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Fresh off PBA50 four-peat, Pete Weber returns to USBC Open Championships for first time since 1980

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: 6/8/2016, 9:00 AM
Fresh off PBA50 four-peat, Pete Weber returns to USBC Open Championships for first time since 1980
Pete Weber in 1980, the last year he bowled in the ABC Tournament/USBC Open Championships. Photo from YouTube.
Fresh off a record four straight wins on the PBA50 Tour, Pete Weber this week returns to the USBC Open Championships for the first time since 1980, when he was just a teenager and rookie on the PBA Tour. How is he eligible? The rules for the 2016 Open Championships state that anyone who won a PBA national title during the 2014 or 2015 PBA Tour seasons is ineligible (Weber hasn’t won a Tour title since the 2013 PBA Tournament of Champions) and anyone in the top 25 money leaders for 2015 i...

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