E.J. Tackett overcomes more conditions than just the oil pattern to lead PBA Xtra Frame Parkside Lanes Open after first round

As I was riding down to the PBA Xtra Frame Parkside Lanes Open on Saturday morning, I received a text message telling me to be ready for uncomfortable conditions at the center in Aurora, Illinois, as the air conditioning was broken amid a blistering heat wave hitting the central U.S. As my girlfriend Susie “Fever” Dyhr and I walked into the low end of the center we were stunned by how cool it was, only to be told by the first person we talked to that we just needed to head to the hi...