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Jakob Butturff uses his power to advance to championship stepladder of 2025 PBA Tournament of Champions

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: 4/19/2025, 9:30 PM
Jakob Butturff uses his power to advance to championship stepladder of 2025 PBA Tournament of Champions
Jakob Butturff advanced from the seeds 5-9 stepladder to Sunday's championship stepladder of the 2025 PBA Tournament of Champions. Photo by PBA.
In a stepladder with four left-handers, Jakob Butturff used his power to advance to Sunday’s championship stepladder of the 2025 PBA Tournament of Champions. After Matt Sanders defeated Packy Hanrahan 223-208 and A.J. Johnson 223-146, Butturff closed with a 5-bagger in beating Sanders 234-221, and then started with an 8-bagger in knocking off Keven Williams 278-247 in Saturday’s seeds 5-9 stepladder. Butturff’s corkscrew release that comes from having hypermobility in his wrist...

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