Anthony Simonsen gives 2-handed haters a new reason to hate by winning the PBA Xtra Frame Gene Carter’s Pro Shop Classic throwing back-up shots
JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: 8/19/2018, 11:00 PM

Anthony Simonsen, center, after winning the 2018 PBA Xtra Frame Gene Carter’s Pro Shop Classic. Photo by Pro Bowlers Association.
Not that they needed it, but the 2-handed haters gained another reason to hate the style on Sunday when Anthony Simonsen won the 2018 PBA Xtra Frame Gene Carter’s Pro Shop Classic throwing a back-up ball.
Simonsen is not the first player to throw a back-up ball while trying his best (not fooling around or trying to make a statement), but he is the first to do it in a PBA Tour title match and win.
Robert Smith did throw back-up shots at times during his eighth-place finish in the 2005 Jap...