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00:26This is one of my secondary homes, basically.
00:30Get some side money, some pocket money.
00:35I think bowling's kind of a unique sport where you don't need to be the strongest guy
00:40in the room, or not exactly the most athletic.
00:47So, I just started doing this, I think today's going to be like the sixth day I've done this.
00:53Sixth day active streak, woohoo!
00:56I was having back problems last season, so it's kind of a sign to start taking care
01:02of myself.
01:03Just like small random stretches.
01:06When I saw some of these names, I'm like, what the fuck is this?
01:09My shoulder blades have been really appreciative of this one.
01:16Now we're almost to the toes, that's kind of nice.
01:32The 2025 U.S. Open in Indianapolis already saw last year's champion get eliminated.
01:39Now, the remaining bowlers who did make the cut will compete to make the show.
01:44Show.
01:45The show.
01:45TV show.
01:46The TV show.
01:47Or the telecast, featuring the last nine bowlers standing, battling it out over two days on TV.
01:56Chasing that big payday, an oversized trophy, and of course, the second most coveted green
02:03jacket in all of sports.
02:12From Las Vegas, Nevada, Anthony Simonson.
02:17So I grew up in Mesquite, Texas, just outside of Dallas.
02:23It was rough at times.
02:25We had very little money, and throughout the years, there were times where my mom would
02:29drop me off when she worked right around the corner from the bowling alley.
02:34For me, it had kind of turned into a daycare, and I moved up as an adult bowler at the
02:39age
02:39of 16.
02:412016 Masters Champion!
02:43I broke the record to become the youngest person to ever win a PBA major title.
02:48But throughout my nine or ten years now, there's always a challenge, and it was going to be
02:54a long, grueling week.
02:55So on these events where they do two telecasts, my main goal is make the top four.
03:00Fuck.
03:02Ah, you fucking dumb fuck.
03:06How do we get a strike over here?
03:10It went fucking dead sideways over there.
03:18But then it doesn't pick up.
03:20If you need something that doesn't glue up in the middle of the line.
03:25Similar but different to golf, in a way we have caddies, they're ball reps.
03:29Now, to be clear, a ball rep doesn't hold your balls like Happy Gilmore's caddy holds
03:34Happy's clubs, but a ball rep does help a bowler read the way the oil's transitioning on the
03:45lane, and can recommend which ball might work best accordingly.
03:51I was trying to struggle, and I had thrown a shot, and I had either gotten four or five,
03:55and it was split through the face.
03:57Yeah, it was real fucking useful.
04:01I was, you know, asking my ball rep for a little bit of help, and we couldn't really seem to
04:05get
04:06anywhere.
04:06So you have any ideas?
04:08Or are you just going to let me fucking get five every fucking time I miss?
04:12If you're going to throw them like that, they're going to get five every time.
04:14I mean, I barely fucking, you know what, fuck you, don't help me the rest of the week.
04:22All right, I'm going to smack Rob in the face, okay?
04:25Like, I barely fucking touched the holes, so I said, are you going to give me some fucking
04:28ideas, or are you going to keep letting me get five?
04:30So if you're going to throw it like that, you're going to get five.
04:31I'm going to fucking bust his ass one fucking day.
04:34I don't like that fucking guy, okay?
04:37I don't like him at all.
04:41It's fucking bullshit.
04:42He's going to get fucking punched in the face.
04:45That's fucking, that's bullshit.
04:46All right.
04:46You can't fucking do that.
04:48No?
04:48Hold on.
04:51I'm going to do what I want, okay?
04:53Don't do it.
04:53I'm going to do what I want, thanks.
04:55I actually am.
04:56No.
04:56Then go write me a fine, and I'll sign it.
04:58All right, I guess I will.
04:59Please do.
05:01Some of the things I've gotten fined for, equipment damage.
05:05God damn it, man.
05:06Unbecoming of a professional, which can mean a lot of different things.
05:09Hey, all you haters, y'all didn't think this would happen again, did you?
