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Deo Benard nearly breaks scoring record in leading Day 1 at 2026 USBC Masters. And how 'no urethane' isn’t really no urethane

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Tuesday, March 24, 2026 11:00 pm
Deo Benard nearly breaks scoring record in leading Day 1 at 2026 USBC Masters. And how 'no urethane' isn’t really no urethane
As I’ve written numerous times, being a left-hander on the PBA Tour is a feast or famine existence I'd never want to deal with, as modern technology has made it ever harder for lane men to find that shrinking middle ground between left-handed dominance and despair: Miss or bowl poorly in one of the weeks the lefties have it and you are in trouble.   Already in just the first five events of the 2026 PBA Tour, we saw the Pete Weber Missouri Classic featuring four lefties in the...