In the coming months, we'll talk with some of the best-known bowlers at the USBC Open Championships and get their thoughts on their time at the tournament and what it takes to succeed on the championship lanes.

This week, we heard from former Team USA member Jennifer Higgins (Petrick), who made her way to the National Bowling Stadium to compete at the Open Championships earlier this month.

The 29-year-old right-hander is a two-time Team USA member (2002, 2005), and a four-time member of Junior Team USA (2001-04). She won two gold and two silver medals at the 2004 World Tenpin Bowling Association World Youth Championships and one gold medal and one silver medal at the 2005 Pan American Bowling Confederation Women's Championships.

On April 8, just hours before hitting the tournament lanes for her team event, Higgins and her now husband, Dan Higgins Jr., were married in The Biggest Little City in the World.

This year on the lanes, Higgins shot 668 in singles, 628 in doubles and 553 in team for a 1,846 all-events total.

HOMETOWN: Canton, Ohio

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS APPEARANCES: Seven

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS TITLES: 0

BOWLING BALL WEIGHT: 15

FAVORITE BRAND OF BOWLING BALLS: Ebonite International

ONE all-time favorite host city: Las Vegas

TWO best Open Championships memories: 1. getting married right before I bowled the team event this year; 2. shooting 758 in team and 2,057 all-events in 2006

THREE keys to success at the Open Championships: 1. relax and have fun; 2. make your spares; 3. don't let your eyes wander

FOURgettable Open Championships moment: bowling a game under 170 and any open that knocks me out of clean pot

FIVE bowlers in history on your Open Championships fantasy all-star team: Pete Weber, Olivia Sandham, Jason Couch, Dan Higgins and me.

SIX bowling balls currently in your Open Championships arsenal: Ebonite Mission 250K, Ebonite Vital Sign, Columbia 300 Pure Physics, Columbia White Dot, Track 715C

SEVEN cities you'd like to see the Open Championships go to/return to: Columbus, Ohio, Chicago, New York, Miami, Dallas, Los Angeles

EIGHT favorite bowling balls ever: 3-D Hammer and whatever ball works on the shot I'm bowling on

NINE other current/eligible bowlers you would choose to join you on your ideal pair of companion teams at the Open Championships: Jen Higgins, Pete Weber, Olivia Sandham, Jason Couch, Dan Higgins, Stefanie Nation, Emily Maier, Steve Harman, Ronnie Russell and Chris Loschetter.

TEN seconds or less, who is your favorite bowler of all-time?: Pete Weber

ELEVEN strikes in a row to start a game at the Open Championships, what's going through your head?: Focus on my keys and try to hit my target

TWELVE years from now, where do you hope to be in your bowling career?: I would like to have a couple of Queens or Women's U.S. Open titles.