According to this Q&A with the USBC’s Tom Clark, the upcoming “Clash of Champions” event will be contested on the 2008 USBC Open Championships oil pattern, which should be both challenging and fair.
Also, according to this article, the USBC Masters will be reunited with the Open Championships next year at the Cashman Center in Las Vegas, with the Masters, still a PBA major tournament, taking place on Feb. 8-15, the week before competition begins in the Open Championships. The Masters will not be contested this calendar year, but the tournament will still be a part of the 2008-09 Denny’s PBA Tour. It is hoped that running the tournament after the Super Bowl will increase the television audience for the most prestigious event in bowling.
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