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This time, Norm Duke comes through in final frame to win: PBA50 Race City Open is fourth career PBA50 Tour title

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Wednesday, May 3, 2017 11:00 pm
This time, Norm Duke comes through in final frame to win: PBA50 Race City Open is fourth career PBA50 Tour title
Norm Duke after winning the PBA50 Race City Open. Photo by Pro Bowlers Association.
Two weeks earlier in the championship match of PBA50 Pasco County Florida Open, Norm Duke needed just a 9-count in the 10th frame to win the title and 8-1 to tie. He left a 2-4-8-10 split and got just the 2-4 as he went for the spare and win, handing Brian LeClair the title, as I detailed in this story. Needless to say, the 38-time PBA Tour champion has rarely if ever faltered like that in his Hall of Fame care. A chance for redemption came Wednesday night in the title match of the PBA50 Race...