Perfect game (bowling)

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The number of sanctioned perfect (300) games per league bowler has increased substantially since the 1990s. Freeman and Hatfield posit that the increase in perfect games is due to factors such as the introduction of reactive resin coverstocks, asymmetric ball cores, synthetic lane surfaces, and precision lane oiling machines. 1969- Number of sanctioned perfect games in ten-pin bowling, per sanctioned bowler.svg
The number of sanctioned perfect (300) games per league bowler has increased substantially since the 1990s. Freeman and Hatfield posit that the increase in perfect games is due to factors such as the introduction of reactive resin coverstocks, asymmetric ball cores, synthetic lane surfaces, and precision lane oiling machines.

A perfect game is the highest score possible in a game of bowling, achieved by scoring a strike with every throw. [1] In bowling games that use 10 pins, such as ten-pin bowling, candlepin bowling, and duckpin bowling, the highest possible score is 300, achieved by bowling 12 strikes in a row in a traditional single game: one strike in each of the first nine frames, and three more in the tenth frame.

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In five-pin bowling, the highest possible score is 450, as a strike is worth 15 pins. It is rare to bowl or witness one. The Canadian Five Pin Bowlers Association approves from 10 to 40 perfect games per year.

300 game

Certification process

Before a 300 game is recognized by the certifying body of the league or tournament, a series of tests are conducted by the local or regional bowling association. First, the bowler and league (or tournament) must be in good standing with the organization. In earlier years, the bowling ball(s) used in the scoring was taken for testing (hardness, weighting, and other aspects that would otherwise break the organization's regulations). Also, the lanes used in the scoring were shut down after the last game of the day was completed. The official then used a tape reader to test the oil condition, to make sure it met the organization's regulations. The data was then sent to the certifying body, and the score received a certification decision a few days to a few weeks later.

There are cases where the tests do not meet regulation, and therefore the score is not recognized by the organization. However, the score still counts towards the league or tournament statistics. Modern recognition is much easier; lanes are no longer shut down, balls are no longer taken and inspected. The lanes are inspected once a year, and the ball's make and serial number (USBC only requires that the ball have an engraved serial number, they do not need the actual number) are taken by a league/tournament official and reported to the certifying organization.

Recognition

In league or tournament play, a certified 300 game is usually commemorated with a ring. Subsequent league 300s are denoted by setting "chips" or precious stones into the ring, so that skilled bowlers do not have to wear several rings. The United States Bowling Congress (USBC) offers a "multiple" 300 ring for an additional fee that features the number of approved 300 games for that bowler surrounded by stones. The ring can be returned to have the number changed as the bowler rolls additional perfect games.

In casual or "open" play, a 300 game is not recognized officially by any certifying, professional, or other organization, but may be honored by other means within the bowling center, such as a plaque, trophy, "wall of fame" photo, or other prize.

Televised 300 games

A handful of 300 games have been broadcast on live TV. Grazio Castellano of Brooklyn, New York, was the first to roll a 300 game on live television. This occurred on October 4, 1953, during an Eastern All-Star league session in Newark, New Jersey. [2] (Castellano is a member of the United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame.) A more recent example came in October 2006, when England's Paul Moor became the first man to register a score of 300 in the Weber Cup (the first 300 on live British television), the annual Europe versus America team challenge event. Australian Jason Belmonte became the first bowler to ever roll a 300 game in the televised finals of the World Tenpin Masters, defeating Moor in the 2007 event. Tommy Jones had shot a perfect game in each Weber Cup from 2007 to 2009. Shota Kawazoe has rolled back-to-back 300 games on live Japanese television. [3]

A bowler that bowls a perfect game on a televised PBA Tour event receives a $10,000 bonus, although the PBA and/or its sponsors have occasionally offered as much as a $1 million bonus for a player that bowls a 300 game in selected televised events. Through June 2023, there have been 35 televised 300 games in title events on the PBA Tour, and two more on the Senior PBA Tour. The first 300 game in a televised PBA event was rolled by Jack Biondolillo in the opening match of the 1967 Firestone Tournament of Champions finals (broadcast by ABC). [4] This was also the first nationally televised broadcast of a perfect game. The most recent perfect game in a U.S. telecast of a PBA Tour event happened in the PBA Tour Finals, on June 25, 2023, on CBS Sports Network, when Jason Belmonte (PBA Tour Finals, second game of Group 2 stepladder finals vs. Kris Prather) rolled the 35th PBA televised 300 game. Belmonte became the first bowler to bowl three perfect games on television. [5]

