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Jakob Butturff moves past Jesper Svensson to lead PBA Oklahoma Open heading into match play

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Thursday, January 10, 2019 4:00 pm
Jakob Butturff moves past Jesper Svensson to lead PBA Oklahoma Open heading into match play
Jakob Butturff leads the PBA Oklahoma Open heading into match play. Photo by United States Bowling Congress.
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...