PBA Bowling Tour: 2001–02 season

This is a recap of the 2001–02 season for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) tour. It was the tour's 43rd season. This was a transitional season for the PBA Tour following its sale in April 2000. After holding nine events in the early part of 2001, the PBA announced it was moving to a "seasonal" (September–March) National Tour format. The first event under this new format would have been the Wichita Open on September 13, but it was cancelled due to the September 11th attacks.[1] An additional 21 events were held in this time frame, for a total of 30 events in 2001–02.[2]

PBA Bowling Tour: 2001–02 Season
LeagueProfessional Bowlers Association
SportTen-pin bowling
DurationJanuary 9, 2001 – March 17, 2002
PBA Tour
Season MVPParker Bohn III

Parker Bohn III won his second PBA Player of the Year award in three seasons, after posting five titles on the season. The season featured two PBA World Championship events. The first, in 2001, was won by Walter Ray Williams, Jr. The second, in 2002, offered an unprecedented $120,000 first prize and was won by Doug Kent. There were also two ABC Masters events, one in each calendar year. Parker Bohn III won the 2001 event, while amateur Brett Wolfe won the 2002 event.

The season's other major, the U.S. Open was won by Mika Koivuniemi.[3]

With his win in the Silicon Valley Open, Mike Aulby became the only bowler in history to win at least one standard PBA Tour title in four different decades.

Tournament schedule
EventCityDatesWinner
NBS National/Senior Doubles Reno, Nevada Jan 9–14 Parker Bohn III (25),
Rohn Morton
Silicon Valley Open Daly City, California Jan 16–21 Mike Aulby (27)
The Orleans Casino Open Las Vegas, Nevada Jan 21–25 Ryan Shafer (3)
PBA World Championship Toledo, Ohio Jan 28 – Feb 4 Walter Ray Williams, Jr. (33)
Parker Bohn III Empire State Open Latham, New York Feb 7–11 Parker Bohn III (26)
Tar Heel Open Burlington, North Carolina Feb 13–18 Ricky Ward (5)
The Villages PBA Open The Villages, Florida Feb 20–24 Jason Couch (9)
The Battle at Little Creek Virginia Beach, Virginia Mar 1–4 Steve Wilson (3)
ABC Masters Reno, Nevada Jun 11–16 Parker Bohn III (27)
Japan Cup Tokyo, Japan Sep 5–9 Bob Learn, Jr. (5)
PBA Peoria Open Peoria, Illinois Sep 20–25 Kurt Pilon (1)
PBA Greater Nashville Open Hendersonville, Tennessee Sep 27 – Oct 2 Chris Barnes (3)
PBA Miller High Life Open Indianapolis, Indiana Oct 4–9 Dave Arnold (3)
PBA Great Lakes Classic Grand Rapids, Michigan Oct 11–16 Pete Weber (26)
PBA Greater Detroit Classic Taylor, Michigan Oct 18–23 Patrick Allen (1)
PBA Johnny Petraglia Open North Brunswick, New Jersey Oct 25–30 Danny Wiseman (9)
PBA Greater Cincinnati Classic Erlanger, Kentucky Nov 6–11 Walter Ray Williams, Jr. (34)
PBA Long Island Open Syosset, New York
Uncasville, Connecticut		 Nov 13–18 Tommy Delutz, Jr. (2)
PBA Greater Louisville Open Louisville, Kentucky Nov 21–25 Pete Weber (27)
Bowling's U.S. Open Fountain Valley, California Dec 2–9 Mika Koivuniemi (2)
PBA Earl Anthony Memorial Classic Kirkland, Washington Jan 1–6 Parker Bohn III (28)
PBA Medford Open Medford, Oregon Jan 8–13 Ricky Ward (6)
ABC Masters Reno, Nevada Jan 15–20 Brett Wolfe (amateur)
PBA Orleans Casino Open Las Vegas, Nevada Jan 19–24 Brian Voss (21)
PBA Dallas Open Dallas, Texas Jan 29 – Feb 3 Ritchie Allen (1)
PBA Columbia 300 Tar Heel Open Burlington, North Carolina Feb 5–9 Pete Weber (28)
PBA Empire State Open Latham, New York Feb 13–17 Robert Smith (3)
PBA Flagship Open Erie, Pennsylvania Feb 20–24 Steve Wilson (4)
PBA World Championship Toledo, Ohio Feb 24 – Mar 3 Doug Kent (5)
The Battle at Little Creek Virginia Beach, Virginia Mar 13–17 Parker Bohn III (29)

References
  1. "New-look PBA will debut on Sept. 13". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  2. "PBA History". PBA.
  3. "PBA Champions by Season". PBA.
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