The 2021 Morris Anderson Memorial Shootout will kickoff this weekend at North Hill Bowl in Minot. The Shootout often provides one of the more talented fields we will see all season. Here are some of the story lines heading into the season’s first NDBowling.com Major Championship.
Deja Vu?
Last season, Josh Link arrived at North Hill Bowl fresh off a victory at the Storm Utah Open. Link would go on to win the Shootout for his first career NDBowling.com Major Title. This season, Link successfully defended his title a couple weeks ago at the Storm Utah Open and will enter the Shootout looking to become the first player to win back to back. With a similar pattern being used, a repeat winner is a distinct possibility.
Still chasing 300
Once again, the 300 game pot at the Morris Anderson Memorial Shootout will grow by $300. Farmers Union Insurance sponsors the 300 game pot that has not been won for many years. This season, the pot has inflated to $2700. Will you take home the $2700 300 game pot? or will the pot grow to $3000 next season?
Model of Consistency
The Morris Anderson Memorial Shootout often provides a pretty talented field and this season is no different. As talented as the field may be, a couple names repeatedly show up near the top every year. Nick Heilman and Brady Stearns have made the NDBowlTV Finals each of the last 3 seasons with Heilman making 6 of the last 7 NDBowlTV Finals. Will the model of consistency continue this season? I think it’s a safe bet that we will be seeing one or both of these players on NDBowlTV Sunday afternoon.
NDBowling.com Player of the Year Race
TOP 10:
1 – Mike Larson | 42.30
2 – Wade Scott | 40.05
3 – Blake Wallstrum | 39.60
4 – Jeremiah Smith | 37.80
5 – Eric Kempel | 36.00
5 – Thomas Wolf | 36.00
7 – Randy Peterson | 31.95
8 – Travis Hersrud | 31.50
9 – Mike Green | 30.60
10 – Jon Breckel | 29.25
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Bold Predictions
The conditions at the 2021 Morris Anderson Memorial Shootout will test even the most talented players in the field. The pattern that will be used for the 2021 Shootout is much like the one used in 2020 and I expect the results to be similar as well. Here are my bold predictions for the final 5 on NDBowlTV.
– Nick Heilman
– Brady Stearns
– Josh Link
– Dave Langer
– Dale Newton
Bold prediction stats: 17 Tournaments – 85 Picks
| 6 Winners | 17 Stepladder | 35 Made Cut | 20 Missed Cut | 7 Didn’t Bowl |
Tune in Sunday at approximately 1-2 pm CST for live coverage of the finals on NDBowlTV
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