Anthony Simonsen retained his lead over a tightly bunched field after Thursday’s first round of match play in the 2020 PBA Tournament of Champions at AMF Riviera Lanes in Fairlawn, Ohio.
Simonsen went 4-4 with games of 226, 202, 235, 182, 207, 235, 238 and 213 to finish with a 5,869 total counting 30 bonus pins for each match win, giving him an 8-pin lead over the 6-2 and 5,861 of 2018 PBA Player of the Year Andrew Anderson.
“It seemed like the lanes just played difficult in...