I used to (back when I was between jobs and didn't have anything to do all day) love watching PBA50 tournaments on BowlTV. I especially liked watching qualifying where it was anyone's game. To see 220+ bowlers...all with a chance to win it all...and slowly they'd get down to about 45 and then things go pretty serious and you started to see the same names. But still, there were some guys...some new names each time...that would make the cut. And you almost HAD to root for those guys because you knew that it meant even more to them than it did for the guys that had been there 100 times before.
The only problem was watching those tournaments took FOREVER. I think it was 4-5 days straight. And they could only show 2-6 pairs at a time so you couldn't really follow a bowler...you had to wait for the bowler you wanted to see until they got to that pair. And if you happened to miss them...better hope they qualified.
I made it to a couple PWBA events and it was better watching them live...because you could move around and watch whomever you wanted. But, hard to devote 2-4 days to watching a bowling tournament if you don't work in a. bowling alley. I used to envy the pro shop guys because they'd have the tournaments on in the pro shop on the flat screens during the day.
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