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Proprietor canceling South Shore Open another blow to PBA50 Tour that seems unlikely to happen in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2020 8:00 pm
Proprietor canceling South Shore Open another blow to PBA50 Tour that seems unlikely to happen in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic
Brian LeClair, left, with Olympia Lanes manager Mike Kozy, right, after winning the PBA50 South Shore Open. Photo by Pro Bowlers Association.
As I have written numerous times, most recently earlier this week, it’s difficult to see the PBA50 Tour happening before the threat of COVID-19 is eliminated or greatly mitigated. That means a vaccine, an antibody preventative/cure, proven treatment drugs, or natural herd immunity. It’s one thing for the younger people who compete on the PBA Tour (with some exceptions like Norm Duke, Walter Ray Williams Jr., etc.) to return to competing together before that has happened....