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Big 3 now 4? Kyle Troup beats E.J., Belmo, Simo to return top in 2024 U.S. Open

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Sunday, February 4, 2024 10:00 pm
Big 3 now 4? Kyle Troup beats E.J., Belmo, Simo to return top in 2024 U.S. Open
Kyle Troup after winning the 2024 U.S. Open. Photo by PBA.
You don’t get many arguments when you refer to Jason Belmonte, E.J. Tackett and Anthony Simonsen as bowling’s new Big 3, recalling the halcyon days of Earl Anthony, Mark Roth and Marshall Holman. The Big 3 only became part of the bowling conversation in the last couple of years, because in 2021 Kyle Troup was Player of the Year, setting a money-winning record with just shy of $500,000. Troup won the Kia PBA Playoffs in 2022 and PBA Tour Finals in 2023 and remained one of the top...