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Opening webcast of 2016 Open Championships confirms similar toughness of team pattern to 2015

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Friday, March 11, 2016 10:00 pm
Opening webcast of 2016 Open Championships confirms similar toughness of team pattern to 2015
5 ICT Bowlers took the lead in team at the 2016 USBC Open Championships on Friday. Photo by United States Bowling Congress.
The experts I talked to for my story analyzing the lane patterns for the 2016 USBC Open Championships all said the patterns should play much like they did in 2015, as they are just slightly tweaked from the 2015 patterns. Friday’s night’s first webcast of the 2016 tournament confirmed both the toughness and similarity of the team pattern as a talented group made up mostly of former Wichita State bowlers and including PBA Tour champion Jake Peters and former Team USA member Geoffrey...