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PBA Oklahoma Open show an example of reverse ‘shimwrecking’ as Bill O’Neill turns tables on Jason Belmonte

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 11:00 pm
PBA Oklahoma Open show an example of reverse ‘shimwrecking’ as Bill O’Neill turns tables on Jason Belmonte
Bill O'Neill's win in the Oklahoma Open was his sixth PBA Tour title. Photo by Pro Bowlers Association.
Jason Belmonte is almost always the “shimwrecker” who jumps way inside and blows up the lines of his foes. But Tuesday’s night’s PBA Oklahoma Open show was a rare example of reverse shimwrecking as Bill O’Neill turned the tables on his good friend in winning his sixth PBA Tour title. Belmonte won last year’s Oklahoma Open by running the stepladder without a 200 game — a first in PBA Tour history. Top seed E.J. Tackett chose the flat Bear pattern for...