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Jakob Butturff finally gets back in the winner’s circle in heart-stopping showdown with E.J. Tackett in 2023 PBA Scorpion Championship at World Series of Bowling XIV

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 10:00 pm
Jakob Butturff finally gets back in the winner’s circle in heart-stopping showdown with E.J. Tackett in 2023 PBA Scorpion Championship at World Series of Bowling XIV
Jakob Butturff after winning the 2023 PBA Scorpion Championship on Tuesday. Photo by PBA.
There was a time when Jakob Butturff made winning a habit. A serious habit. In 2016, he set a PBA record with nine PBA Regional wins, and he now has 27 at just 28 years old. He won his first two PBA Tour titles in 2016, two more in 2018, and three in 2019, including the USBC Masters. And there were near misses in there, most notably back-to-back U.S. Opens that he lost after leading by hundreds of pins, or his record would have been even more impressive. But then the PBA Tour titles stopped...