Th Original US Open Format
The old format of the US Open is the truest test of who is the best player.
The final 2 tournament players went head to head in straight pool (14.1) and the individual games were races to 150 points but........the first man to reach 2500 points was declared the winner.......2500 points.......not a single game or a race to 3 or 5 but 2500 frigging points.
The championship was played in different venues around the nation because there were lots of individual games played to get to 2500 points.......if one player had an off day or was feeling poorly, well, so what because there were still lots of games to be played.
You beat someone in a race to 2500 points and there's no luck involved......the momentum goes back and forth between the two players. If someone had a hot cue that day, it didn't matter unless it was the final match game......2500 points determined by individual games of 14.1 (150 points).....that the most true test of skill and great abilities as far as I'm concerned.
Matt B.