In what might have been a make-or-break moment for her career, Shannon O’Keefe got a second chance and went on to win the 2017 Smithfield PWBA Tour Championship on Wednesday night for her first major title.
To understand why the moment Wednesday night was so potentially impactful, you have to go back to the 2015 U.S. Women’s Open, when O’Keefe left a washout in the 10th frame of the title match and sat on the bench as Liz Johnson closed her out 190-189.
The lanes were so...