A deep dive into the urethane ball hardness tests with former USBC, World Bowling technical executive Neil Stremmel
JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: 3/3/2020, 8:00 AM
A hand-held durometer use to check bowling balls in the field for years. A reader sent it to me after reading my recent series of stories on urethane ball hardness. Photo by Jeff Richgels.
Judging by my inbox and comments on social media, I am not the only one who still has questions about the issues surrounding the urethane ball hardness tests USBC did at last month’s 2020 U.S. Open.
If you were living under a rock, I wrote three lengthy stories on the topic with these headlines:
It's a 'baseless claim' to say illegal PURPLE HAMMERs are being used on the PBA Tour, PBA Commissioner Tom Clark says
Video of a 7 series PURPLE HAMMER testing illegally soft illustrates why USB...