12. He bounced back in a big way on Wednesday, Aug. 27’s first squad.
Fiore posted a 1,379 series to not only lead his squad by 113 pins, but take the tournament’s overall lead.
Nate Purches, the 2024 Harry Golden PBA Rookie of the Year, rode the rollercoaster to lead his squad with a 1,363 total pinfall. He shot games of 210, 249, 194, 258, 186 and 266 to surge into fifth place overall.
Defending champion and native Sweden Jesper Svensson completed his first squad, totalling 1,236. The Iceman will return to the lanes in hopes of mounting a title defense.
Ryan Barnes and Sean Rash shot into the overall top three on Tuesday morning. Barnes, who shot 1,374, finished one pin shy of Tun Hakim’s leading score. Rash tallied 1,367 himself, while Sweden’s Kevin Melin notched 1,353.
Barnes discussed the adjustments he made from his first squad to his second here.
Denmark’s Jesper Agerbo outpaced the United States’ Chase Nadeau by four pins to lead the second squad on Aug. 25. Four PBA Tour players — Chase Nadeau (+92), Andrew Hall (+68), Sean Rash (+65) and Nate Purches (+18) — finished top 10 on this squad.
Rising Swedish star Nora Johansson, who became the first two-handed player to make a PWBA Tour stepladder finals last month, finished sixth with a 1,227 series.
Germany’s Dario Stein jumped into second place overall with a 1,366 (+166) series, highlighted by a 286 in Game 4.
The influx of PBA Tour players began in Squad 10 as Andrew Anderson (+121) and François Lavoie (+100) cracked the top-10 overall.
Malaysia’s Tun Hakim closed out the tournament’s opening weekend with a 1,375 series to take the overall lead on Sunday, Aug. 24. Hakim won the PBA Chameleon Championship earlier this year to become the first player from Malaysia to win a PBA Tour title.
Anton Ahlgren moved into fourth overall with his 1,312 series. He out-paced his squad by more than 10 pins per game.
William Svensson tallied 1,327, competing in his second squad, as Emma Halttunen shot 1,227 to become the first woman to average north of 200.
A 1,297 series allowed England’s Dan Harding to top Squad 6. He ranked sixth overall after his squad.
The powerful lefty James Blomgren fired 1,317 to pace the 40-player field, while tournament namesake Martin Larsen finished third on the squad with 1,285.
Noel Haglund Torgersen moved into second place with a 1,327 series. Four Swedes led this tournament’s fourth squad with the United States’ Tommie McNeal (1,263) rounding out the top five.
In the U-21 squad, Ondrej Prekop of the Czech Republic paced the field. He started with 270 en route to posting a 1,286 series.
Sweden’s Williams Svensson dominated the second squad. His 1,352 total pinfall was 111 pins better than the next-best player.
Just three players averaged more than 200 in the tournament’s opening squad. Norway’s Anders Johansen led the way, posting a 1,297 six-game series.