Wendy Macpherson

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Wendy Macpherson is an American ten-pin bowler. She was born on January 28, 1968, in Walnut Creek, California, and currently lives in Henderson, Nevada. [1]

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Macpherson captured 20 career titles (tied for seventh most all-time) on the Ladies Pro Bowlers Tour and Professional Women's Bowling Association Tour before the tours folded in the fall of 2003 [2] and was a four-time Bowling Writers Association of America Female Bowler of the Year. Among her titles are six major championships. She is the all-time leader in career PWBA earnings ($1,232,910 U.S.). [3] She also holds the record for highest earnings in a single PWBA season, with $165,425 in 1997. [4]

Macpherson won her first pro title at age 18 in the 1986 U.S. Women's Open, while she was still a high school senior. This made her the youngest player to win a PWBA Tour event, a distinction that stood until 2021, when 17-year old Jillian Martin won the PWBA BowlTV Classic. [5] Macpherson remains the youngest player to win a PWBA major event. She has also won the USBC Queens event three times (1988, 2000 and 2003). On July 2, 2006, she became the first female bowler to win a USBC Open Championships title when she fired an 812 series (248-300-264) in the singles competition; it was nine days after the death of her father.

In December 2008, Macpherson was elected to the USBC Hall of Fame for Superior Performance; she was inducted with the 2009 class. [6] [7] She was elected to the PWBA Hall of Fame in 2019, as a member of the first Hall of Fame class since that organization suspended operations in 2003. [4]

Macpherson has also competed in the PBA Women's Series, sponsored by the USBC. Making the field of 16 for the Bayer Earl Anthony Medford Classic as an alternate in January 2009, she eventually won the title over previous Women's Series champion Stefanie Nation, 199-184. [8]

Macpherson started competing in the Japan Professional Bowling Association (JPBA) in 2004, winning the 2004 JLBC Prince Cup in her first appearance. During her JPBA years, she earned ten JPBA titles, [9] including the 34th ABS Japan Open in 2010, where in the final match she pocketed 10,000,000 Yen (approx. $121,000) as a bonus for bowling a 300 game. [2]

Professional titles

PWBA Tour titles

Major championships in bold text. (Source: 11thframe.com [10] )

  1. 1986 U.S. Women’s Open
  2. 1987 AMF Virginia Classic
  3. 1988 WIBC Queens
  4. 1990 Sam’s Town Invitational
  5. 1993 Las Vegas Western Open
  6. 1995 Omaha Lancers Open
  7. 1996 Texas Border Shoot-Out
  8. 1996 Greater Little Rock Classic
  9. 1996 Three Rivers Open
  10. 1997 Lubbock Open
  11. 1997 Storm Doubles (w/Darris Street)
  12. 1997 Columbia 300 Delaware Open
  13. 1997 Baltimore Eastern Open
  14. 1998 Track Triton TKO Open
  15. 1999 St. Clair Classic
  16. 1999 Sam’s Town Invitational
  17. 2000 WIBC Queens
  18. 2000 Southern Virginia Open
  19. 2001 Columbia 300 Open
  20. 2003 WIBC Queens

PBA Women's Series titles

  1. 2009 Bayer Earl Anthony Medford Classic

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References

  1. ↑ "USBC U.S. Women's Open - Wendy Macpherson". Professional Bowlers Association. Retrieved September 1, 2008.
  2. 1 2 "Big payday for Wendy Macpherson; wins more than $157,000 in 34th ABS Japan Open". bowlingdigital.com. November 16, 2010.
  3. ↑ Schedules & Statistics, Bowling Digest, October, 2003.
  4. 1 2 "HULSENBERG, MACPHERSON, CONNERS ELECTED TO PWBA HALL OF FAME". PWBA.com. February 1, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  5. ↑ "JILLIAN MARTIN MAKES HISTORY WITH WIN AT 2021 PWBA BOWLTV CLASSIC". PWBA.com. August 10, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Roth, Petraglia, Macpherson Elected to USBC Hall of Fame". Professional Bowlers Association. July 6, 2009.
  7. ↑ "A strike for gender equity". Chicago Tribune. July 28, 2006.
  8. ↑ "Malott Successfully Defends PBA Bayer Earl Anthony Medford Classic Title". Professional Bowlers Association. July 17, 2009.
  9. ↑ "Wendy Macpherson goes back-to-back on Japan Professional Bowlers Association Ladies Tour". bowlingdigital.com. February 13, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Women's Pro History". 11thframe.com. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
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