2010 Present

2010 Kelly Kulick became the first woman to win a PBA Tour title, winning the 2010 PBA Tournament of Champions. 2010 Kulick defeated Mika At the age of 50, Walter Ray Williams Koivuniemi in the semifinal Jr. swept every major statistical match, 227-223, and top category during the 2009-10 PBA qualifier in the Tour season en route to a record title match, 265-195, at Red seventh Chris Schenkel PBA Player Rock Center in Las of the Year honor. Williams also was Vegas. named Bowler of the Decade for the second consecutive decade – a feat 2011 unprecedented in the sports world. With his 267-237 win over Bill O’Neill in the 2011 PBA World Championship at South Point Bowling Center in Las Vegas, Chris The largest pin differential2011 in a PBA Barnes becomes the sixth player to televised match occurred when win the PBA Triple Crown. He also defeated Tom won the 2005 U.S. Open and the Daugherty, 299-100, in the 2011 PBA 2006 Dexter PBA Tournament of Tournament of Champions at Red Champions. Rock in Las Vegas. Daugherty’s 100 remains the lowest score bowled on a PBA national telecast. Koivuniemi joined Don Johnson (1970) as the 2012 second bowler to shoot 299 in the Pete Weber became the first player TOC televised finals. He then defeated Tom Smallwood, 269- to win five U.S. Open/BPAA All Star 207, to become the first international player to win the TOC. titles, defeating Mike Fagan, 215- The event featured the first $1 million purse in PBA history 214, at Brunswick Zone Carolier in and a $250,000 first prize. It was the first live PBA event aired North Brunswick, N.J., with a strike on ABC Television since 1997. on his final shot which prompted him to utter the phrase, “Who Do You Think You Are? I Am!” The catch phrase became an instant hit in bowling and pop culture, and 2012 inspired an ESPN 30 for 30 Short PBA Hall of Famer Johnny Petraglia film. became the first player in PBA history to win a national tour or national senior tour title in six decades by winning the 2013 PBA Senior Dayton Classic. PBA introduced a new “blue oil” used to condition the lanes during the ESPN broadcasts of PBA World Series events at South 2013 Point Bowling Center in Pete Weber won the PBA Tournament Las Vegas. The blue-dyed of Champions at Woodland Bowl in oil enabled fans to see Indianapolis to become the first player the differences in defined lane oiling patterns and how to complete the PBA Triple Crown for transition of oil occurs as the events take place. a second time as well as becoming the oldest player to win the TOC at age 50. 2016 defeated Dan MacLelland, 245-207, to win the USBC Masters at Woodland Bowl 2016 in Indianapolis to become the At age 20 and 357 days, Jesper youngest player to win a major Svensson defeated Mitch Beasley, on the PBA Tour at the age of 19 231-221, to become the youngest years, 39 days. player to win the PBA Tournament of Champions. The previous record was set 40 years earlier when Marshall Holman won the 1976 PBA Tournament of Championship at age 21 years, 207 days. 2016 The GoBowling.com Dallas Strikers (Norm Duke, Tommy Jones, Shawn Maldonado, BJ Walter Ray Williams Jr. 2016 Moore and Bill O’Neill) made became the first player PBA history as they recorded in PBA history to win a the first team Baker 300 combined total of 100 PBA game in televised PBA League titles at all levels when he competition at Bayside Bowl in teamed up with Dick Allen Portland, Maine. The Strikers and Dennis Lane to win the defeated the Barbasol Motown PBA/PBA50/PBA60 Decker Muscle to advance to their first Appraisal Services Baker Trio title. As the PBA50 player in Elias Cup championship. the group, Williams won his 10th PBA50 Regional title to go along with 47 PBA Tour titles, 32 PBA Regional titles and 11 PBA50 Tour titles.

Jason Belmonte won his2017 ninth career major championship 2017 with a thrilling 238-225 victory made PBA over top qualifier Jesper history by becoming the only Svensson in the PBA World player to win the USBC Masters Championship at the National four times. As top qualifier, Bowling Stadium in Reno, he defeated amateur Michael Nev. With the win, Belmonte Tang, 279-212, at The Orleans became the first player in Bowling Center in Las Vegas for PBA’s 60-year history to win his eighth PBA major title. three major championships in a single season.