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Early reports from 2017 USBC Open Championships paint a familiar picture of lane conditions

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Thursday, March 9, 2017 5:00 am
Early reports from 2017 USBC Open Championships paint a familiar picture of lane conditions
The Classic Lanes Raisins, top row, and Classic Lanes Kids dominated the leaderboards early in the 2017 USBC Open Championships. Photo by United States Bowling Congress.
In a general sense, there aren’t any tricks to succeeding at the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships: Do a little homework to come up with a game plan that enables you to keep the ball around the pocket at the start, work together to transition the lanes in a logical way, take advantage of the lanes when they open up, and make your spares. For more than a decade, it’s been possible to come up with a solid game plan by reading the Open Championships lane pattern data...