Kyle Troup
| Kyle Troup | |
|---|---|
 Troup at a PBA tournament in 2016 | |
| Born | June 11, 1991 |
| Nationality | United States |
| Home town | Taylorsville, North Carolina |
| Bowling Information | |
| Affiliation | PBA |
| Rookie year | 2008 |
| Dominant hand | Right (two-handed) |
| Wins | 3 |
| Sponsors | Storm Products, Inc. |
| Personal blog |
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Kyle Troup (born June 11, 1991) is an American professional ten-pin bowler residing in Taylorsville, North Carolina. He uses the two-handed shovel-style delivery with a dominant right hand.
Troup has been a member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) since 2008, and won his first national PBA Tour title in 2015. He has three PBA Tour titles to date. As of 2018, Troup is a member of Team USA.[1]
Career
Said to be one of the PBA's premier two-handed adult bowlers,[2] Troup sometimes uses an older-technology urethane bowling ball on shorter oil patterns.[3] He said that he needed two hands when learning to throw the ball as a young child, calling himself self-taught in that regard.[4]
Troup spent his first five years as a PBA member bowling mostly in PBA Regional events close to home, while he worked his regular job managing a Wendy's restaurant.[5]
In 2015, Troup decided to bowl more events on the national PBA Tour, and made it to the championship round (the final stage of a PBA tournament) four times. He won the 2015 PBA Wolf Open in Shawnee, Oklahoma for his first PBA Tour title.[6] He finished eighth in the South Shore PBA/PBA50 doubles with PBA50 player Jerry Brunette Jr.[6]
In 2016, Troup finished second in the Downums Waste Services Xtra Frame Open, and fourth in Gene Carter's Pro Shop Classic.[6]
Troup's second PBA Tour title came on April 16, 2017 in the Mark Roth-Marshall Holman PBA Doubles Championship, where he teamed with left-handed two-hander Jesper Svensson for the title.[7] His only other TV finals appearance in 2017 was at the PBA World Championship major, where he finished fourth.[8]
Troup has made seven PBA championship round appearances, and owns ten PBA Regional titles. He has rolled 13 career 300 games in PBA competition through the end of 2017.[6]
On January 7, 2018, Troup finished as the top qualifier at the United States Bowling Congress Team USA Trials, making the team for the first time in his career.[1] Three weeks later, on January 28, Troup made it to the final match of the DHC PBA Japan Invitational, but finished runner-up to top seed Dominic Barrett.[9] Troup won his third PBA title on September 9, 2018 at the Storm Lucky Larsen Masters in Malmö, Sweden, defeating reigning PBA Player of the Year Jason Belmonte in the final match.[10]
Personal
Troup is the son of eight-time PBA Tour winner Guppy Troup, the two constituting the fourth father-son pair to each win PBA Tour titles.[3] [6]
Troup is recognized for his throwback Afro hairdo and Partridge Family bus-styled attire, most commonly his unique choice of trousers,[3] similar to his father who was known for his flamboyant public persona.[11]
PBA career statistics
Statistics are through the last complete PBA season.
| Season | Events | Cashes | Match Play | CRA+ | PBA Titles | Average | Earnings ($US) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 211.83 | 0 |
| 2011-12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 211.83 | 1,000 |
| 2012-13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 209.83 | 100 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 215.44 | 16,423 |
| 2015 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 216.84 | 34,136 |
| 2016 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 221.44 | 43,920 |
| 2017 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 218.95 | 65,615 |
+CRA = Championship Round Appearances
References
- 1 2 Smith, Aaron (January 7, 2018). "Champions determined at 2018 Team USA Trials, U.S. Amateur". bowl.com. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ↑ TeamIAB (November 7, 2013). "The Life of a Pro Bowler Child: Kyle Troup". International Art of Bowling. Archived from the original on May 14, 2015.
- 1 2 3 Schneider, J. (May 26, 2015). "Kyle Troup Wins PBA Wolf Open For First PBA Tour Title, Joins Father Guppy as PBA Tour Champions". Professional Bowlers Association (PBA.com article). Archived from the original on April 14, 2016.
- ↑ "Kyle Troup". Storm Bowling Products, Inc. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2016. (cited for quotation from interview)
- ↑ "THE LIFE OF A PRO BOWLER CHILD: KYLE TROUP". iabowling.com. November 7, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Bowler's profile: "Kyle Troup". Professional Bowlers Association (PBA.com). Archived from the original on August 8, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
- ↑ "Kyle Troup, Jesper Svensson Make History in Winning Roth/Holman PBA Doubles Championship". pba.com. April 16, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
- ↑ Vint, Bill (December 31, 2017). "Australia's Jason Belmonte Wins Historic PBA World Championship for Ninth Major Title, Third in 2017". Retrieved May 11, 2018.
- ↑ "ENGLAND'S DOM BARRETT WINS DHC PBA JAPAN INVITATIONAL". BowlingDigital.com. January 28, 2018.
- ↑ Vint, Bill (September 9, 2018). "Kyle Troup Upsets Jason Belmonte to Win PBA-WBT Lucky Larsen Masters Title in Sweden". PBA.com.
- ↑ Deford, Frank (January 25, 1988). "Frank Deford Goes Bowling". Sports Illustrated "vault". Archived from the original on September 1, 2016.
External links
- Troup's profile page at PBA.com