PBA Bowling Tour: 1995 Season

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PBA Bowling Tour: 1995 Season
League Professional Bowlers Association
Sport Ten-pin bowling
DurationJanuary 10 – December 10, 1995
PBA Tour
Season MVP Mike Aulby
PBA Tour seasons

This is a recap of the 1995 season for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. It was the tour's 37th season, and consisted of 30 events.

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The "semi-retired" Dave Husted won his 12th title and second BPAA U.S. Open crown in front of the largest crowd to ever witness a PBA event. After the qualifying at Bowl One Lanes in Troy, Michigan, the TV finals moved to Detroit's Joe Louis Arena, where a paid audience of 7,212 were in attendance. [1] Bowling in his first TV finals, Scott Alexander was the surprise winner at the Chevrolet PBA National Championship.

Mike Aulby captured the Brunswick World Tournament of Champions to complete his quest for the "triple crown" of PBA majors. He joined Billy Hardwick, Johnny Petraglia and Pete Weber as the PBA's only triple crown winners to date. [2] As the Tour's leading money winner for 1995, Aulby was also voted the PBA Player of the Year.

At the Northwest Classic in July, John Handegard became the oldest PBA Tour champion. Handegard was 57 years, 55 days old. Hall of Famer Buzz Fazio was 56 years, 307 days old when he won a standard PBA tour event in December, 1964. [3]

Another record was set late in the year at the AMF Dick Weber Classic, where David Ozio rolled a four-game total of 1,070 pins en route to the title. This broke the 11-year-old record of 1,050 pins set by Nelson Burton, Jr. [4]

Tournament schedule

EventBowling centerCityDatesWinner
AC-Delco ClassicCal Bowl Lakewood, California Jan 10–14 Jess Stayrook (4)
Hilton Hotels ClassicReno Hilton Bowling Center Reno, Nevada Jan 17–21 Justin Hromek (3)
Showboat InvitationalShowboat Bowling Center Las Vegas, Nevada Jan 22–28 Dave Husted (11)
Quaker State 250Forum Bowling Lanes Grand Prairie, Texas Jan 31 – Feb 4 Bob Spaulding (1)
Choice Hotels ClassicDon Carter's All-Star Lanes-Sawgrass Sunrise, Florida Feb 7–11 Dave D'Entremont (3)
Peoria OpenLandmark Recreation Center Peoria, Illinois Feb 14–18Dave D'Entremont (4)
Chevrolet PBA National Championship Ducat's Imperial Lanes Toledo, Ohio Feb 19–25 Scott Alexander (1)
Greater Baltimore OpenCountry Club Lanes Baltimore, Maryland Feb 28 – Mar 4 David Traber (2)
Brunswick Johnny Petraglia OpenCarolier Lanes North Brunswick, New Jersey Mar 7–11 John Gant (3)
Bud Light ChampionshipSayville Bowl Sayville, New York Mar 14–18Jess Stayrook (5)
Tums ClassicBradley Bowl Windsor Locks, Connecticut Mar 21–25 Jack Jurek (1)
Splitfire Spark Plug OpenEastway Lanes/Erie Civic Center Erie, Pennsylvania Mar 28 – Apr 1 Danny Wiseman (5)
BPAA U.S. Open Bowl One/Joe Louis Arena Detroit, Michigan Apr 2–8Dave Husted (12)
IOF Foresters OpenClub 300 Bowl Markham, Ontario Apr 11–15 Mark Roth (34)
Brunswick World Tournament of Champions Brunswick Deer Park Lanes Lake Zurich, Illinois Apr 18–22 Mike Aulby (23)
Northwest ClassicCelebrity Bowl Kennewick, Washington Jul 7–11 John Handegard (1)
PBA Oregon OpenHollywood Bowl Portland, Oregon Jul 14–18 Norm Duke (10)
Tucson PBA OpenGolden Pin Lanes Tucson, Arizona Jul 21–25 Bryan Goebel (7)
Columbia 300 OpenHighland Lanes Austin, Texas Jul 28 – Aug 1 Parker Bohn III (11)
Ebonite Kentucky ClassicExecutive Bowl Louisville, Kentucky Aug 4–8 Randy Pedersen (11)
Cleveland OpenBrunswick Ambassador Lanes Bedford, Ohio Aug 11–15Norm Duke (11)
Bowlers Journal ClassicABC West Lanes Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Aug 18–22 Jason Couch (3)
Oronamin C Japan Cup Tokyo Port Bowl Tokyo, Japan Sep 21–24 Amleto Monacelli (16)
Indianapolis OpenWoodland Bowl Indianapolis, Indiana Sep 30 – Oct 4Jason Couch (4)
Greater Detroit OpenTaylor Lanes Taylor, Michigan Oct 7–11 Brian Voss (15)
Great Lakes OpenSpectrum Lanes/Welsh Auditorium Grand Rapids, Michigan Oct 14–18Danny Wiseman (6)
Rochester OpenMarcel's Olympic Bowl Rochester, New York Oct 21–25 Walter Ray Williams, Jr. (16)
AMF Dick Weber ClassicAMF Major League Lanes Richmond, Virginia Oct 28 – Nov 1 David Ozio (11)
Bayer/Brunswick Touring Players ChampionshipOlympic Lanes-Harmar Harmarville, Pennsylvania Nov 3–8 Ernie Schlegel (6)
Merit Mixed Doubles ChampionshipSam's Town Bowling Center Las Vegas, Nevada Dec 8–10 Butch Soper (5),
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