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Bill O'Neill, Anthony Simonsen earn top seeds, tough choices for 2021 PBA Tour Finals group stepladders

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Saturday, June 26, 2021 6:00 pm
Bill O'Neill, Anthony Simonsen earn top seeds, tough choices for 2021 PBA Tour Finals group stepladders
Anthony Simonsen rolls a shot during Saturday's seeding rounds of the 2021 PBA Tour Finals. Photo by PBA.
Bill O’Neill and Anthony Simonsen each earned two things at the 2021 PBA Tour Finals on Saturday: top seeds for Sunday’s group stepladders and tough choices in which lane pattern to select. The Marshall Holman 38 pattern was quite playable with urethane and tricky with reactive resin, while the Johnny Petraglia 46 lane pattern clearly was softer, with the pocket very accessible and finding the right solution to carry being the key. O’Neill rolled 201 and 235 on Holman to the...