I just got back from Vegas bowling a tournament at the South Point, bowled there June 25th-28th. The lane conditions for that tournament were very, very dry. I took a Black Pearl Reactive, a Black Pearl Particle, a Sting and had a Black Diamond drilled while there. The only two ball that left my bag was the Black Pearl Reactive and my spare ball.
I normally don't hook the ball that much, but during this tourney I could hook the entire lane with a ton of speed. Some lanes were just to dry and I had to use my spare ball a few times.
For the 19 games I rolled, I had scores ranging from 180 up to 278(2). The high end of the house(lanes 33-64 seemed to be a little tighter but not much). On the low end(1-32) I stood on 25-30 with my feet and swung ball out far right aiming right of the last range finder at 45', but when on the high side(32-64) I was able to play a little straighter(20-25 with feet and targeting at the same area as mentioned above). Basically you just needed to swing it right of the last range finder and loop it around it and you could score pretty well. I did notice the lefties could and were playing much straighter than the righties.
My tournament results are as follows:
Team Event: 1st Place
Singles: 4th Place
Doubles: 5th
Other Events: Mixed doubles and No-Tap Doubles(didn't cash), more of the fun events of the tournament.
Hope this helps,
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Pat Patterson
