Jakob Butturff averaged 246.4 in Thursday’s cashers round and moved past Jesper Svensson to lead the PBA Oklahoma Open heading into match play at FireLake Bowling Center in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
The lefty with the quirky corkscrew release fired games of 279, 237, 264, 265, 259, 228 and 193 for 1,725 and a 21-game total of 5,153 (245-3 average) on the Mark Roth 42 lane pattern.
The top 24 had advanced from the 14 games of qualifying on Tuesday and Wednesday and the top 16 advanced from the...