Now a master of short patterns, defending PBA Wolf Open champion Anthony Simonsen takes first-round lead of 2019 Wolf Open
JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: 8/26/2019, 11:30 PM
Anthony Simonsen leads after Monday's first round of the 2019 PBA Wolf Open. Photo by Pro Bowlers Association.
It was not that long ago that 2-hander Anthony Simonsen struggled on shorter lane patterns, such as the 32-foot Wolf pattern being used in the 2019 PBA Wolf Open that started Monday at Parkside Lanes in Aurora, Illinois.
Last year, Simonsen won the Wolf Open held in Oklahoma as part of the Fall Swing, beating 2018 PBA Player of the Year Andrew Anderson in the title match.
And in Monday’s first round, he blasted 1,887 on games of 200, 247, 243, 176, 300, 259, 225 and 237 to take a 21-pin ...