Overall, I like that there will seemingly be something different every week during the season. Especially interesting will be the Ultimate Scoring Championship (in which the pros will bowl on a condition similar to that which most of us league bowlers see on a weekly basis) and the Plastic Ball Championship (which will take the equipment factor out of the equation).
I also like that several tournaments will be contested on two of the regular PBA oil patterns instead of just one. The intriguing tournament with this format will be the National Bowling Stadium Championship, which will be contested on the Cheetah and Shark patterns…there couldn’t be two more different oil patterns to use. For the TV show in these events, I believe that starting lane strategy has the potential to be important, as if you have the advantage of choosing which lane to start on, you could choose to finish on your stronger pattern, and a versatile player like Tommy Jones or Mika Koivuniemi could choose to have his opponent finish on his weaker pattern.
Needless to say, I’m very much looking forward to this coming PBA Tour season. 😀
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