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Fusion Realtors Open lane pattern looks very challenging

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Friday, September 12, 2014 3:45 pm
The lane pattern for this weekend’s Fusion Realtors Open looks very challenging. I might even call it nasty, based on the graph and data attached as a PDF to the end of this blog. But that’s how the lanes should be for a tournament of this magnitude. The pattern is 39 feet with just under 26.5 mL of Ice oil and a 2.0-1 ratio. However, no oil is applied beyond 26.8 feet — the rest is just buff. I believe that is the flattest and shortest (by actual oil application) the...