Here’s the deal: Pay $159 for adults or $139 for juniors and you can bowl with the pros and get a $229 retail Columbia 300 Resurgence or Momentum bowling ball. Your net cost of the bowling ball ...

In addition to Ebonite, the company also owns Columbia 300, Track and Hammer ... a piece separate from the ball itself called the core. "It's the engine to the bowling ball," said Goode.