Sean Rash rolled the PBA's 23rd and 25th 300 games to become the first player with multiple televised perfect games in PBA Tour stops. [6] Canadian François Lavoie, having previously bowled the PBA Tour's 26th televised 300 game, joined Rash when he bowled the Tour's 29th in 2020. Chris Via rolled two 300 games, making him the third member of this exclusive club. (Via is the only player of the three to roll both of his 300 games in the same season.) Mika Koivuniemi narrowly missed (as well as becoming the first to do so) joining this exclusive club. Having rolled the PBA's 17th televised perfect game in 2003, Mika shot a 299 game in the semifinals of the 2011 PBA Tournament of Champions. [7] Belmonte's 2022 PBA Tour Finals championship match 1 300 game made him the fourth (21st in 2012 and 34th in 2022).

Three other players have shot multiple 300 games on U.S. television, though one or all of their games were not rolled in an official PBA title event. In 2009, Wes Malott rolled two 300 games in an ESPN broadcast of the King of Bowling series. Though this event featured PBA players, it was not an official PBA Tour event. [8] Ryan Shafer, who earlier in his career rolled the PBA's 19th televised 300 in a PBA Tour event, threw his second televised 300 game in a singles match at the Geico PBA Team Shootout, a made-for-TV event broadcast on ESPN, July 2, 2011. [9] PBA Hall of Famer Chris Barnes, who rolled the PBA's 22nd televised 300 game, has also rolled live perfect games on European television (2014 QubicaAMF World Cup) and Japanese television (2015 PBA-DHC Japan Invitational). [10] E. J. Tackett threw a 300 at the PBA Super Slam Cup on May 22, 2023, which featured all of the winners of the PBA major tournaments that year and aired on Fox, but was not an official PBA Tour title event, although he did still receive the $10,000 bonus for the perfect game. [11]

Female bowlers have also achieved perfection in front of a television audience. Ritsuko Nakayama of the Japan Professional Bowling Association became the first woman to score a perfect game in front of a national television audience, doing so in Japan on August 21, 1970. [12] Michelle Feldman of the Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) became the first woman to score a 300 on American national television, when she accomplished the feat in a 1997 Prime Sports broadcast. [13] Cara Honeychurch, Liz Johnson and Dasha Kovalova have also bowled 300 games in PWBA events on American TV. [14] Urara Himeji, Wendy Macpherson and Takiko Naganawa have rolled 300 games on Japanese national television, all during JPBA events.

The following is a list of all perfect 300 games in nationally televised PBA Tour title events (PBA Hall of Famers marked with an asterisk; major tournaments in bold text):

No.PlayerEventAir DateLocationOpponentBonus (USD)Notes & Trivia
1 Jack Biondolillo Firestone Tournament of ChampionsApril 1, 1967 Akron, Ohio Les Schissler$10,000-First 300 game in a nationally televised bowling event
2 Johnny Guenther*San Jose OpenFebruary 1, 1969 San Jose, California Don Johnson*$10,000
3 Jim Stefanich*Midas OpenJanuary 5, 1974 Alameda, California Glenn Carlson$10,000
4 Pete McCordic Greater Los Angeles OpenJanuary 31, 1987 Torrance, California Wayne Webb*$100,000-Ended the longest drought between televised PBA 300 games (13 years);

-First $100,000 bonus for bowling a televised 300

5 Bob Benoit Quaker State OpenJanuary 23, 1988 Grand Prairie, Texas Mark Roth*$100,000-First televised 300 game shot in a title match
6 Mike Aulby*Wichita OpenJuly 1, 1993 Wichita, Kansas David Ozio*$10,000-First televised 300 by a left-handed bowler;

-Second televised 300 game shot in a title match; -Set record for combined score in a title match (579 total pins; Ozio shot 279) [15]

7 Johnny Petraglia*PBA National ChampionshipMarch 5, 1994 Toledo, Ohio Walter Ray Williams, Jr.*$100,000-Oldest player (47) to bowl 300 in a televised PBA Tour event
8 Butch Soper Hilton Hotels ClassicJuly 12, 1994 Reno, Nevada Bob Benoit$10,000-First PBA season with multiple televised 300 games;

