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Michael Haggitt earns a coveted banner by winning PBA50 South Shore Classic for first PBA50 Tour title

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Thursday, July 13, 2023 11:00 pm
Michael Haggitt earns a coveted banner by winning PBA50 South Shore Classic for first PBA50 Tour title
Michael Haggitt, second from left, is all smiles after winning his first PBA50 Tour title. Photo by PBA.
Being left-handed in high-level bowling almost always is a blessing or a curse: The sweet spot a lane man seeks that makes it fairly equitable in difficulty between the right and the left has never been smaller. That means one side or the other has an advantage — sometimes a large advantage. And in order to avoid a mutiny by the nearly 90 percent of players who are right-handed, a lane man has to be careful not to give the left side the advantage too often. The result is that being...