1993 PBA Tour season

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PBA Bowling Tour: 1993 Season
League Professional Bowlers Association
Sport Ten-pin bowling
DurationJanuary 5 – December 5, 1993
PBA Tour
Season MVP Walter Ray Williams, Jr.
PBA Tour seasons

This is a recap of the 1993 season for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. It was the tour's 35th season, and consisted of 35 events.

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PBA Player of the Year Walter Ray Williams, Jr. dominated the season with seven victories and a 299 game in the first match in the Leisure's Long Island open against Robert Lawrence, while leading nearly every statistical category. He had a good chance to tie Mark Roth's 1978 single-season record of eight titles, having collected an additional four runner-up finishes during the year. [1]

Ron Palombi, Jr. captured his second career major title at the Bud Light PBA National Championship. Del Ballard, Jr. became the PBA's third two-time winner of the modern-day BPAA U.S. Open, joining Marshall Holman and Pete Weber. [2]

George Branham III made history in what would be the final Firestone Tournament of Champions, becoming the first African American to win a PBA major. Prior to the tournament, the PBA announced that General Tire would be taking over sponsorship of the ToC, which had been sponsored by Firestone Tire since 1965. [3]

Mike Aulby rolled the PBA's sixth televised 300 game at the Wichita Open, defeating David Ozio 300–279 in the highest-scoring TV match in PBA history. [4]

Tournament schedule

EventBowling centerCityDatesWinner
AC-Delco ClassicGable House Bowl Torrance, California Jan 5–9 Ron Williams (3)
Phoenix OpenFair Lanes Squaw Peak Phoenix, Arizona Jan 12–16 Parker Bohn III (9)
Showboat InvitationalShowboat Bowling Center Las Vegas, Nevada Jan 17–23 Mike Aulby (21)
Quaker State OpenForum Bowling Lanes Grand Prairie, Texas Jan 25–30 Steve Hoskins (1)
True Value OpenLandmark Recreation Center Peoria, Illinois Feb 2–6 John Mazza (4)
Bud Light Hall of Fame ChampionshipTropicana Lanes Richmond Heights, Missouri Feb 8–13 Bob Learn, Jr. (2)
Cleveland OpenYorktown Lanes Parma Heights, Ohio Feb 16–20Ron Williams (4)
Bud Light PBA National Championship Imperial Lanes Toledo, Ohio Feb 21–27 Ron Palombi, Jr. (6)
Flagship City OpenEastway Lanes Erie, Pennsylvania Mar 1–6 Walter Ray Williams, Jr. (7)
Baltimore OpenFair Lanes Woodlawn Baltimore, Maryland Mar 9–13 George Branham III (3)
Johnny Petraglia OpenCarolier Lanes North Brunswick, New Jersey Mar 15–20 Ricky Ward (1)
Leisure's Long Island OpenSayville Bowl Sayville, New York Mar 22–27 Dave Arnold (1)
Tums ClassicBradley Bowl Windsor Locks, Connecticut Mar 30 – Apr 3 Jason Couch (1)
BPAA U.S. Open Roseland Bowl Canandaigua, New York Apr 4–10 Del Ballard, Jr. (12)
IOF Foresters Bowling for Miracles OpenClub 300 Bowl Markham, Ontario Apr 13–17 Pete Weber (20)
Firestone Tournament of Champions Riviera Lanes Fairlawn, Ohio Apr 20–24George Branham III (4)
PBA Touring Pro/Senior DoublesSt. Clair Bowl O'Fallon, Illinois May 11–15 Teata Semiz,
Rich Abboud (1)
Columbia 300 OpenAstro Bowling Center San Antonio, Texas May 17–22Walter Ray Williams, Jr. (8)
Billy Vuckovich III Memorial Fresno OpenCedar Lanes Fresno, California May 24–29 Randy Pedersen (9)
Seattle OpenSkyway Park Bowl Seattle, Washington Jun 7–12 Steve Fields (1)
Northwest ClassicCelebrity Bowl Kennewick, Washington Jun 14–19Walter Ray Williams, Jr. (9)
Oregon OpenHollywood Bowl Portland, Oregon Jun 22–26Walter Ray Williams, Jr. (10)
Active West OpenActive West Town Square Lanes Riverside, California Jun 28 – Jul 2 Brian Voss (13)
Tucson PBA OpenGolden Pin Lanes Tucson, Arizona Jul 6–10Walter Ray Williams, Jr. (11)
El Paso OpenBowl El Paso El Paso, Texas Jul 13–17 Bob Benoit (4)
Wichita OpenNorthrock Lanes Wichita, Kansas Jul 27–31Mike Aulby (22)
Choice Hotels Summer ClassicBoulevard Bowl Edmond, Oklahoma Aug 2–7 Steve Jaros (2)
Greater Grand Rapids OpenSpectrum Lanes Grand Rapids, Michigan Aug 8–12Walter Ray Williams, Jr. (12)
Greater Harrisburg OpenABC West Lanes Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Aug 14–19Brian Davis (1)
Paula Carter's Homestead ClassicPaula Carter's Pro Bowl Homestead, Florida Aug 21–26Walter Ray Williams, Jr. (13)
Oronamin C Japan Cup Tokyo Port Bowl Tokyo, Japan Oct 7–10Pete Weber (21)
Rochester OpenMarcel's Olympic Bowl Rochester, New York Oct 16–20 Roger Bowker (4)
Greater Detroit OpenTaylor Lanes Taylor, Michigan Oct 23–27 Norm Duke (4)
Touring Players ChampionshipWoodland Bowl Indianapolis, Indiana Oct 30 – Nov 3 Jason Couch (2)
Brunswick Memorial World OpenBrunswick Deer Park Lanes Lake Zurich, Illinois Nov 4–10 Dave Husted (8)
Merit Mixed Doubles ChampionshipHilton Lanes Reno, Nevada Dec 2–5Parker Bohn III (10),
Aleta Sill

References

  1. "1993 Greater Detroit Open". PBA.
  2. "1993 BPAA U.S. Open". PBA.
  3. "1993 Tournament of Champions". PBA.
  4. "1993 Wichita Open". PBA.