-First time a 300 was bowled on TV to beat another player who had previously bowled a 300 on TV (Benoit, 1988)

9 C.K. Moore Columbia 300 OpenFebruary 2, 1996 Austin, Texas Parker Bohn III$25,000-First bowler to roll a 300 game in his TV debut (was Moore's first ever game on TV)
10 Bob Learn Jr. Flagship OpenApril 6, 1996 Erie, Pennsylvania Johnny Petraglia$100,000-Highest four-game pinfall in a PBA Tour telecast (300, 270, 280, 279 = 1,129 total); [16]

-Second time a 300 was bowled on TV to beat another player who had previously bowled a 300 on TV (Petraglia, 1994) (to date, both events are the only $100,000 bonus prizes); -Tied record for combined score in a televised match (579 total pins; Petraglia shot 279) [17]

11 Jason Queen ABC MastersMay 3, 1997 Huntsville, Alabama Bobby FleetwoodNone-Retroactively added after a PBA rule change counted ABC/USBC Masters wins as PBA titles;

-No bonus was awarded for this perfect game (the sponsor, Contour Power Grips, would only provide a 300-game bonus if a bowler was wearing their company patch; Queen was not wearing said patch during his 300 game) [18]

12 Steve Hoskins*Ebonite Challenge 2October 15, 1997 Rochester, New York Walter Ray Williams, Jr.$10,000-Williams, Jr.: first bowler to lose to a 300-game on TV multiple times
13 Parker Bohn III*ABC MastersMay 9, 1998 Reno, Nevada Chris Sand$10,000-Bohn: first bowler to have previously lost to a 300-game on TV (1996 vs. C.K. Moore) who later accomplished the same feat for a win
14 Steve Jaros Chattanooga OpenFebruary 13, 1999 Chattanooga, Tennessee Ricky Ward$10,000
15 Mike Miller National Bowling Stadium OpenJune 20, 1999 Reno, Nevada Danny Weisman*$10,000
16 Norm Duke*GEICO Earl Anthony ClassicJanuary 5, 2003 Tacoma, Washington Walter Ray Williams, Jr.$10,000
17 Mika Koivuniemi*PBA Cambridge Credit ClassicDecember 7, 2003 Windsor Locks, Connecticut Jason Couch*$20,000-First PBA televised 300 game by a player born outside of the United States
18 Tony Reyes Motor City ClassicNovember 5, 2006 Taylor, Michigan Parker Bohn III$10,000-Bohn: second bowler to lose to a 300-game on TV multiple times;

-Third time a 300 was bowled on TV to beat another player who had previously bowled a 300 on TV (Bohn, 1998)

19 Ryan Shafer Pepsi ChampionshipMarch 18, 2007 Indianapolis, Indiana Jeff Carter$10,000-Set a PBA TV record with 18 consecutive strikes in the same telecast. [19]
20 Rhino Page Dydo Japan CupApril 25, 2009 Tokyo, Japan Jeong Tae-Hwa$10,000-First televised 300 game in a PBA event held outside of the United States
21 Jason Belmonte PBA World ChampionshipJanuary 15, 2012 Las Vegas, Nevada Mike Fagan & Brian Kretzer$10,000-Tape-delayed broadcast (rolled November 18, 2011)
22 Chris Barnes*WSOB GEICO Shark OpenMarch 4, 2012 Las Vegas, Nevada Sean Rash$10,000-Tape-delayed broadcast (rolled November 19, 2011)
23 Sean Rash PBA Wolf OpenJune 3, 2014 Shawnee, Oklahoma Chris Loschetter$10,000-Tape-delayed broadcast (rolled May 24, 2014);

-Rash: second bowler to have previously lost to a 300-game on TV (2012 vs. Chris Barnes) who later accomplished the same feat for a win

24 Ronnie Russell WSOB Chameleon ChampionshipDecember 28, 2014 Las Vegas, Nevada Sean Rash & JR Raymond$10,000-Tape-delayed broadcast (rolled November 2, 2014);

-Fourth time a 300 was bowled on TV to beat another player who had previously bowled a 300 on TV (Rash, 2014); -Rash: third bowler to lose to a 300-game on TV multiple times

