PBA Bowling Tour: 1995 Season | |
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League | Professional Bowlers Association |
Sport | Ten-pin bowling |
Duration | January 10 – December 10, 1995 |
PBA Tour | |
Season MVP | Mike Aulby |
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.
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]
Event | Bowling center | City | Dates | Winner |
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AC-Delco Classic | Cal Bowl | Lakewood, California | Jan 10–14 | Jess Stayrook (4) |
Hilton Hotels Classic | Reno Hilton Bowling Center | Reno, Nevada | Jan 17–21 | Justin Hromek (3) |
Showboat Invitational | Showboat Bowling Center | Las Vegas, Nevada | Jan 22–28 | Dave Husted (11) |
Quaker State 250 | Forum Bowling Lanes | Grand Prairie, Texas | Jan 31 – Feb 4 | Bob Spaulding (1) |
Choice Hotels Classic | Don Carter's All-Star Lanes-Sawgrass | Sunrise, Florida | Feb 7–11 | Dave D'Entremont (3) |
Peoria Open | Landmark Recreation Center | Peoria, Illinois | Feb 14–18 | Dave D'Entremont (4) |
Chevrolet PBA National Championship | Ducat's Imperial Lanes | Toledo, Ohio | Feb 19–25 | Scott Alexander (1) |
Greater Baltimore Open | Country Club Lanes | Baltimore, Maryland | Feb 28 – Mar 4 | David Traber (2) |
Brunswick Johnny Petraglia Open | Carolier Lanes | North Brunswick, New Jersey | Mar 7–11 | John Gant (3) |
Bud Light Championship | Sayville Bowl | Sayville, New York | Mar 14–18 | Jess Stayrook (5) |
Tums Classic | Bradley Bowl | Windsor Locks, Connecticut | Mar 21–25 | Jack Jurek (1) |
Splitfire Spark Plug Open | Eastway 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 2–8 | Dave Husted (12) |
IOF Foresters Open | Club 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 Classic | Celebrity Bowl | Kennewick, Washington | Jul 7–11 | John Handegard (1) |
PBA Oregon Open | Hollywood Bowl | Portland, Oregon | Jul 14–18 | Norm Duke (10) |
Tucson PBA Open | Golden Pin Lanes | Tucson, Arizona | Jul 21–25 | Bryan Goebel (7) |
Columbia 300 Open | Highland Lanes | Austin, Texas | Jul 28 – Aug 1 | Parker Bohn III (11) |
Ebonite Kentucky Classic | Executive Bowl | Louisville, Kentucky | Aug 4–8 | Randy Pedersen (11) |
Cleveland Open | Brunswick Ambassador Lanes | Bedford, Ohio | Aug 11–15 | Norm Duke (11) |
Bowlers Journal Classic | ABC 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 Open | Woodland Bowl | Indianapolis, Indiana | Sep 30 – Oct 4 | Jason Couch (4) |
Greater Detroit Open | Taylor Lanes | Taylor, Michigan | Oct 7–11 | Brian Voss (15) |
Great Lakes Open | Spectrum Lanes/Welsh Auditorium | Grand Rapids, Michigan | Oct 14–18 | Danny Wiseman (6) |
Rochester Open | Marcel's Olympic Bowl | Rochester, New York | Oct 21–25 | Walter Ray Williams, Jr. (16) |
AMF Dick Weber Classic | AMF Major League Lanes | Richmond, Virginia | Oct 28 – Nov 1 | David Ozio (11) |
Bayer/Brunswick Touring Players Championship | Olympic Lanes-Harmar | Harmarville, Pennsylvania | Nov 3–8 | Ernie Schlegel (6) |
Merit Mixed Doubles Championship | Sam's Town Bowling Center | Las Vegas, Nevada | Dec 8–10 | Butch Soper (5), Kim Canady |
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