1 T. Jones 199,071.5
2 M. Scroggins 173,230.2
3 W. Malott 168,996.0
4 M. DeVaney 161,298.0
5 N. Duke 159,359.0
6 M. Koivuniemi 151,463.5
7 P. Allen 151,180.0
8 J. Couch 144,144.0
9 R. Shafer 143,074.0
10 R. Smith 137,696.0
3 lefties in top 10 points leaders
1 Mike Scroggins 15 224.38
2 Norm Duke 16 222.85
3 Wes Malott 16 222.67
4 Tommy Jones 15 222.13
5 Michael Machuga 15 221.95
6 Jason Couch 16 221.70
7 Walter Ray Williams Jr 16 221.10
8 Parker Bohn III 16 220.65
9 Robert Smith 16 220.58
10 Patrick Allen 16 220.51
4 lefties in top 10 avgs.
1 Tommy Jones 15 $275,100
2 Mike Scroggins 15 $174,740
3 Norm Duke 16 $130,300
4 Wes Malott 16 $111,670
5 Jason Couch 16 $107,200
6 Ryan Shafer 15 $106,200
7 Patrick Allen 16 $103,945
8 Michael Machuga 15 $82,980
9 Mike Wolfe 16 $82,640
10 Mika Koivuniemi 16 $82,600
3 lefties in top 10 money
2005 Patrick Allen
2004 Mika Koivuniemi
2003 Walter Ray Williams Jr.
2002 * Parker Bohn III
2000 Norm Duke
1999 Parker Bohn III
3 lefties in top 6 POYs
I'd say its been more than fair over the last several years and on the current exempt tour, with only 5 out of 58. All the data I've ever seen shows that 12% of the population is lefthanded. I think most anyone will concede that at least 15% of the bowlers are lefthanded. 9% currently being exempt is not that far out of line in such a small sampling. The truer comparison for fairness of conditions is to take the percentage of total money won by lefties vs the percentage of bowlers (probably not available). I would be willing to wager that its more than 9%. However, its still a small sampling. I feel that they are trying to make it fair and are probably closer now than they have been in a long time.
