PBA Bowling Tour: 1993 Season

PBA Bowling Tour: 1993 Season
League	Professional Bowlers Association
Sport	Ten-pin bowling
Duration	January 5 – December 5, 1993
PBA Tour
Season MVP	Walter Ray Williams, Jr.

This is a recap of the 1993 season for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. It was the tour's 35th season, and consisted of 35 events.

PBA Player of the Year Walter Ray Williams, Jr. dominated the season with seven victories and a 299 game in the first match in the Leisure's Long Island open against Robert Lawrence, while leading nearly every statistical category. He had a good chance to tie Mark Roth's 1978 single-season record of eight titles, having collected an additional four runner-up finishes during the year.^[1]

Ron Polombi, Jr. captured his second career major title at the Bud Light PBA National Championship. Del Ballard, Jr. became the PBA's third two-time winner of the modern-day BPAA U.S. Open, joining Marshall Holman and Pete Weber.^[2]

George Branham III made history in what would be the final Firestone Tournament of Champions, becoming the first African American to win a PBA major. Prior to the tournament, the PBA announced that General Tire would be taking over sponsorship of the ToC, which had been sponsored by Firestone Tire since 1965.^[3]

Mike Aulby rolled the PBA's sixth televised 300 game at the Wichita Open, defeating David Ozio 300-279 in the highest-scoring TV match in PBA history.^[4]

Tournament schedule

Event	Bowling center	City	Dates	Winner
AC-Delco Classic	Gable House Bowl	Torrance, California	Jan 5–9	Ron Williams (3)
Phoenix Open	Fair Lanes Squaw Peak	Phoenix, Arizona	Jan 12–16	Parker Bohn III (9)
Showboat Invitational	Showboat Bowling Center	Las Vegas, Nevada	Jan 17–23	Mike Aulby (21)
Quaker State Open	Forum Bowling Lanes	Grand Prairie, Texas	Jan 25–30	Steve Hoskins (1)
True Value Open	Landmark Recreation Center	Peoria, Illinois	Feb 2–6	John Mazza (4)
Bud Light Hall of Fame Championship	Tropicana Lanes	Richmond Heights, Missouri	Feb 8–13	Bob Learn, Jr. (2)
Cleveland Open	Yorktown Lanes	Parma Heights, Ohio	Feb 16–20	Ron Williams (4)
Bud Light PBA National Championship	Imperial Lanes	Toledo, Ohio	Feb 21–27	Ron Polombi, Jr. (6)
Flagship City Open	Eastway Lanes	Erie, Pennsylvania	Mar 1–6	Walter Ray Williams, Jr. (7)
Baltimore Open	Fair Lanes Woodlawn	Baltimore, Maryland	Mar 9–13	George Branham III (3)
Johnny Petraglia Open	Carolier Lanes	North Brunswick, New Jersey	Mar 15–20	Ricky Ward (1)
Leisure's Long Island Open	Sayville Bowl	Sayville, New York	Mar 22–27	Dave Arnold (1)
Tums Classic	Bradley Bowl	Windsor Locks, Connecticut	Mar 30 – Apr 3	Jason Couch (1)
BPAA U.S. Open	Roseland Bowl	Canandaigua, New York	Apr 4–10	Del Ballard, Jr. (12)
IOF Foresters Bowling for Miracles Open	Club 300 Bowl	Markham, Ontario	Apr 13–17	Pete Weber (20)
Firestone Tournament of Champions	Riviera Lanes	Fairlawn, Ohio	Apr 20–24	George Branham III (4)
PBA Touring Pro/Senior Doubles	St. Clair Bowl	O'Fallon, Illinois	May 11–15	Teata Semiz, Rich Abboud (1)
Columbia 300 Open	Astro Bowling Center	San Antonio, Texas	May 17–22	Walter Ray Williams, Jr. (8)
Billy Vuckovich III Memorial Fresno Open	Cedar Lanes	Fresno, California	May 24–29	Randy Pedersen (9)
Seattle Open	Skyway Park Bowl	Seattle, Washington	Jun 7–12	Steve Fields (1)
Northwest Classic	Celebrity Bowl	Kennewick, Washington	Jun 14–19	Walter Ray Williams, Jr. (9)
Oregon Open	Hollywood Bowl	Portland, Oregon	Jun 22–26	Walter Ray Williams, Jr. (10)
Active West Open	Active West Town Square Lanes	Riverside, California	Jun 28 – Jul 2	Brian Voss (13)
Tucson PBA Open	Golden Pin Lanes	Tucson, Arizona	Jul 6–10	Walter Ray Williams, Jr. (11)
El Paso Open	Bowl El Paso	El Paso, Texas	Jul 13–17	Bob Benoit (4)
Wichita Open	Northrock Lanes	Wichita, Kansas	Jul 27–31	Mike Aulby (22)
Choice Hotels Summer Classic	Boulevard Bowl	Edmond, Oklahoma	Aug 2–7	Steve Jaros (2)
Greater Grand Rapids Open	Spectrum Lanes	Grand Rapids, Michigan	Aug 8–12	Walter Ray Williams, Jr. (12)
Paula Carter's Homestead Classic	Paula Carter's Pro Bowl	Homestead, Florida	Aug 21–26	Walter Ray Williams, Jr. (13)
Oronamin C Japan Cup	Tokyo Port Bowl	Tokyo, Japan	Oct 7–10	Pete Weber (21)
Rochester Open	Marcel's Olympic Bowl	Rochester, New York	Oct 16–20	Roger Bowker (4)
Greater Detroit Open	Taylor Lanes	Taylor, Michigan	Oct 23–27	Norm Duke (4)
Touring Players Championship	Woodland Bowl	Indianapolis, Indiana	Oct 30 – Nov 3	Jason Couch (2)
Brunswick Memorial World Open	Brunswick Deer Park Lanes	Lake Zurich, Illinois	Nov 4–10	Dave Husted (8)
Merit Mixed Doubles Championship	Hilton Lanes	Reno, Nevada	Dec 2–5	Parker Bohn III (10), Aleta Sill

References

External links

1993 Season Schedule

PBA Bowling Tour seasons

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