The PBA Tour doubled the number of 2-pattern tournaments for 2020 to six from three in 2019, with PBA Commissioner Tom Clark in this lengthy Q&A citing numerous reasons, including for fairness, demanding versatility of players, for showing the differences between professionals and league bowlers, for interest level for fans, and for TV appeal.
For this week’s Hall of Fame Classic, players faced the 45-foot Dick Weber lane pattern on the left lanes and 39-foot Mike Aulby on the right...