05:12How exhausted do you feel right now?
05:14No comment.
05:15Sunday, ready for the show?
05:17No comment.
05:19The most is probably profanity.
05:21I had a fucking reset.
05:22You fucking big girl.
05:23Fuck.
05:23Any fucking idea would be nice.
05:25You might go fuck yourself.
05:26Bowled three fucking games and nobody said anything.
05:28Not one fucking thought.
05:29Sometimes it's aggressive.
05:31Fucking hard is it to just not fucking do that.
05:33Fucking impossible, I think.
05:35Sometimes it's not aggressive.
05:37Let me speed these motherfuckers up, please.
05:40Throughout the years, I don't know if anybody's been fine more than me.
05:46One for you and one for you.
05:48How about that?
05:49Fucking piece of shit.
05:51Fucking panels bounce.
05:52Fucking ends nowhere near on spot.
05:54My only comment is no comment.
05:56They don't want to hear what I have to say.
05:58Anthony Simonson, he can say some pretty outlandish stuff.
06:01Suck my fucking left nut.
06:04If he's bowling bad, put the earplugs in for the kids.
06:08Fiery.
06:10He's not afraid to say what he's thinking.
06:12Yeah, just fucking make up your mind.
06:14It's like they've never fucking set up a bowling show before.
06:16But it's exciting to watch.
06:19Fuck!
06:21Simon's on full tilt.
06:22Uh-oh.
06:22That's how he gets.
06:23You haven't seen him on here.
06:24That's how he gets often.
06:26They walk you down.
06:28They walk you...
06:28Hold on, here's the only problem.
06:29Simon gets better when this happens.
06:31Oh, never mind.
06:31Well, let's not walk you down.
06:33I didn't want to go that bad.
06:34When he goes into this mode, it's just him versus the world.
06:37And he wins.
06:39Usually beats the world.
06:40Usually beats the world.
06:47And then from then, we were able to get comfortable,
06:50and then ball some better scores to end the block.
06:53What if I throw it like that, dick face?
06:56Is that better?
07:03All right, I think I'm done.
07:05We'll find out if we come back in 30 minutes when it's not done.
07:09The last couple days, you can kind of tell when bowling has started.
07:12Uh, because, you know, eight, nine o'clock, the parking lot is packed.
07:15And then, you come back just after lunch when you're done, and there's nobody here.
07:25Oh, hey, guys.
07:27Oh, that scared the shit out of me.
07:29Oh, my goodness.
07:30Where did they come from?
07:31How you guys doing?
07:32Just going to get some boxers.
07:34Let me put some pants on.
07:35I've known Simon for a couple years.
07:37He's really played that big brother role in my boy Kevin Williams.
07:41Didn't make it to the top 24.
07:44Simon was like, hey, do you want a room?
07:46Uh, and I was like, duh, yeah.
07:48There are normally three roommates this week.
07:50This is more than enough room.
07:52Look.
07:52I can stretch out and everything.
07:54Come on, now.
07:55The staff here at the hotel is taking great care of us.
07:58Yeah, like, this is pretty good.
08:00This is pretty good.
08:00It's better than sleeping on the couch, right?
08:05After you, big Nino.
08:1115 pounds.
08:13All right, stay right here.
08:14Cool.
08:15Get, uh, you're good.
08:16See, this is why we love ball rips.
08:17They just, they love us so much sometimes.
08:20Dino, last year, Dino clowned me for not knowing my path.
08:26I didn't know it.
08:28And as a professional bowler, that is embarrassing.
08:31So, he always clowned me for it.
08:33But now, we already drilling stuff together.
08:34Look how time flies.
08:37What is your axis?
08:39Bingo.
08:40My man.
08:41Five and a half, two and three, it's down.
08:43Pap.
08:45Access point.
08:46So, we're doing a four inch pin.
08:48Yeah.
08:48You might be wondering, do I really need to know all this?
