It's still too close to call for me. If Duke had actually bowled more tournaments, I'd call him a lock. In those seven tournaments he withdrew from, figure he'd make the top 16 or 8 at least three or four times. That'd give him another 30K points or more, putting him over the 200K mark with Barnes and Wes. Also put him up another $10K or so in earnings. Plus he wouldn't have been out so many weeks. As it is, it's three titles with a big stretch of nothing versus two majors with a big (big) stretch of nothing.
As much as I like PDW, by virtue of the fact that Kent won two majors versus his one major and one standard, I don't see him being in it. Couch, PA, and Rash, who all have two titles (I miss anyone?) aren't in it as far as I'm concerned. The other three, even PDW, had better overall seasons (not to mention PDW's major versus their not-majors).
It's Kent and Duke all the way. If Duke can make the show, I give him the edge. Otherwise my vote (that I don't actually get) is for Kent. Duke's extremely popular, the PBA goes out of its way to put him in the spotlight, so it's gotta be close.
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