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Jakob Butturff stays on top at PBA Oklahoma Open, just a round from earning top seed for third straight PBA Tour event

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Thursday, January 10, 2019 11:00 pm
Jakob Butturff stays on top at PBA Oklahoma Open, just a round from earning top seed for third straight PBA Tour event
Jakob Butturff leads the PBA Oklahoma Open heading into Friday's final round of match play. Photo by Pro Bowlers Association.
The easy task for Jakob Butturff might be holding the top spot and earning the top seed for Sunday’s stepladder finals of the PBA Oklahoma Open live on FS1 at noon Central Time. The harder task might be winning that title on TV, as Butturff is now 1-3 as top seed and has lost as top seed in the last two PBA Tour events: the 2019 season-opening PBA Hall of Fame Classic last Sunday and the 2018 season-ending U.S. Open on Halloween. As someone as great as Hall of Famer Marshall Holman...