08:53Well, the language of bowling can be just as confusing as dialogue you hear in a medical show.
08:59Start dopamine at 10 and titrate to a systolic of 90.
09:02Yes, sir.
09:02Get a 12 lead EKG.
09:03Right way down.
09:04Over hooks, it goes Brooklyn.
09:06And he went split, split into a turkey.
09:08Two 10 split.
09:09Four or five baggers.
09:10Or vice versa for a lefty.
09:12Big full, big split.
09:13That split is like the show off split.
09:15Same Brooklyn.
09:16You want to hit the one three pocket.
09:17Three five and six baggers.
09:18A seven ten split.
09:20Two Brooklyns in the same game.
09:21So, sometimes these guys might say some things you're not going to understand.
09:26And that's okay.
09:29When I first talked to Cam, I said, how the hell do you not know your axis?
09:33He was like, you don't know your fucking axis?
09:35I don't know.
09:36I was like, damn, bro.
09:38Come on, Dino.
09:39What did I tell you?
09:39Now we cool.
09:41What did I tell you?
09:42You think this a game?
09:43It's not no game.
09:43Hey, I understand it's not no game anymore.
09:51They help us out with anything we need when it comes to balls.
09:55Layouts, trillings, lane play, what they're seeing.
09:58They go and scout other pairs.
09:59They're going to help us out.
10:00He's going to give me a massage when we're done.
10:02Absolutely.
10:02Ain't no happy ending to that, I promise.
10:05Ah, it ain't about you right now.
10:07It's about me.
10:08No, I'm kidding.
10:18Fuck off.
10:19Fuck off.
10:20I got scared.
10:21I was funny.
10:22That was some whole ass shit.
10:23I shouldn't have done that.
10:24Get another ball.
10:25So, we had a couple people with me throughout the day.
10:27Obviously, my mom, my ball reps, and then we had my boy Kevin Williams.
10:32My goal every tournament is to win, but, I mean, I knew who I was going against.
10:40And I was like, oh my goodness, like, this is, this is like, I didn't expect this to happen.
10:45All the best.
10:46You as well.
10:47Domo, obviously, needs a goat.
10:49He's my goat.
10:51Jason can do anything with a bowling ball.
10:54Unbelievable.
10:55He may be the greatest we've ever seen.
10:58He's got 15 majors, and nobody else is close to that.
11:01Like this Tiger Woods on the PBA tour.
11:04Yes!
11:05Yes!
11:06Yes!
11:06For the title.
11:07Go!
11:08Yes!
11:10Yes!
11:12Yes!
11:12Yeah!
11:14He's the greatest!
11:16He's the greatest!
11:25Good shot.
11:26Thanks.
11:27Although it was cool, like, I wasn't thinking like, holy shit, I'm Bowling Belmo.
11:30Thinking like, I'm gonna beat his head in, you know?
11:33He's a good dude, great dude, but he's the guy I'm trying to beat.
11:37Winning a match in the qualifying rounds is about more than just bragging rights.
11:41It also adds 30 bonus pins onto your total score.
11:45Woo!
11:46Good shot!
11:48All right, guys.
11:50I gotta hear that all week.
11:53Every frame.
11:54Like a cheerleader.
11:55Like a college coach in the back.
11:58All right, kid.
11:59All right.
11:59I gotta hear it.
12:01All right.
12:02Let's go, kid.
12:12Come on.
12:13Yeah, I bowled a little below average.
12:18And at the US Open, average is never good enough.
12:22And so I knew I needed a pretty solid session to make it into the top nine.
12:27It's down.
12:28No, it's the wrong one.
12:29That's the dull one.
12:30New ones down there.
12:31Yeah.
12:31Cameron, you can throw a shot, mate.
12:33I gotta go get another ball from down.
12:34Take your time.
12:35No, no, no, no.
12:36I gotta go get another ball.
12:37Oh, another ball.
12:37So you can finish your game off.
12:40Okay.
12:41Bowling, like all sports, has rules.
