Update: How Joel Carlson shot 2,164 all-events in Reno
JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: 3/15/2011, 2:00 AM
<span id="gallery-cutline">Former Madisonian Joel Carlson of Omaha, Neb., grabbed the lead in all-events at the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships with 2,164 on March 12-13.</span>
Update: After taking the lead with 2,164 all-events, Joel
Carlson said what seems logical when comparing the 2011 USBC Open
Championships lane pattern to the 2010 pattern.
"Analysis of this year's condition is not rocket science,"
Carlson said in an e-mail to me. "Very similar to last year, a
little more hook and a bit more forgiving. If the ball you're using
isn't striking, switch."
That last sentence ...