If anyone was thinking topography was important only for high-level bowling on tough lane patterns, the 2019 Wisconsin State USBC Bowling Association Championships &mdash; aka the State Tournament &mdash; at Dale&rsquo;s Weston Lanes should have changed their minds.
Actually, anyone who read the never-before-told story of how topography was behind the huge scores at the 1989 ABC Tournament already knew that.
And years before I wrote that story, I wrote about the eye-opening experience of...

If anyone was thinking topography was important only for high-level bowling on tough lane patterns, the 2019 State Tournament at Dale’s Weston Lanes should have changed their minds. The high-scoring tournament saw records set with no significant change in the lane patterns from prior years.

Record scores at State Tournament not voodoo, but work of Bowling Voodoo and proof of power of topography