Patrick Allen (bowler)
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Patrick Allen is one of the premiere left-handed ten-pin bowlers
currently on the Professional Bowlers Association
(PBA) Tour. He has won 13 PBA titles, including two majors (2005 Denny's World Championship
and 2009 H&R Block Tournament of Champions). A long-time resident of Tarrytown, NY, he has relocated to Wesley Chapel, FL.
Allen joined the PBA in 1999, and became a full-time member the following year. He won his first PBA title in 2002 at the Greater Detroit Open. His finest season as a pro came in 2004-05, when he earned PBA Player of the Year honors and led the Tour in points. That season, he made match play in 19 of 21 events, made five TV finals appearances, won three titles (including his first major) and cashed $350,740 in earnings. The earnings rank as the second-highest all-time in a PBA season, behind only the monster $419,700 season posted by Walter Ray Williams Jr. in 2002-03. Allen also made the top-five in all four major tournaments in 2004-05, the only time that has been accomplished since the ABC/USBC Masters became an official PBA event in 1998.
Allen also won three titles in the 2008-09 season, at the National Bowling Stadium Championship, Tournament of Champions and Dydo Japan Cup
.
Known to his fans and fellow pro bowlers as "P.A." or "Hoss," Allen became the PBA's 36th career millionaire in 2007. His career PBA Tour earnings through the end of the 2010-11 season stand at over $1.25 million. He was ranked #44 on the PBA's 2008 list of "50 Greatest Players of the Last 50 Years." Through the 2010-11 season, he has recorded 36 perfect 300 games in PBA events.
Ten-pin bowling
Ten-pin bowling is a competitive sport in which a player rolls a bowling ball down a wooden or synthetic lane with the objective of scoring points by knocking down as many pins as possible.-Summary:The lane is bordered along its length by semicylindrical channels Ten-pin bowling (commonly just...
currently on the Professional Bowlers Association
Professional Bowlers Association
The Professional Bowlers Association is the major sanctioning body for the sport of professional ten-pin bowling in the United States. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the PBA membership consists of almost 4,300 members worldwide...
(PBA) Tour. He has won 13 PBA titles, including two majors (2005 Denny's World Championship
PBA World Championship
The PBA World Championship is one of the four major PBA bowling events. Prior to 2002, the tournament was called the PBA National Championship. The PBA National Championship was first contested in 1960, then called the First Annual National Championship...
and 2009 H&R Block Tournament of Champions). A long-time resident of Tarrytown, NY, he has relocated to Wesley Chapel, FL.
Allen joined the PBA in 1999, and became a full-time member the following year. He won his first PBA title in 2002 at the Greater Detroit Open. His finest season as a pro came in 2004-05, when he earned PBA Player of the Year honors and led the Tour in points. That season, he made match play in 19 of 21 events, made five TV finals appearances, won three titles (including his first major) and cashed $350,740 in earnings. The earnings rank as the second-highest all-time in a PBA season, behind only the monster $419,700 season posted by Walter Ray Williams Jr. in 2002-03. Allen also made the top-five in all four major tournaments in 2004-05, the only time that has been accomplished since the ABC/USBC Masters became an official PBA event in 1998.
Allen also won three titles in the 2008-09 season, at the National Bowling Stadium Championship, Tournament of Champions and Dydo Japan Cup
Dydo Japan Cup
Dydo Japan Cup is an annual PBA and JPBA bowling event. The tournament typically featured the top 16 bowlers from each organization, and has been dominated by PBA Tour professionals since 1989. The last JPBA bowler to win the event was Takeo Sakai in 1988.The tournament celebrated its 25th...
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Known to his fans and fellow pro bowlers as "P.A." or "Hoss," Allen became the PBA's 36th career millionaire in 2007. His career PBA Tour earnings through the end of the 2010-11 season stand at over $1.25 million. He was ranked #44 on the PBA's 2008 list of "50 Greatest Players of the Last 50 Years." Through the 2010-11 season, he has recorded 36 perfect 300 games in PBA events.