Bowling, anyone?

[noob]

I switch to golf from bowling and found the idea that the accuracy and power of your shots come from a very relaxed swings, not the strength of your arms is true for both worlds.

Switching from bowling balls to golf balls could be the most major switch in term of ball sizes I think :D (except you want to go pro playing marbles)

[Gioguy21]

i'd agree with you, i'm in a bowling league on thursdays and a golf league on tuesdays lol (bowling is over tonight thank god...31 week season) i've played golf, baseball, softball, football and bowling...i've played with two many diff shaped balls...no homo

[Zeph]

I bowl a lot actually. I'm not good, scoring average of 165, but it's getting better. It is a very fun game, very similar to golf in that it is social, you can play with people of all ages and get to meet a lot of people.

[noob]

Do you think that in bowling, averaging 210 on PBA patterns to be equivalent to scratch score in golf in term of player skill level? :)

I average ~185 normally and on good days I can average 210 (8 games set).

Also do you think getting a hole-in-one in golf to be harder, or easier than getting a perfect game in bowling??? The reason this isn't obvious is that on the hole-in-one shot, the player was NOT under any pressure get that hole-in-one but in bowling, getting that 12th strike puts a lot of pressure on the player.

[alf174]

Every winter- I stick with the shorter leagues (done in March) because there is nothing worse than a bowling league that ends in May or June when I should be on the course.

[Sanzabar]

  noob said:

Do you think that in bowling, averaging 210 on PBA patterns to be equivalent to scratch score in golf in term of player skill level? :)

I have bowled my entire life...

I currently average 230 and 228 in two different leagues. Well, they both just ended... Golf is by far the harder sport... I am a "two-hander" (for the bowlers who know... alot like PBA pro Jason Belmonte)... I have shot 5 300's (perfect games) and I believe 6 800's sets. With the highest being a 857 without a 300. 299, 259, 299. I think if you can pick up a regular ball and you can throw it fairly straight... you can score a 150. However, not everyone can pick up a golf club and hit the ball and score a 100. Accuracy, timing and power are in both sports, but I think its in a different aspect. The 12th strike is very hard, but a hole in one is alot harder. I dont think the 12th strike is the hardest one. I believe the 2nd one in the 10th frame is alot harder than the last ball. Adreneline carries you on #12... nerves carry you on ball #11.

[alf174]

  Sanzabar said:

I have bowled my entire life...

Did I read this right? Your averages are 7 & 5 pins higher than the best PBA pro's average for '09-'10 (223).

[Sanzabar]

  alf174 said:

Did I read this right? Your averages are 7 & 5 pins higher than the best PBA pro's average for '09-'10 (223).

Its a big difference... I bowl on house oil patters... if I bowled on what the pro's bowl on... id average 190.

The pro's can miss by one board... they have to hit a target consistently. On a house shot, you can aim at an area! You dont have to hit your mark EXACTLY to shoot big in a casual league. Here is my bowling profile directly from www.bowl.com http://membership.bowl.com/USBCsearc...826&suffix;=297 And here is my to date achievements! http://membership.bowl.com/USBCsearc...826&suffix;=297 I tore my achilles in 2007.. so notice the amount of games declining.

[trumpetgolf]

Yea, it's crazy how different oil pattens affect the game. Bowling on house patterns is way different, and you get used to the pattern at your home alley. It's kind of like having a handicap playing your local muni frequently versus a guy on the tour playing at different courses set up to play outrageously hard (even though in bowling they only bowl on 5 pattens). I average ~170 but there are a few guys in my league that just dominate.

[Sanzabar]

  trumpetgolf said:

Yea, it's crazy how different oil pattens affect the game. Bowling on house patterns is way different, and you get used to the pattern at your home alley. It's kind of like having a handicap playing your local muni frequently versus a guy on the tour playing at different courses set up to play outrageously hard (even though in bowling they only bowl on 5 pattens). I average ~170 but there are a few guys in my league that just dominate.

Exactly... with me throwing the ball two handed and being left handed, it makes a huge different. There isnt another lefty who plays the same line as me, therefore, my oil never really changes!

[trumpetgolf]

  Sanzabar said:

Exactly... with me throwing the ball two handed and being left handed, it makes a huge different. There isnt another lefty who plays the same line as me, therefore, my oil never really changes!

That's like the Holy Grail of league bowling! It sucks that me and another guy on my team basically throw the same ball, and just eat up the oil by our mark. We have to start making adjustments way before we should have to.

[Sanzabar]

  trumpetgolf said:

That's like the Holy Grail of league bowling! It sucks that me and another guy on my team basically throw the same ball, and just eat up the oil by our mark. We have to start making adjustments way before we should have to.

Yea, its always tougher for righties to score.

Even if I have 3 lefties on my pair, I still dont have to make many adjustments.. for the simple fact that I throw a complete different line.

[ugottabjoshinme]

  Sanzabar said:

Yea, its always tougher for righties to score.

I'm assuming you play fiarly deep then?

I've been bowling for 15 years and average about 215 in my regular house league. I averaged 201 last summer in one of those PBA experience leagues. The normal league house shot isn't even close to fresh oil, so we don't see many averages above 215-220