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Tournament of Champions winner Jason Belmonte is on the greatest run in bowling history

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Sunday, February 15, 2015 11:00 pm
Tournament of Champions winner Jason Belmonte is on the greatest run in bowling history
Jason Belmonte, holding the Barbasol PBA Tournament of Champions trophy, with Storm tour reps, left to right, Del Ballard Jr., Jim Callahan and Tim Mack. Photo by Storm Products.
Trying to put the heater Jason Belmonte has been on for the last few years in historical perspective is not easy. Yes, bowling is quite different than it was, but the sport has gone through numerous changes in lane, lane surface, lane oil and bowling ball technology that have made the sport play very differently over its history.   To put it in simple terms, Don Carter was at least as different from Mark Roth as Roth is different from Belmonte. But that’s not the biggest challenge...