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unusual facts about PBA Tour


Bowling on NBC

Bowling on NBC is a television program presenting professional ten-pin bowling matches on NBC Sports.


Kansas Jayhawks

Rhino Page, MVP of the 2004 Intercollegiate Bowling Championships, now a 3-time titleist on the PBA Tour

Lon McEachern

McEachern was most recently named the play-by-play announcer for ESPN's coverage of the 2012-13 PBA Bowling Tour, working with analyst Randy Pedersen.

Sport bowling

Sport Bowling was created by the United States Bowling Congress, the governing body of the sport of bowling, to offer players the opportunity to bowl on exactly the same lane conditions and oil patterns that professional bowlers face on the PBA Tour.


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Brian Voss

In that season, at age 51, Voss won his 25th PBA Tour title—a mixed doubles championship with Diandra Asbaty.

Clara Guerrero

She earned the #4 seed for the stepladder finals of the 2013 PBA Cheetah Championship, joining Liz Johnson (2005) and Kelly Kulick (2010) who have also made the TV finals of PBA Tour events.

Doug Kent

(See article: PBA Bowling Tour: 2006-07 season.) For his efforts, he was voted the Chris Schenkel PBA Player of the Year and received a four-year exemption for PBA tour events.

Patrick Healey Jr.

Although on the PBA tour since 1998, he did not win his first title until 2002, when he won the Greater Kansas City open at Lunar Bowl in Blue Springs, MO.

PBA Bowling Tour: 1959 Season

After a layoff of several months, the PBA tour held its final event of the season at Bar-Jan Bowl in Dayton, Ohio.

PBA Bowling Tour: 1986 Season

Late in the season at the Brunswick Memorial World Open, George Branham III made history by becoming the first African American to win a national PBA Tour title.

Professional Women's Bowling Association

Former PWBA members such as Kelly Kulick, Kim Adler and Liz Johnson would eventually become exempt members of the PBA Tour.