It was only a couple of years ago that Francois Lavoie was looking like the next big thing in bowling, winning the 2016 U.S. Open and Shark Championship as he became PBA Rookie of the Year, and then the 2017 Greater Jonesboro Open.
With a fundamentally sound and relatively simple game, the modern day stroker seemed like a player who would never get in a serious slump.
But then he somewhat disappeared, so much so that when I went to the FloBowling Summer Swing in August, I asked a few people I...

While the other four major champions on the show struggled mightily to hit the pocket at Victory Lanes in Mooresville, N.C., Lavoie pounded it in routing Anthony Simonsen 214-164 and top seed Sean Rash 221-172, staying clean until a meaningless final frame open.

Back to basics equals back on top for Francois Lavoie, who wins his second U.S. Open