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Pair of all-time champions and major champions tied for lead after opening round of 2019 PBA50 National Championship

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 10:00 pm
Pair of all-time champions and major champions tied for lead after opening round of 2019 PBA50 National Championship
Walter Ray Williams Jr. and Norm Duke (not pictured) are tied for the lead after Tuesday's opening round of the PBA50 National Championship. Photo by Pro Bowlers Association.
PBA Hall of Famers Walter Ray Williams Jr. and Norm Duke are first and third in PBA Tour titles with 47 and 40, and they are not far behind PBA major title leader Jason Belmonte’s 11 with eight and seven, respectively. So it’s appropriate that in the first PBA50 Tour major of the year, Williams and Duke are tied for the lead — although it's only after the first round. Both totaled 1,479 for six games on the Billy Hardwick 44 lane pattern (30.04 mL of oil and a 2.43-1 main...