12:43One of which is the protocol that says you don't leave a lane mid-game.
12:48He does this every time.
12:49He's doing his shit.
12:50He'll be like, I don't gotta get a ball.
12:51And then he'll forget where I put the ball, and then Maddo's grab the ball.
12:55But rules are meant to be bent.
12:57And for some bowlers, it's just...
12:59Strategery.
13:01He's trying to prove that he's still relevant, and he's trying to show you something.
13:05Go get his ass.
13:06Like, there's no defense in bowling, so the defense has to be your mind game.
13:18Great bowling, man.
13:19Great bowling, baby.
13:20Hey, you too.
13:21Good luck for the rest.
13:22You as well.
13:22I ended up winning the match, I guess.
13:24But that was cool.
13:25You know, I don't know how you're gonna survive all day with those two guys behind you going
13:29like little babies, like, come on, Cameron.
13:32Come on.
13:33Hey guys, just a reminder, you need to bowl when it's your turn and not wait.
13:38Kirk, I have to go get a ball from the paddock.
13:40So I could either let him wait for me to run down there or let him finish the frame.
13:45Was that the reason?
13:45Well, of course.
13:46That's why I'm here.
13:46Well, I wasn't here to see that.
13:48All I saw was the result and a complaint, so...
13:50There was a complaint?
13:51Sure.
13:53Cool.
13:54I checked off what?
13:56You checked off with your opponent before you ran to the locker room, right?
13:58He came back?
14:00Yeah, I let him bowl.
14:01Take the conversation to a different pair than mine, please.
14:04We're good.
14:07Cameron, I'm gonna go to the paddock and get a drink.
14:09Do you want one?
14:10Uh, no, thank you.
14:11I appreciate it.
14:14I'm doing his shit.
14:15I'm gonna go get a drink.
14:18I think it's all bullshit.
14:20Like, if you're gonna have the balls to put in a complaint, then you can't make it anonymously.
14:25I think that's bullshit.
14:27But I'm glad it's squared away with the tournament director.
14:29I'm glad Cameron knows that I was trying to help him, not harm him.
14:34And whoever that anonymous fan is...
14:37Yeah.
14:38You can suck it.
14:44And we welcome you to Woodland Bowl.
14:47That parking lot is gonna be a lot thinner in eight more games
14:50because 15 bowlers will be leaving us.
14:52We'll be down to nine by the time you get to your lunch.
14:56One shot every time.
15:05I'm just trying to shoot to 20 every game.
15:0720, I think I can get to the nine.
15:08See?
15:09Come on, let's go do it.
15:11Keep working, yo.
15:16Come on, we're not dead. Come on.
15:23I had one crazy game. I made those moves, figured them out.
15:27Unfortunately for me, everybody else also figured them out.
15:31Oh my God, I lost 279 to 281 game.
15:34That didn't really help the morale.
15:35Oh my God, I fucking hate bowling sometimes.
15:39Come on, Cameron, finish the game.
15:525-0 the last two for a loss and another freaking loss.
15:57Good job.
15:58I'm letting people who throw it slow, tell me to go throw it slow.
16:02I can throw it hard, better than everybody on earth.
16:05Everybody back there is, you gotta move right and just throw it slow.
16:08No, I'm the best in the world at hucking them.
16:12What the fuck do I have to do to win a game?
16:15I'm burning this building to the ground.
16:17I'm thinking about it.
16:18When I was younger, I had my dad talking in my ear every shot,
16:23so I just turned into my father.
16:24That's really it.
16:25Stop listening to these fucking people sometimes.
16:28Your gut is better than everybody else's gut.
16:30Remember that.
16:31Remember that.
16:33Fucking do it.
16:40You gave it a good run.
16:41That's okay.
16:43Okay.
16:45Huh?
16:45It is really good.
16:46Yeah.
16:47That was a good run.
16:49You did good to get here, right?
16:51No.
16:52I wanted to win.
16:53That's the last day to get here.
