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In wild day of doubles action at 2018 USBC Open Championships, solid veterans Bill Webb and Ron Nelson emerge with lead

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Wednesday, April 4, 2018 5:00 pm
In wild day of doubles action at 2018 USBC Open Championships, solid veterans Bill Webb and Ron Nelson emerge with lead
Bill Webb, left, and Ron Nelson, right, took the doubles lead at the 2018 USBC Open Championships on Wednesday. Photo by United States Bowling Congress.
One of my old sayings back in the day when I actually was capable of taking the lead was, “You can’t win an Eagle if you don’t leave with the lead.” Five times that worked out in my career, but perhaps another dozen times it didn’t — some predictably so and some painfully so. Bill Webb and Ron Nelson are two very good players who have had many close calls at the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships wihout winning an Eagle. When they left the...