What's crazy is lefty will now almost for sure be in the top 5 bowling money winners in 2019 by winning a single tournament. Good for him/her. Great spare shooting and ice water in the veins. Sometimes more about how high your floor is rather than how high your ceiling.
You do know this was only an exhibition and not a PBA tourney. So you cant classify him as being in the top 5 money winners in 2019. Now yes, he has won probably the biggest prize ever in a single bowling tourney as i don't recall any bigger, even the PBA majors give crap money for the prestigious tournaments they claim to be.
find a sponsor willing to put up the money i'm sure the PBA will gladly increase those prize funds
i think what bowlero did has both good and bad in it. on one hand it brings attention to bowling and some much needed excitement which is good, on the other hand putting it on a house shot over simplifies the game and the nuances of how/what/why that separates a pba bowler from a rec league bowler are lost on the casual audience. but overall it is still a good thing because this sport needs as much attention as it can get
personally i did not like how the whole tournament seemed arbitrary. the amateurs were selected based on submitted videos and the they brought in a bunch of pros. to me it would be have been better had they held local/regional tournaments at bowlero centers with participation in a bowlero league being a prereq and then build up toward this event. at least then it would feel like there was some merit toward the whole thing, the way they did it, it felt more like charlie and the chocolate factory, and these were the lucky ones who found golden tickets and got an invite.
