Expert: Chip Aki - 11/23/2009

Question
QUESTION: Chip, Bill again....you suggested that I could stay with layout 2 for my suggested arsenol..but with the Natural being urethane, and bowling on PBA cheetah do suggest any exception to layout preference....do you know by chance what the lefties on tour are using... sincerely , Bill

ANSWER: On the show for the PBA Cheetah pattern, ciminelli was throwing two different naturals all week and Rhino Page has used them on the shorter patterns too.  I am not sure what layout they used though.  

Chip

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QUESTION: Chip, I actually stumbled across these layouts on the Stormbowling.com site...I believe it was in the news column from last weeks show...but I do not know the specs...
if you were to suggest a legend layout though, would you suggest layout 2
or would this be an exception and choose layout 4 for the pba cheetah pattern....with a urethane ball....I know that I have asked several questions but please bear with me because you have been a great help!!Sincerely, Bill    Thanks again

Answer
Since the Natural is a control type of ball, I would go with a strong layout or a layout that will give the ball the most hook potential.  The cover will tame down the reaction enough.  Unless you have really slow ball speed, you should be fine with the stronger layout.

Good luck and enjoy your tournament experience.

Chip