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Brutal short pattern tests Junior Gold U20 bowlers

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 11:00 pm
Perhaps next year’s U.S. Open should feature the Sydney pattern being used at this week’s North Pointe Junior Gold Championships in Indianapolis. The U.S. Open’s flat pattern is correctly called the toughest test in bowling, but the 33-foot Sydney pattern can’t be far off, judging by the scores and the commentary available via social media. According to this news release from Lucas Wiseman of the United States Bowling Congress, just 26 of 1,048 boys and two of 569...