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E.J. Tackett loses a little of big lead, but still 213 pins up heading into final day of match play at 2022 U.S. Open

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: 2/4/2022, 11:00 PM
E.J. Tackett loses a little of big lead, but still 213 pins up heading into final day of match play at 2022 U.S. Open
E.J. Tackett leads by 213 pins heading into the final day of match play at the 2022 U.S. Open. Photo by USBC.
When E.J. Tackett soared to a 271-pin lead during Friday’s cashers round of the 2022 U.S. Open I wrote that “Lane pattern 4 is used from the cashers round on, which appears to make Tackett a lock to be the top seed. However, as any serious bowler or bowling fan knows, every time a lane pattern is put down, it turns out different, and gets made different as bowlers compete.” Friday night’s first round of match play at Woodland Bowl in Indianapolis came on a fresh applicat...

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