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After going to school on competitors, Anthony Simonsen leads after Day 1 of 2026 U.S. Open

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Tuesday, March 3, 2026 11:00 pm
After going to school on competitors, Anthony Simonsen leads after Day 1 of 2026 U.S. Open
Anthony Simonsen after leading the first round of the 2026 U.S. Open. Photo by USBC.
For most of the PBA Tour, tournaments are one squad, which PBA says is something desired by most players to eliminate squad equity issues. Two exceptions are the USBC-operated U.S. Open and USBC Masters, which feature three squads. That means the players who bowl later in the day on a pattern — each qualifying day at the U.S. Open and the first day in the USBC Masters — have the advantage of seeing how early squad players attack a pattern. (Whatever might be seen in a practice...