Fortunately most of them are really long oil, so the option of playing in and tight exists.
In general, picking a solid steady ball and not sending the ball right looks like a decent option.
Take the rule of 31. Oil distance - 31 = ideal breakpoint with the limit being 15 board. Playing over 20-25 out to 14-15 is probably all you have and it probably would do the job of keeping you out of trouble.
For the 30', I'd try the ditch and if that doesn't work, go back to that same deep/tight strategy with urethane or dull plastic to control the backends.
The fact that the centre is wood will make the patterns potentially scoreable. If there is a grooved out track area just work with that and see what you can do. I bowled on a 45' WTBA pattern last night on wood and used a Urethane Avalanche at 800 grit up 9 and inched in, not having a game under deuce just because of the beat up surface giving me some help
Brandon Riley
Brunswick Advisory Staff
The opinions expressed are solely those of the writer and not of Brunswick Corporation.
