USBC and lane pattern designer Nick Hoagland threw a fascinating curveball at the players who will be competing in the 2025 U.S. Women’s Open starting Thursday at Sun Valley Lanes & Games in Lincoln, Nebraska.
They will face nearly identical patterns as the players at the 2025 U.S. Open faced, with two of the four patterns being identical and the other two having just small differences in oil volume and distance while the ratios are identical.
Who would think the women's patterns...