Calling bowling experts ... is this a 300 or not?

[hondo]

96-Year-Old Woman From McKees Rocks Bowls No-Tap 300, Says Family Is Secret To Staying Young

I haven't bowled in a long time but I'm confused. What's a "no-tap 300." And it said in the story that a 300 was knocking down "nine or more pins each ball."
What the heck is that? And the story was no help.

 

[Matt1735]

No-tap is a version of bowling, usually in tournaments or fun leagues, where if your first ball knocks down 9 or 10, counts as a strike. 8 or fewer, second ball thrown and counts as normal. Nice feat, but not a legit 300.

 

[Twirling Time]

One thing I do not miss is transcribing bowling scores. Local alley sent printouts of league scores. No way to download them to a disk. After a few weeks I said screw this and had our intern handle it.

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

Sheeeeeeit.

At 96 years old score it a 400.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

No-Tap 300s in bowling is not much different that taking gimmes on the golf course, but not counting the tap-in as another stroke.

Kudos that she had a strong game, especially at 96 years old. But not the same as a 300. Twelve strikes. No less.

 

[Noholesinone]

So I guess I've shot par and never knew it. Awesome!

 

[Chef2]

"NOT A LEGIT 300!!!!!!"

 

[qtlaw]

Great for her but yeah that's like a 12 foot gimme for an 79 (Clinton). No dice.

 

[Chef2]

Oh.....and RSW

 

[hondo]

No-Tap 300s in bowling is not much different that taking gimmes on the golf course, but not counting the tap-in as another stroke.

Kudos that she had a strong game, especially at 96 years old. But not the same as a 300. Twelve strikes. No less.

So she could have shot as low as 90?

 

[maumann]

So she could have shot as low as 90?

If you made 9 on every ball, because you'd throw 12 shots, it'd be a true 108. (Which is probably much harder to do than a real 300.)

EDIT: I never thought about it until now, but my 258 would have been a no-tap 300 (10 strikes, two 9-spares). All 12 shots were pocket hits, but I left two solid 10 pins.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

So are we going to go down the roster of what types of bowling balls we all own now?