PBA explains why plugged balls again will be banned for the national PBA Tour only starting in 2023
JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Thursday, February 3, 2022 8:00 pm
My Storm IQ TOUR GOLD has hundreds of games on it and has been re-drilled multiple times as I've changed my grip, and the weight hole was plugged when weight holes were banned. Photo by Jeff Richgels.
After I wrote this story last month on the PBA Tour banning wrist supports with “restrictive material” such as steel or plastic supportive bracing starting in 2023, I received a couple of messages letting me know that plugged balls also would be banned starting in 2023.
I intended to get to it after the ensuing weekend’s Players Championship regional stepladders, but Sean Rash’s outburst and some other stories and work pushed everything back and I confess that I forgot...