Getting your first bowling 300 game is not a right of passage. A perfect game is a difficult feat because in addition to hitting the pocket twelve times in a game, you must carry each delivery. Every good player who thinks they have deserved a 300 score because they have rolled games where they hit.

Jeff Carter (born June 18, 1969) is a right-handed American professional ten-pin bowler, member of the Professional Bowlers Association. He joined the PBA in 1999.

PBA career[edit]

Carter has one career PBA Tour title. He has made three championship round appearances, the first two of which came in the 2006–07 season, his first as an exempt bowler. Is 3–2 with a 212 average in three career TV singles appearances. One of those finals appearances came in the 64th U.S. Open where he fell to Pete Weber, 267–192. Carter was on the opposite end of history as Ryan Shafer fired the 18th televised 300 game in PBA history against him in the 2007 PBA Pepsi Championship. He was named the 1999 PBA Midwest Region Rookie of the Year and the 2005–06 PBA Midwest Region Player of the Year. Earned his first career exemption by leading the 2005–06 PBA Midwest Region point rankings. Owns 12 career PBA Regional Tour titles and over $125,000 in regional earnings. Total career PBA winnings stand at over $400,000 ($281,605 on the PBA Tour).

2006–07: In his first season as an exempt bowler, did not disappoint by finishing 26th in the PBA World Point Rankings, qualifying for match play nine times and appearing in two TV finals. While surviving as a middle-of-the-pack bowler for most of the season, Carter made a big push at the conclusion of the season to solidify his point ranking and secure a second exemption. Made his first two career TV appearances in back-to-back shows, the 64th U.S. Open and 2007 Pepsi Championship. Defeated Dave D'Entremont, 185–183, in the first stepladder match of the 64th U.S. Open before falling to eventual champion Pete Weber, 267–192, in the second match… Carter had earlier been on top in the prestigious Major, leading the first eight-game block of qualifying… Followed up the performance one week later with a second TV appearance in a stepladder final, this time as the No. 2 seed… Became the victim of the Denny's PBA Tour's 18th televised perfect game, falling to Ryan Shafer, 300–228. Made match play the following week in the 2007 Denny's World Championship before bowing out in the Round of 32… Advanced to the Round of 8 in the 2007 Earl Anthony Medford Classic before falling, 4–2, to Patrick Healey Jr. Ranked 12th on Tour in single elimination match play multi-pin conversion rate (83.33).

2007–08: Competed in the first four events of the season before filing for an injury deferment… Had surgery on his right hand and was granted a deferment of his exemption to the 2008–09 season by PBA Commissioner and CEO Fred Schreyer… Competed in his first career Japan Cup to open the season, finishing 58th… Missed match play in the first three events to start the regular season and withdrew from the next few events before receiving his deferment… Came back toward the end of the season to compete in the Denny's World Championship and 65th Denny's U.S. Open… Finished 67th in the World Championship and just missed match play in the U.S. Open, finishing 30th.

2008–09: Carter ended his 122-tournament quest for his first Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour title February 22, 2009, defeating his idol Pete Weber, 235–213, to win the GEICO Plastic Ball Championship at Brunswick Zone-Wheat Ridge. [1]

2009–10: Despite nagging injuries, Carter cashed in 17 of 18 events, and made match play seven times. He had an eighth-place finish in the 2009 PBA World Championship.

Records & Milestones[edit]

Holds the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) record for highest sanctioned league average (261.74)^[1] and has bowled 112 USBC-sanctioned perfect 300 games. In PBA events, he has recorded 24 perfect games through the 2009–10 season.

Personal[edit]

Carter resides in Springfield, Illinois with his children.

Mary Teubner Memorial Classic[edit]

On the PBA Midwest Regional Tour, Carter hosts the Mary Teubner Memorial Classic, which is named in memory of close and longtime friend Mary Teubner who lost her battle with intestinal cancer in 2001. Carter is very active in devoting his time to raising money to help find a cure for the devastating disease.

