Note: This story originally posted on July 26, 2018. In the years the PBA had control of the U.S. Open this century, the tournament developed a distinct identity: it was undeniably the toughest test in bowling with a flat lane pattern that made it unlike any other PBA tournament. When the PBA's 10-year deal with BPAA  to run the U.S. Open ended, BPAA and USBC took it back, canceled it and then resurrected it, as I detailed in a series of stories. What followed were a series of rules...