Mookie Betts Talks Bowling at the 2023 U.S. Open Tournament

MLB’s Mookie Betts, country music’s Jimmie Allen to take part in U.S. Open activities

The Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America recently awarded Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts and country music headliner Jimmie Allen exemptions into the main field at the 2023 U.S. Open.

Betts and Allen have served as advocates and ambassadors for the sport of bowling, and both still compete in high level events across the country as much as their busy schedules will allow.

Allen will participate in Sunday’s pre-tournament qualifier after being forced to decline his exemption in order to perform at this year’s Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 1.

Betts, meanwhile, will compete in the tournament proper as a member of A Squad, which kicks off this year’s event Tuesday morning at 8 a.m. Eastern for the first of three eight-game qualifying blocks.

The Dodgers’ all-star outfielder has been an ardent supporter of both USBC and PBA tournaments through the years, maintaining an average of right around 200 during 11 career PBA events.

Betts’ crowning PBA achievement to date came in 2017 when he recorded a perfect game during qualifying-round action at PBA World Series of Bowling IX at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nevada.

Regardless of how Betts and Allen perform on the lanes, just having them on site is sure to add even more excitement to an already-thrilling week of action on the lanes in Indianapolis.