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Historic singles Eagle at 2025 USBC Open Championships a surprise that leaves Marc McDowell aiming for more; Joseph Robillard, Robert Clements, Andrew Anderson, Bowlers Headquarters also win Eagles

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Monday, July 28, 2025 11:30 pm
Historic singles Eagle at 2025 USBC Open Championships a surprise that leaves Marc McDowell aiming for more; Joseph Robillard, Robert Clements, Andrew Anderson, Bowlers Headquarters also win Eagles
Marc McDowell after taking the singles lead with 795 at the 2025 USBC Open Championships. Photo by USBC.
When Marc McDowell fired 795 on May 3 to take the singles lead at the 2025 USBC Open Championships, even he didn’t think it had much chance of winning the singles Eagle, as he said in this interview with USBC. I wrote in my recap a couple of days after we bowled that I didn’t think the odds of 795 winning were good, as the minors shot was very scoreable and even in tougher years someone seems to manage 800 in singles — 2015 was the last year 795 would have won, and it...