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Walter Ray Williams Jr. (born October 6, 1959) is an American professional bowler and competitive horseshoes pitcher. He currently holds the record for all-time standard PBA Tour career titles (47) and total PBA earnings (over $4.5 million through the 2015 season).^[1] He is a seven-time PBA Player of the Year, and won at least one PBA Tour title in 17 consecutive seasons (1993 through 2009-10); both of these feats are also PBA records. He starred in the ten-pin bowling sports documentary A League of Ordinary Gentlemen. He is currently active on both the PBA Tour and the PBA50 Tour (formerly PBA Senior Tour), and has won 14 titles (three majors) on the PBA50 Tour. This ties Williams with John Handegard for the most career PBA50 titles, making him the all-time titles leader on both the PBA and PBA50 Tours.^[2]

On December 18, 2016, Williams became the first player in history to reach 100 total PBA titles (combined PBA Tour, PBA Regional Tour, PBA50 Tour, PBA50 Regional Tour).^[3] The total is now 112 as of May 2019.^[4][5][6]

Williams is also a nine-time world champion^[7] in the game of horseshoes (3 junior titles and 6 men's titles).^[8] Windows license key.

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Bowling career[edit]

Williams is a seven-time PBAPlayer of the Year (1986, '93, '96, '97, '98, 2003, 2010) which is one more than Earl Anthony for the most Player of the Year awards. He has won a record eight Bowling Writers Bowler of the Year awards and is also the all-time leading money winner on the PBA Tour.^[1] He has the most PBA money titles (seven). He was the first bowler in history to surpass $2 million in career earnings, achieving this in 1997. With his win in the 2003 U.S. Open, he also became the first $3 million career winner. He became the first (and so far only) $4 million career winner in 2008. Williams also has the highest monetary winnings in a single season, with $419,700 during the 2002–03 PBA season.^[9]

On September 24, 2006, Williams eclipsed Earl Anthony's then-recognized career record of 41 PBA regular tour titles with his 42nd win at the Dydo Japan Cup over Pete Weber in a 289–236 single game pinfall.^[10] [Note: Anthony's title count was amended to 43 in 2008, when the PBA chose to include ABC Masters titles earned by a PBA member as PBA Tour titles.] Williams has been known as 'Deadeye' in PBA fan circles,^[11] but he actually first got the nickname in horseshoes, when he threw 45 ringers out of a possible 50 in a junior tournament when he was 10 years old.^[12] He is known for several PBA achievements:

• Record highest season spare percentage (88.16%, 655/743; 2004–05) and single-pin conversion percentage (100%, 475/475; 2005–06)
• Second-best strike (68.21) percentage and match play average (235.23).^[9][11]
• Record number of career television appearances (182 through 2012), most television appearances in a season (15 in 1993), most consecutive television appearances 5 (2x; 2000, 2001), and most consecutive seasons making at least one television appearance (26)^[13]
• Most final match appearances (92, through the 2009-10 season)
• Most games bowled in one season (1300 in 1993)
• Second-highest pinfall in a nine-game series (2,367 in Tucson, AZ, 2004; broken by Eugene McCune's 2,468 pins in 2010)
• Tied for most 300 games in one tournament (4; Mechanicsburg, PA, 1993)^[9]
• Eight-time winner of the George Young High Average Award and Harry Smith Points Leader Award (most all-time for each award)^[11]
• The only PBA player to convert the 4-6-7-10 split (also known as the 'Big Four' or the 'Double Pinochle') on television
• Oldest bowler (50) to be named PBA Player of the Year (2009-10 season)
• Bowled 299s on TV during his professional and senior career. One during the 1993 Leisure Long Island Open at AMF Sayville Lanes, a 60 lane bowling center in Sayville, NY on March 27, 1993. On the senior tour, he bowled 299 in 2011.
• Bowled 300 at the 2012 Etonic Senior Open.
• First player to reach 100 total PBA titles (47 PBA Tour, 32 PBA Regional Tour, 10 PBA50 Tour, 11 PBA50 Regional Tour).
• Only player in history to win the USBC Masters and USBC Senior Masters twice each.

