High game of the night goes to Shannon O'Keefe in match 2, winning 182-165 over Stefanie Nation.  Other than that, noone else broke 170.

One word, disgrace.

99% Certain the US Womens Open was put on by the BPAA...

Oil patterns always change, bowling balls change, bowling centers bowled in change, its when you start changing things for the worst and start losing your base of viewers that you can kill a sport.

They dont bowl in bowling alleys anymore. Format changes are fine if it isn't weekly and sparatic with no consistancy. Many sports evolve, but still keep their core the same. Football, golf, baseball ect. Bowling has tried every gimmick under the sun in the past ten years to the point it is literally unwatchable for most.

Remember when at one of the tournaments they had three women bowling at once on different lanes side by side? WTF was that?

Did you like the change you saw today with the women? Was that good for you or anyone else?

I agress that it was a very poor way to treat these women and their profession.

Remember bowling is a F$%KING INDOOR SPORT!!!

I stand corrected.  The USBC/PBA AND BPAA suck.  Besides BPAA headquarters is in the same building with USBC.  Let's not pretend they don't work together on these events.

By biggest problem with this event was that there was no way for the women to practice on the condition they bowled on.  Where can you practice outside with the sun, wind and dust and know how it will affect your game.  You can't.  All their practice and skills went out the window.  I'm sorry, but that was not bowling.  It was a circus sideshow.  Bring the clowns next time.

Well for one thing - the people that put on this dog and pony show were using our money to do it. Yeah I know, it was their money after we gave it to them.

That could change - the disincentives to bowl in tournaments just keep piling up.

I felt really badly for the gals that worked so hard to make the TV final only to get stuck in this disaster. There is no good face to be put on it. The Open used to mean something; Kelley should be able to brag about her win without an * next to it.

Have the unholy trinity of PBA, USBC, and BPAA jumped the shark? They have for me. This show gave all bowlers a black eye.

Let's just ask one final question. What would be your reaction if the golfers held the final round of their US Open at a miniature golf course complete with wind mill?

The PBA has never been fan friendly, only to the point where it's easy to watch and be close to the pros.  Other than that it's never been fan friendly or had fan interaction.  It was better in the 50s-80s as bowlers were more or less super stars and fan friendly themselves based on overall "fame" and how people acted socially.

The PBA would go along way with better starting times,  more clinics,  more meet and greets and more fan interaction.

There should be ball rep and clinics for fans during the week.  There should be product demos and things like that. 

The PBA doesn't "tour" any longer so those ideas are out the window now. 

Even the cities and towns where bowling is big, and fans love bowling the PBA can't seem to strike deals with bowling centers there any longer.

The PBA seems to think that the European and overseas two handed players, and overall international bowling personalities are the way to bring bowling back.   I don't understand this thinking and it's very clear to me that the PBA is only really interested in "international" bowling events any longer.

The worst part about this is for the last 15 years or so, the PBA has done little to promote any of the American PBA players or build their brand from within,  but now that there seems to be a fascination with European or international players (where this fascination fits in with Americans is another thing I don't really understand), the PBA is gung ho to throw as much spaghetti to the wall and see what sticks when it comes to them.  The logic behind this makes no sense at all.   The only player they really kind of promote is Rash, and that's seems to be because he is the "rival" of Belmonte. 

To me it seems like this WTBA might be what takes over the PBA thus putting an end to professional bowling in the USA or at least an end to the PBA as a sports organization.

Unless new money comes from somewhere, or some sort of new ownership comes out of the wood work,  I don't think your going to see any sort of new PBA that focuses on "touring" and professional bowling.

It's going to morph into international bowling.