1996 PBA Tour season

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PBA Bowling Tour: 1996 Season
League Professional Bowlers Association
Sport Ten-pin bowling
DurationJanuary 22 – December 15, 1996
PBA Tour
Season MVP Walter Ray Williams, Jr.
PBA Tour seasons

This is a recap of the 1996 season for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. It was the tour's 38th season, and consisted of 29 events.

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Dave D'Entremont won his first career major at the Brunswick World Tournament of Champions. [1] Likewise, long-time PBA Tour professional Butch Soper captured his first career major at the PBA National Championship. [2]

Dave Husted became the first PBA player to win three modern-day BPAA U.S. Open titles, and the first to win back-to-back as he successfully defended his 1995 U.S. Open crown. [3] [4]

Though shut out in the major tournaments, Walter Ray Williams, Jr. collected five titles on the season and led the tour in earnings, helping him win PBA Player of the Year honors for the third time in his career.

At the Columbia 300 Open, C.K. Moore rolled the PBA's ninth televised 300 game, becoming the first Tour rookie to do so. [5] Later in the season, at the Flagship Open, Bob Learn, Jr. rolled the PBA's 10th televised perfect game in his hometown of Erie, Pennsylvania. At this same event, Learn shattered the PBA record for a four-game TV series by downing 1,129 pins. The old record was set in 1995 by David Ozio, who toppled 1,070 pins. [6]

Tournament schedule

EventBowling centerCityDatesWinner
Peoria OpenLandmark Recreation Center Peoria, Illinois Jan 22–26 Wayne Webb (18)
Columbia 300 OpenHighland Lanes Austin, Texas Jan 29 – Feb 2 C.K. Moore (1)
Reno OpenReno Hilton Bowling Center Reno, Nevada Feb 5–9 Dave Arnold (2)
Oregon OpenHollywood Bowl Portland, Oregon Feb 12–16 Brian Voss (16)
Track Synergy OpenCelebrity Bowl/Tri-Cities Coliseum Kennewick, Washington Feb 18–23 Walter Ray Williams, Jr. (17)
Tucson OpenGolden Pin Lanes Tucson, Arizona Feb 25 – Mar 1 Bryan Goebel (8)
AC-Delco ClassicCal Bowl Lakewood, California Mar 5–9 Tom Baker (8)
Showboat InvitationalShowboat Bowling Center Las Vegas, Nevada Mar 10–16Walter Ray Williams, Jr. (18)
Quaker State 250Warrior Coliseum Grand Prairie, Texas Mar 17–23 Steve Wilson (1)
Comfort Inn ClassicDon Carter's All-Star Lanes-Sawgrass Sunrise, Florida Mar 26–30 Steve Hoskins (4)
Flagship OpenEastway Lanes/Erie Civic Center Erie, Pennsylvania Apr 2–6 Bob Learn, Jr. (3)
Brunswick Johnny Petraglia OpenCarolier Lanes North Brunswick, New Jersey Apr 9–13Walter Ray Williams, Jr. (19)
Bud Light ChampionshipSayville Bowl Sayville, New York Apr 16–20 Philip Ringener (1)
Brunswick World Tournament of Champions Brunswick Deer Park Lanes Lake Zurich, Illinois Apr 21–27 Dave D'Entremont (5)
IOF Foresters OpenClassic Bowl Mississauga, Ontario May 14–18 David Traber (3)
Greater Baltimore OpenCountry Club Lanes Baltimore, Maryland May 21–25 Mike Aulby (24)
Greater Hartford OpenBradley Bowl Windsor Locks, Connecticut May 28 – Jun 1 Dennis Horan (2)
PBA National Championship Ducat's Imperial Lanes Toledo, Ohio Jun 2–8 Butch Soper (6)
Greater Detroit OpenTaylor Lanes Taylor, Michigan Jun 11–15 Doug Kent (1)
Kingpin ClassicNorthrock Lanes Wichita, Kansas Jun 18–22 Jess Stayrook (6)
Oronamin C Japan Cup Tokyo Port Bowl Tokyo, Japan Sep 19–22Steve Wilson (2)
BPAA U.S. Open Woodland Bowl Indianapolis, Indiana Sep 28 – Oct 4 Dave Husted (13)
Cleveland OpenBrunswick Ambassador Lanes Bedford, Ohio Oct 5–6 George Branham III (5)
Ebonite ClassicBowl One Lanes Troy, Michigan Oct 11 – Nov 15 Marshall Holman (22)
Rochester OpenMarcel's Olympic Bowl Rochester, New York Oct 19–23Walter Ray Williams, Jr. (20)
Touring Pro/Senior DoublesEast Providence Lanes East Providence, Rhode Island Oct 26–30 Eric Forkel (4),
Gene Stus
Greater Harrisburg OpenABC West Lanes Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Nov 2–6Walter Ray Williams, Jr. (21)
Bayer/Brunswick Touring Players ChampionshipOlympic Lanes-Harmar Harmarville, Pennsylvania Nov 8–12Mike Aulby (25)
Merit Mixed Doubles ChampionshipSam's Town Bowling Center Las Vegas, Nevada Dec 13–15 Mark Williams (7),
Aleta Sill

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References

  1. ↑ "Dave D'Entremont". mcubed.net.
  2. ↑ "Butch Soper". mcubed.net.
  3. ↑ "1996 BPAA U.S. Open". PBA.
  4. ↑ "Diverse class inducted into USBC Hall of Fame". bowlingdigital.com.
  5. ↑ "1996 Columbia 300 Open". PBA.
  6. ↑ "1996 Flagship Open". PBA.
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