I'm gonna make a prediction and say the scores this week are gonna be higher than last week. For the PTQ you had to average 240+ to make the round of 64. Through 3 games in the round of 64 4 guys shot 800+, I wonder if it's the Scorpion pattern playing easy or it could be that the pin carry is off the charts. Hopefully Jeff Carter can elaborate on this. I believe he shot over 700 for his first 3 games.

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard had a 300 in game 6 of Block 1!!
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After leading the first set...Wiseman comes back with 816 for his first 3 in the second....a lot of pins getting thrown around today/tonite
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The 63 in the field this week average 232.69 as a whole for the 882 games bowled in the first two rounds of qualifying...Unreal

1 ) Hawthorne Lanes has an older Brunswick Anvilane surface, with a lot of built in friction. I dont think it would matter which pattern they run here, scores always seem to be a little on the higher side

2) Pin Carry at Hawthorne is severely above average

3) and most importantly, and read this very closely, we are talking about 63 of the most talented bowlers in the world ( with me being 64th !!! ). You give these guys a little free hook and they will light it up.

The transitions werent easy this week, so those of you that insist on calling high scoring tournaments "house china", come on out. Just because scores are high doesnt neccessarily mean that they are easy. You might just gain an apprectiation on how good most of these guys really are

BTW, i truly appreciate the nice comments and words of support i get from these boards. Believe me, during times like these its nice to hear from people that care and for that i thank you all a great deal


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Bowl up a Storm,
Jeff Carter
www.stormbowling.com
www.jeffcarterbowling.com

I still can't get over Ryan Shafer's series of games.

256 300 300 259.

ON a PRO tour shot!  I believe changing lanes also.

More and more bowlers minds are becoming conditioned to the possibility of big numbers!

REgards,

Luckylefty


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