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Tom Hess completes domination of qualifying at 2021 USBC Senior Masters as top 64 move to match play

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Thursday, September 16, 2021 10:00 pm
Tom Hess completes domination of qualifying at 2021 USBC Senior Masters as top 64 move to match play
Tom Hess after winning the 2020 La Crosse Open. Photo by La Crosse Open.
If the USBC Senior Masters used the standard qualifying-match play-stepladder finals format with pins carrying over from qualifying, Tom Hess would be in prime position to make a run at his second straight PBA50 Tour major title. Instead, Hess, who won the PBA50 Senior U.S. Open on Sept. 7, will see the 122-pin advantage he built up over 15 games of qualifying Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday disappear as the top 64 move in the 223-player field  to double-elimination match play Friday at...