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E.J. Tackett faces down his demons to win 2025 PBA Pete Weber Missouri Classic for 25th PBA Tour title

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Sunday, February 16, 2025 4:00 pm
E.J. Tackett faces down his demons to win 2025 PBA Pete Weber Missouri Classic for 25th PBA Tour title
E.J. Tackett after winning the 2025 Pete Weber Missouri Classic. Photo by PBA.
It’s a time-tested truth on the PBA Tour that missed single pins will come back to bite you, whether it’s in a single-game match or over the course of a tournament. Just ask the best in the world, E.J. Tackett, who said he missed five single pins in the 2025 PBA Illinois Classic — almost unfathomable for a player of his caliber — and missed the cut to bracket match play by 13 pins. That led to some intense practice on the 10 between the Illinois Classic and 2025 Pete...