Big third round lifts Jason Couch past Tom Hess for qualifying lead as 2024 PBA50 The Villages Classic moves to final day

With the format being used in most PBA50 Tour tournaments these days, being the leader heading into bracket match play has special value. The final day — Thursday in this week’s PBA50 The Villages Classic — features an advancers round, with the top 24 then advancing to bracket match play and seeds 1-8 earning a bye. Matches are best-of-3-games. The four Round of 8 winners make the stepladder and the highest qualifier losing in the Round of 8 earns the fifth seed for the steplad...