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.
9 hours ago
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.
11 hours ago
RENO, Nev. - Jakob Butturff of Tempe, Arizona, may not be a U.S. Open champion, but he still has been one of the most dominant and talked about bowlers at the tournament in recent years.
Following two less-than-stellar performances at the prestigious event, the 26-year-old left-hander has reclaimed his place at the top of the U.S. Open standings, this time pacing the 108-player field at the National Bowling Stadium with a 1,914 eight-game total, a 239.25 average.
He was followed in the standings Tuesday by Sean Lavery-Spahr of Pasadena, Texas (1,851), Brent Boho of Indianapolis (1,843), Sweden s Pontus Andersson (1,837) and Michael Davidson of Versailles, Ohio (1,832).
16 hours ago
RENO, Nev. - Denmark s Thomas Larsen said he was excited to return to the National Bowling Stadium because he d bowled well there in the past, and he was able to continue that success Sunday with a win at the 2021 United States Bowling Congress Masters.
The 31-year-old right-hander defeated top seed Jesper Svensson of Sweden in a see-saw match, 197-176, for his third Professional Bowlers Association Tour title and the first major victory of his career. He became the first bowler from Denmark to win the USBC Masters.
The Masters stepladder was broadcast live Sunday on Fox Sports FS1 as part of the 2021 PBA Tour television schedule. The event was the fourth of five majors on the 2021 PBA Tour calendar, and the win earned Larsen a $30,000 top prize.