Sean Lavery-Spahr leads after first round as 2025 USBC Masters sees lowest scores since 2021

USBC lane pattern designer Nick Hoagland’s interesting hourglass lane pattern produced the lowest scores at the USBC Masters since 2021 in Monday’s first round of qualifying, but they were not way out of range of recent years. The sold-out field of 390 players is bowling 15 games of qualifying over Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, Michigan, with all competitors bowling two 5-game blocks on fresh oil and one on the burn. The top 63 players, based on to...