I was watching and couldnt believe it also. It is unreal on how hard jason belmonte or any other of todays pros can get the ball to drive that hard through the pins almost effortlessly. Its almost hard to believe with how much power they have that anything is left standing on the pindeck lol
Come to a casual curling bonspiel up here in Canada. Drinking is part of the game. I once won "C" Group in a bonspiel with a major league hangover.
Back when I was serious the local house weights were 3lb 4-6 oz. pro level were at least 3lb 6 oz. and could be up to 3lb 10 oz.
When i bowled in the junior gold championships, a local alley owner told us that the alleys that they use generally have a little bit deeper gutters up to the deepest you are allowed to legally have per tournament rules. This would be different so you couldnt rely on messengers and had to make good shots. If you didnt you paid for it, like i did a lot lol. There were a couple other things he said too in addition to the pin weight, a lot of things that i would have never noticed otherwise
Yes when you get to a certain level there are a lot of details and nuances that most people aren't aware of.
You can say that again. At first the only thing i noticed was holy crap what am i doing wrong here. Which im not blaming my bad bowling on those little things alone, because i made a lot of errors on my part. But these were very interesting things that made me really think once i heard about them lol
A little off-topic, but about 35 years ago my brother Tom got a hole in one. It was in a regulation 18-hole game and was witnessed by the three other members of his foursome. He did it with a Spalding golf ball; they sent him a certificate for his wall and a gift certificate for a dozen golf balls.
I caddied at the Brae Burn Country Club in Newton MA. (Very high end). They had a curling league in the wintah.
Thats awesome he got a hole in one! Im lucky if i make it to the green in 10 strokes lol i wonder what they would do if he were to get a hole in one today? Does somebody have to witness it?
Probably around the same time, I had a double eagle at the course my buddies and I regularly played. Unfortunately, there was a temporary green in play that day which discounted the feat. I still say 2 on a par 5 is quite an accomplishment. I still have that golf ball too! Exactly one week later, my buddy aced the 16th hole at the same course. Since it was spring, his was the first shot onto the regulation green as we waited for the greenskeeper to move the pin from the temporary green. I had to follow that, after ducking the 9 iron he threw into the sky when his ball disappeared into the cup. Dumb bass forgot to remove that ball from play and nearly lost it on the next hole!
