Hi guys!  I heard of an a sweet tournament coming up this weekend in South Carolina.  Format is 10 games total pins on 2 oil patterns, 35 feet one one lane and 47 feet on the other.  The catch, you only can use 2 balls and a spare ball for spares only the entire tournament.  Practice you are allowed to throw anything in the bag but ones scores starts you get to pick your 2 balls and a spare ball for spares only if you choose to use one.  Payout is 1:5 so and is run by a guy whom I've bowled tournaments run by him before and he does a real good job.

Anyone got an ideas how to attack it?  With the short pattern obviously playing farthest to the right and up the back is most optimal but we'll see how it goes.  I'm more worried about the amount of surface on my equipment on the long pattern.  I was thinking to try and stay away from super grits b/c i would think after a few games it would be unusable.  I'm thinking strong/medium strong symetrics @ 2000 and try to stay slow enough to hopefully survive the first couple of games till they open up.  The short pattern should be ok as long as I keep the ball speed up. 

What would you guys do to gameplan?

Got no clue on the volumes.  I've bowled in the house before, AMF HPL's, at least they used to be.  Sometimes, the outside part of the lane hooks regardless of the length.  I've bowled RBT's on 45 feet there and played the 4 board.  So maybe could play there too, as for volume, I have no idea.

Unless on left!  All that strategy out the window.  It is what it is!

BY the way anyone see how much ball Jason Belmonte using on show this weekend.

Did he accidently find a FTL shot on the right?  Something different there?

REgards,

Luckylefty

If I read the rules right, you could only use the spare ball on spares?

"Practice you are allowed to throw anything in the bag but ones scores starts you get to pick your 2 balls and a spare ball for spares only if you choose to use one."

That's what I see there.

If I read the rules right, you could only use the spare ball on spares?

"Practice you are allowed to throw anything in the bag but ones scores starts you get to pick your 2 balls and a spare ball for spares only if you choose to use one."

That's what I see there.

That looks right.  I should have read it over more carefully.

It doesn't say how many on a lane, or if you have to move.  That would effect my decision.

Usually you have to move, but if you don't, then how do they assign lanes?  Can you and your friends camp out on one lane with the same strategy?   

10 games is a lot of games, and if you have a lot of guys on each lane, it is going to get toasty in places.

Did you say 47 feet.... OMG.... NABI depending on the volume.... I would suggest this --- Find a ball you dont like and sand it until your reach 200 grit and make you a line during practice on the 47 feet...  Then use a medium oil ball that you trust on carry down...

On the short pattern I would get something long and didnt jump but arc because 10 games is allot of games..  Can you say Toast... You need a ball that goes through the heads without problems and arcs...