Author Topic: just a thought...about bowling the open... (Read 3140 times)

rymacatthedisco · « **on:** March 31, 2009, 08:41:34 AM »

ok, i am sure i will get flammed for saying this and get the well you arent out there bowling and blah blah, if you really think i know nothing about bowling, then that is your choice. i know a lot, not the most and thats the best part still learning.

anyways, i want to know what the point of paying the entry fee of what 300, 400, 500 bucks is to bowl the U.S. Open or any other major event that is open to all and then average 129, 130, 140...why would you want to waste that kind of money to just say "HEY! i bowled the US OPEN" sure its cool to cross with the pros and stuff like that, but go bowl the pro-am if you want to do that...

to me it just seems like a lot of money to waste, am i jealous, absolutely! i dont have the money to fly out there and pay the entry fee otherwise i would! but my main thought is, these guys at the bottom have to know going in they dont stand a chance, why not give that money to someone they know is a good bowler who cant afford it and let them bowl...be a backer to someone so that way at least the money might have chance to be put to good use...

I dont know just my thought on it...scream and yell at me all you want...i do give these guys credit for sticking it out, but it just has to be difficult to know you are shooting 100's even 90's while there are 200's everywhere else...i mean 90?! come on...one spare...wow
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charlest · « **Reply #16 on:** April 01, 2009, 03:53:02 PM »

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For most bowlers, what's the difference between doing the US Open and Nationals?? I've never bowled it....but have heard many times that the expectation shouldn't be that you'll be going in and coming out with a 200+ average.

So.....why bother on either of them??
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I average between 195 and 205.
At Nationals i just dropped below 190 because I got lucky in minors the last two years and saw no condition.
At the US Open I'd be thrilled to average 170. Just came back from there 30 minutes ago. 90% of the bowlers are suffering greatly, intensely. If you average scratch, 200, at the US Open, you are a great bowler.

HUGE difference in the oil pattern of both events.

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gsback · « **Reply #17 on:** April 01, 2009, 04:50:58 PM »

charlest,

I probably should have elaborated a little more.

In talking with a lot of the bowlers I know that go to the Nationals, you are paying for flight, food, brackets (maybe) and bowling.....and there is no guarantee you are going to get anything back.

To me, though both may be enjoyable, the end result is the same.....paying for something with the possibility of making nothing back.

I would do either just for the enjoyment of it....plain and simply put.
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Cobalt Bomb · « **Reply #18 on:** April 01, 2009, 04:59:17 PM »

The lane conditions are entirely different. Nationals have a fair shot, gutter to gutter with a small crown in the center, while the US Open is a 40' flat pattern, that for 1/3 of your qualifying you have to bowl on the "burn" or after another squad has already bowled 6 games on it. Guys with hand are lofting the gutter cap by the 2nd or 3rd game of that block.
You could call the US Open "challenging", but I wouldn't exactly call it "fun".

quote:
charlest

I probably should have elaborated a little more.

In talking with a lot of the bowlers I know that go to the Nationals, you are paying for flight, food, brackets (maybe) and bowling.....and there is no guarantee you are going to get anything back.

To me, though both may be enjoyable, the end result is the same.....paying for something with the possibility of making nothing back.

I would do either just for the enjoyment of it....plain and simply put.
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completebowler · « **Reply #19 on:** April 01, 2009, 04:59:58 PM »

It is much easier to cash at Nationals then it is in the U.S. open.
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NoseofRI · « **Reply #20 on:** April 01, 2009, 05:06:20 PM »

quote:
charlest,

I probably should have elaborated a little more.

In talking with a lot of the bowlers I know that go to the Nationals, you are paying for flight, food, brackets (maybe) and bowling.....and there is no guarantee you are going to get anything back.

To me, though both may be enjoyable, the end result is the same.....paying for something with the possibility of making nothing back.

I would do either just for the enjoyment of it....plain and simply put.
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BR.com.....going down the toilet one nugget at a time!!

g thing is back....with a vengeance!!

www.visionarybowling.com - Accept no substitute for the very best there is!!

In bowling Nationals there is an extremely better chance at cashing and getting money back than at the US Open. The thing about Nationals is that the THB that averages 230 can go there find a good pair and shoot 700+ in a set and make a ton of money in both cashing in the tourmament itself and brackets. The US Open is 18 games over 3 days bowling on fresh twice and burn once. You either make the first cut and have a chance to go farther or you go home.

storm making it rain · « **Reply #21 on:** April 01, 2009, 05:09:55 PM »

my brother asked me what i thought i could shoot on the open pattern. my response was "not 230 because thats what it will take to make the show" like we all know these guys are that good..look at norm duke making it look like a house shot at 235 after 12 games. im in hopes for chris forry from buddies proshop also he's a great guy and im also hoping my all time favorite amleto monacelli continues his early run at it

bassnatzii · « **Reply #22 on:** April 01, 2009, 05:26:23 PM »

only reason i asked to check on those, is at work i can check this place out but not there? thats why asking

btw dole why arnt you there mr house record holder

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