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3 balls used during 2022 KIA PBA Tournament of Champions fail pre-TV hardness checks, sources say

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Wednesday, March 2, 2022 9:00 am
3 balls used during 2022 KIA PBA Tournament of Champions fail pre-TV hardness checks, sources say
A hand-held durometer use to check bowling balls in the field for years. Uncalibrated durometers like this one no longer are considered reliable for checking ball hardness. Photo by Jeff Richgels.
Note: This story originally posted on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022 before the Tournament of Champions TV finals and has been updated multiple times. Also, I always capitalize the names of balls (except in quotes of others' posts) as a matter of style because long ago I got enough incorrect complaints that I never mentioned non-Storm balls used by players. The capitalization makes them stand out.  Three balls that were used during the 2022 KIA PBA Tournament of Champions failed PBA's pre-TV...