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RENO, Nev. - For the first time all week, there is a new leader at the U.S. Open.
Puerto Rico s Cristian Azcona averaged more than 250 during the first eight games of match play Friday night at the National Bowling Stadium, including a 298 game, to surge into the lead with a 9,262 total.
His score includes 40 games of pinfall across four lane conditions and 30 bonus pins for each of his six wins in the opening round of matches.
It took Azcona 39 games to climb his way up the standings, and he settled in just ahead of left-hander Jakob Butturff of Tempe, Arizona, who is second with 9,258. Butturff was the leader after all three rounds of qualifying and the Cashers Round, which took place Friday morning.
RENO, Nev. - When Jakob Butturff of Tempe, Arizona, said he was going to be comfortable on the lane condition being used for the third round of qualifying at the 2021
U.S. Open, choosing him to lead for a third consecutive day would ve been the safest bet at any sportsbook near the National Bowling Stadium.
Now, the 26-year-old left-hander will have a few more days to try to parlay his qualifying success into the first U.S. Open win of his career, a title that has eluded him, despite equally dominant performances in recent years.
Butturff averaged 227.88 over 24 games this week to pace the 108-player field at the NBS, and he ll now lead the top 36 players into the Cashers Round, which will get underway Friday at 1 p.m. Eastern.
RENO, Nev. - If the 2021
U.S. Open were a class in school, Jakob Butturff of Tempe, Arizona, would give himself an A-minus for his first two days of competition at the National Bowling Stadium.
The seven-time
Professional Bowlers Association Tour champion and his fellow competitors have been tested twice in the form of challenging oil patterns, and he has set the grading curve as the overall leader through two rounds of qualifying.
Butturff passed the week s first test with flying colors, averaging nearly 240 in the opening round, and while Wednesday s flat 40-foot lane condition yielded much lower scores, he again considered his performance a success.
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RENO, Nev. - If the 2021 U.S. Open were a class in school, Jakob Butturff of Tempe, Arizona, would give himself an A-minus for his first two days of competition at the National Bowling Stadium.
The seven-time Professional Bowlers Association Tour champion and his fellow competitors have been tested twice in the form of challenging oil patterns, and he has set the grading curve as the overall leader through two rounds of qualifying.
Butturff passed the week s first test with flying colors, averaging nearly 240 in the opening round, and while Wednesday s flat 40-foot lane condition yielded much lower scores, he again considered his performance a success.