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Tom Hess puts on a Hall of Fame performance to win the 2023 PBA50 Fort Myers Lightning Strikes Lanes Classic and become eligible for the PBA Hall of Fame

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Wednesday, August 23, 2023 8:30 pm
Tom Hess puts on a Hall of Fame performance to win the 2023 PBA50 Fort Myers Lightning Strikes Lanes Classic and become eligible for the PBA Hall of Fame
Tom Hess beams after winning the 2023 PBA50 Fort Myers Lightning Strikes Lanes Classic to become eligible for the PBA Hall of Fame. Photo by PBA.
If you want voters to vote for you for a Hall of Fame, you need to do things that show them you are worthy of that vote. Tom Hess became eligible for the PBA Hall of Fame on Wednesday night by winning the 2023 PBA50 Fort Myers Lightning Strikes Lanes Classic for his fifth PBA50 Tour title, including two majors — in addition to his win in the 2011 USBC Masters.   And Hess did it in a fashion that definitely was Hall of Fame worthy, rampaging through a strong stepladder of PBA...