When the United States Bowling Congress announced a myriad of changes for the 2017 U.S. Open that included a 144-player field mostly filled by earned spots, many on social media raised questions of why there weren’t qualifying events being held across the country for spots, as there were in the golden era. As I detailed in this story, USBC Executive Director Chad Murphy in a Facebook post a day after the changes were announced said the goal for 2018 and going forward is to return to the...