25 Sean Rash (2)Barbasol PBA Tournament of ChampionsFebruary 15, 2015 Indianapolis, Indiana Ryan Ciminelli$10,000-First player with multiple televised PBA 300 games
26 François Lavoie U.S. OpenNovember 9, 2016 Las Vegas, Nevada Shawn Maldonado$10,000-First 300 game in the televised finals of the U.S. Open
27 Tommy Jones*PBA Hall of Fame ClassicJanuary 19, 2020 Arlington, Texas Darren Tang$10,000-Third televised 300 game shot in a title match;

-First televised 300 on a mixed oil pattern (left and right lanes had different lengths and layouts of oil)

28 Jakob Butturff PBA Tour FinalsJuly 18, 2020 Jupiter, Florida Norm Duke, Sean Rash, & Anthony Simonsen$10,000-First time a televised 300 game was bowled against two bowlers at the same time who had also bowled televised 300 games (Duke, 2003; Rash, 2014-15);

-Fifth time a 300 was bowled on TV to beat another player who had previously bowled a 300 on TV (Duke, 2003; Rash, 2014-15)

29 François Lavoie (2)PBA Tour PlayoffsOctober 11, 2020 Centreville, Virginia Sean Rash$10,000-Second player with multiple televised PBA 300 games (the first was Rash);

-First PBA season with three televised 300 games; -Rash: involved in the most televised 300 games combined (6 total: 2 for, 4 against)

30 Chris Via PBA Players ChampionshipFebruary 7, 2021 Jupiter, Florida Tim Foy, Jr.$10,000
31 Sam Cooley PBA Tour PlayoffsMay 16, 2021 Milford, Connecticut Kyle Troup$10,000
32 Chris Via (2)PBA Tour FinalsJune 27, 2021 Allen Park, Michigan EJ Tackett$10,000-First player with multiple televised 300 games in the same season;

-Third player with multiple televised PBA 300 games

33 Kyle Troup PBA Tour FinalsJune 5, 2022 Arlington, Washington Kris Prather$10,000-Second televised 300 on a mixed oil pattern (left and right lanes had different lengths and layouts of oil);

-Troup: third bowler to have previously lost to a 300-game on TV (2021 vs. Sam Cooley) who later accomplished the same feat for a win

34 Jason Belmonte (2)PBA Tour FinalsJune 5, 2022 Arlington, Washington Dom Barrett$10,000-First televised PBA event with multiple 300 games;

-Fourth player with multiple televised PBA 300 games; -Fourth televised 300 game shot in a title match; -Third televised 300 on a mixed oil pattern (left and right lanes had different lengths and layouts of oil); -Longest gap between first and second televised 300 games (10 years)

35 Jason Belmonte (3)PBA Tour FinalsJune 25, 2023 Arlington, Washington Kris Prather$10,000-Fourth televised 300 on a mixed oil pattern (left and right lanes had different lengths and layouts of oil);

-First bowler to record three televised perfect games

Andy Varipapa 300

Andy Varipapa, a standout bowler from the 1930s and 1940s, joked about a 300 game being twelve strikes in a row spanning two games. Hence, such a result is named after the veteran bowler.

Back-to-back

On August 31, 2010, 75-year-old Will June, grandfather of Cato June, became the oldest player to bowl consecutive perfect games. [20]

Perfect series

A 900 series, a three-game set with scores adding up to 900, is a more difficult feat to achieve than bowling a single perfect game because it requires more consistency and careful attention to the subtle changes in the lane conditions from game to game. [21] The first six 900 series reported, starting with PBA Hall of Famer Glenn Allison's in 1982, were all rejected by the USBC for various reasons – mostly due to nonconforming lane conditions. [22] Finally, in 1997, an officially certified 900 series was bowled by collegiate bowler Jeremy Sonnenfeld, rolled at Sun Valley Lanes in Lincoln, Nebraska. It was the first 900 series approved by the USBC. Twelve perfect series were bowled in the ten-year period 1997–2008, and six were bowled in the two years 2009–2010. As of June 25, 2022, the USBC lists a total of 40 officially certified 900 series by 39 different bowlers, [23] with Robert Mushtare the only person to roll more than one.

In fiction

The concept of a perfect bowling game has been regularly used in fiction for either suspenseful or comedic effect.

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