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Battling sliding leg injury, Jakob Butturff goes back to plain urethane and soars to top of 2020 PBA Hall of Fame Classic

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Thursday, January 16, 2020 11:00 pm
Battling sliding leg injury, Jakob Butturff goes back to plain urethane and soars to top of 2020 PBA Hall of Fame Classic
Jakob Butturff's huge second round boosted him into the lead of the 2020 PBA Hall of Fame Classic. Photo by Pro Bowlers Association.
I would imagine more than a few FloBowling subscribers were surprised to listen to this interview with Jakob Butturff and learn that he ever uses anything but plain urethane balls. For this week’s PBA Hall of Fame Classic, players faced the 45-foot Dick Weber lane pattern on the left lanes and 39-foot Mike Aulby on the right lanes at the International Training and Research Center in Arlington Texas. According to the new 2020 patterns in the PBA member area, Weber has a 3.44-1 main ratio...