16:54You should be proud of that.
16:58I don't think it doesn't happen.
17:00Happens to me a lot, Ma.
17:02This is why I don't win tournaments, actually, in Chicago, all the time.
17:05So it's nothing new.
17:06I just want to make sure to get back it out.
17:08I just want to make sure to get back it out.
17:16Oh, boy, that's now or never, isn't it?
17:19Yeah.
17:19Now or never.
17:23I'd had a couple of pretty average sessions before,
17:26so I knew I needed a pretty solid session in there to make it.
17:31You're so soft with it.
17:33Why?
17:34Many of the time I've been, well, I think most people would consider dead in the tournament,
17:40and I've held the trophy at the end of it.
17:46Fuck off, man.
17:48Fuck.
17:50God, Jason.
17:51Are we doing this again?
17:53So if it's mathematically possible, I'm always going to have that internal belief.
18:00I'm going to make it.
18:02I'm thinking to myself, I'm going to give it everything I got every time.
18:06So in the moment when things aren't going great, my head is still thinking,
18:12we're going to win the tournament.
18:19And I did get on a little bit of a run.
18:22I got on a couple of wins,
18:24and it got me to the point where it came down to the last shot of the tournament.
18:32What happened?
18:33Something caught Belmo.
18:35What happened?
18:36Something caught Belmo, and it's going to cost him the show.
18:43Thank you, Graham.
18:47Appreciate it.
18:49Because you've never done it yourself, mate.
18:52Fucking douche.
18:55Things are getting kind of tense down here right now.
18:57It's hard to know if Graham's outburst was an intentional tactic to throw off Belmo.
19:03But with both bowlers so close to making the show, it might have just been strategery.
19:08Belmo kind of barked off at Graham, and I didn't really like it just because Graham's normally one of the
19:13nicest guys out there on tour.
19:15I don't know if there's many more people that are nicer than him.
19:18Take your time, bro.
19:19I'm the guy, I guess, that would be the least one to get involved because I'm normally the guy causing
19:23problems.
19:24But yeah, it's just kind of one of those things that struck me wrong and told him to fuck off.
19:3175 for Belmo.
19:33I don't think we'll do it.
19:34So what we can't officially say is, Graham Fa is going to be on the show.
19:38Belmo is not going to be on the show.
19:43People, people annoy me.
19:45I've had enough of it all.
19:48I'm going to live on my farm by myself.
19:50I'm not talking to anyone for like 23 years.
19:55One, two, three, and four are off for the rest of the day.
19:59And Simo will be the top seat tonight, which is what he did not want to do.
20:03His goal was to bowl tomorrow.
20:06Fuck, man.
20:07Now I'm on the dumbest fucking show in bowling.
20:10A show that shouldn't exist.
20:11At the US Open, the top four bowlers in the show automatically move on to the second day of the
20:18telecast.
20:21But the fifth spot is left open to grab in an additional show.
20:27Damn it.
20:29Giving the other five in the field no time to rest.
20:33Bowling on an extra TV show is nice.
20:35Only having to bowl one TV show is significantly better.
20:39The adrenaline is hard to come down from.
20:42And then you've got to get through that adrenaline rush to wake back up the next day and do it
20:46all over again,
20:47which can definitely be a little taxing, especially with back problems.
20:51This is so dumb.
20:51There shouldn't be a fucking second show.
20:53It's a waste of fucking money.
20:56Oh, you guys are so good.
20:57We're on TV 30 fucking times, but you bowl 14 events.
21:00Fucking got the blind leading the blind is what we got around here.
21:04Come on, bud.
21:05Thanks, bro.
21:07What'd you get to?
21:08Fifth.
21:09Oh, no.
21:09Fucking loser.
21:11Oh, no.
21:13Fucking have to get myself loose for one game.
21:15That's awesome.
21:17Yeah, I know.
21:18It sucks.
21:19At least you're on the show.
21:20Let's be happy about it, right?
21:21Nothing to be happy about.
