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Jakob Butturff starts 2019 PBA Tour just how he ended 2018 PBA Tour, taking huge lead to open PBA Hall of Fame Classic

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Thursday, January 3, 2019 10:00 pm
Jakob Butturff starts 2019 PBA Tour just how he ended 2018 PBA Tour, taking huge lead to open PBA Hall of Fame Classic
Jakob Butturff leads the PBA Hall of Fame Classic after the first round. Photo by Pro Bowlers Association.
In the last PBA Tour event of 2018, Jakob Butturff soared to a giant lead as top of the U.S. Open, though he lost the title match to Dom Barrett. While the U.S. Open ended on Halloween, Butturff picked off right where he left off in soaring to a 135-pin lead after the first round of the PBA Hall of Fame Classic. The 24-year-old lefty with the quirky corkscrew release thanks to the hypermobility he has in his wrist — commonly called double-jointed — fired games of 244, 279, 266,...