21:23No.
21:24You sound like me.
21:26I'm ten spots below you.
21:27What's up?
21:30Our number five scene has 16 tour titles, five majors.
21:34He's the 2022 US Open champion from Las Vegas, Anthony Simonson.
21:42For tomorrow's telecast, our number five.
21:44Body hurts.
21:45I definitely would have liked to have the next however many hours off.
21:48Getting myself loose for the TV show is going to be quite difficult.
22:03I got a little heat pad on.
22:05We're just going to throw as many shots as we can between now and when we go on and see
22:08how loose we can get.
22:20How are you feeling?
22:27I'm feeling okay.
22:29It's just, it's way cozier to lay down than it is to sit down.
22:32After I sit down, I get really stiff pretty quickly.
22:35So I figured I would just lay down and be more comfortable because then I could sit in one spot
22:38longer.
22:38EJ, do you have any sympathy or empathy for Simo?
22:42Hell no.
22:43I'll answer that.
22:45Why would I have sympathy?
22:46The same way I ain't got none for him.
22:48While I'm out here, I'm only worried about me.
22:51You know, Simo's worried about him.
22:53We can sit here and be friends and stuff, but where he's at in the standings, I don't care.
22:59I'm worried about me and that's it.
23:02And he's the same way.
23:03And if you're not that way, honestly, it's kind of a disservice to yourself.
23:07If you're worried about what place someone else is in.
23:11I would agree.
23:14MS1 welcomes you inside Royal Penn Wimbledon for the first major of the Young PBA season.
23:20The headliner today though, without a doubt, he's looking for his fourth straight top five finish.
23:27Here at one of the most demanding tournaments on the tour.
23:30No stage is too big for him.
23:32And if you go back to the year 2022 at the age of 25,
23:37he became the youngest to win the U.S. Open.
23:42I was 15 when I dropped out of school.
23:45Having to support myself at 15, 16,
23:48it's something that obviously is not normal for most people.
23:51My dad, he was laid off right around 2009.
23:57My mom and him, they were separated.
24:03I had like $7 to my name.
24:05I knew it was a way to make money.
24:09I was born to survive.
24:13And then my mom passed away in 2015.
24:20It was almost just kind of like, all right, you got somebody to bowl for now.
24:252016, I guess, would really be considered the breakout year.
24:30Anthony Simonson is going to make history here today.
24:33As rough as it gets at home, leaving school, turning to bowling for friends, for competition.
24:40What a moment.
24:51I mean, truthfully, without bowling, I'd probably be homeless.
24:56It's been a long time coming from that.
25:03Definitely, I mean, I'm just forever grateful.
25:05I mean, because without bowling, I mean, I don't have anything, really.
25:15I know it's been a challenging week for you, and you just missed tomorrow's show by just a few pins,
25:20but you've worked hard to get here.
25:22How were you able to do that, even with the back pain?
25:25You know, I've been doing a lot of stretching.
25:27Starting and stopping hurts a little bit, but other than that, we're ready to go.
25:31All right, good luck to you.
25:32Thanks.
25:34So Simonson now chasing his 17th EVA Tour title in his sixth major.
25:39The winner of this one moves on to tomorrow's championship round, live on Fox at 4 Eastern.
25:47I would say the frustration probably did carry over.
25:51I'm kind of irritated that I already have to bowl this show in the first place.
25:55Because it's like, well, if we were doing a traditional show, I'd only have to bowl one show.
26:00But sometimes getting a little worked up can be a good thing.
26:04And sometimes you've got to get in that moment where you almost essentially stop thinking about bowling
26:08and just kind of let the body do its natural thing.
26:28Simonson moves on. 22 pin win for Simonson.
26:33Ooh, my favorite place to be was the ball on Sunday. See you tomorrow.
27:06We'll see you tomorrow.
27:06We'll see you tomorrow.
27:09You guys can get at home.
27:14Bye for now.
27:19Would you not catchier the ball?
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