In the 2007–08 season, at age 48, Williams established the second-highest average in PBA history for a single season — 228.34. Only Norm Duke's 2006–07 mark of 228.47 was higher at the time,^[14][15] though that has since been broken by Jason Belmonte's 228.81 in the 2012–13 season. Through the 2015 season, he has bowled 101 career 300 games in PBA competition. second only to the 105 perfect games tallied by Parker Bohn III.^[11]

Upon winning the 2009 Motor City Open championship, Williams extended his record of winning at least one PBA Tour title per season to 17 consecutive seasons, two years more than Earl Anthony's 1970–84 run.^[16] Williams' streak ended when he failed to win a title in the 2010-11 season.

In August 2008 Williams joined Team USA to participate in that year's FIQ World Men's Championships in Thailand. For the first time professionals were allowed to compete in this truly international event with over 330 participants from 56 countries. Williams was the most successful bowler, winning four medals: Gold in Masters, Gold in Singles, Gold in Team and a Bronze medal in Trios.^[17]

In 2008 he also won a gold medal in the singles of the WTBA World Championships.^[18]

PBA Senior Tour[edit]

After turning 50, Williams announced that he would participate in the 2010 PBA Senior Tour (called the PBA50 Tour since 2013), but in limited events due to Team USA and other obligations.^[19]

Williams made his PBA Senior Tour debut on May 3, 2010, at the Miller High Life Senior Classic in Mooresville, NC. To the surprise of no one, he won the tournament three days later.^[20] On June 18, 2010, Williams had a chance to become just the second bowler to win the USBC Masters and USBC Senior Masters in a career (joining Dave Soutar), and the first to win both in the same year. Williams made the three-game final, but he was denied the title when he fell, 705-628, to fellow PBA Hall of Famer Wayne Webb.^[21]

Williams did bowl enough on the Senior Tour to earn 2010 PBA Senior Rookie of the Year honors.^[22]

In the 2011 PBA Senior season, Williams again had a chance to match Soutar as the only bowlers to win both the USBC Masters and Senior USBC Masters. But he again came in second, this time falling to Dale Traber in the finals, 707-695.^[23]

Williams won two Senior titles in 2012 and earned his first Senior PBA Player of the Year award.^[24]

Williams won three PBA50 titles in 2013 and earned his second PBA50 Player of the Year award.

Novel terjemahan indonesia. Williams won the 2014 USBC Senior Masters to become only the second bowler to win both the USBC Masters and USBC Senior Masters (following Dave Soutar). On June 11, 2017, Williams won his second USBC Senior Masters, becoming the only player in history to win the USBC Masters and USBC Senior Masters twice each.^[25]

At age 59, Williams opened the 2019 PBA50 season with three consecutive victories, including the PBA50 National Championship, giving him three majors among his 14 PBA50 Tour titles.^[6][2] He is now tied with John Handegard for the most PBA50 Tour titles of all-time, making Williams the career titles leader on both the PBA Tour and PBA50 Tour.

Popularity and longevity[edit]

Although Pete Weber is frequently presented to the general public as the poster-boy of the PBA, Williams might be the most respected and popular player on tour. This is because of his cool, confident demeanor, and his unparalleled success over the last two decades. Williams's longevity is further evidenced by the fact that more than one-third of his 47 titles (17) and 6 of his 8 majors have come after he reached age 40. Williams' most recent title in the 2010 USBC Masters came after he reached age 50. In fact, Williams swept every major PBA statistical category in the 2009-10 season, leading the tour in earnings ($152,670), average (222.89), match play appearances (15), and overall competition points.^[20] (See PBA Bowling Tour: 2009-10 season.)

On his longevity and future plans, Williams said in 2009:

'As long as I feel good and stay competitive, I’ll keep on bowling. I don’t want to be out here if I’m not competitive; I’d be too frustrated. When I can’t compete, when it isn’t fun, I’ll retire. I have no issue with that. But I feel like I’m still doing pretty well.'^[16]

Williams was named 'Male Bowler of the Decade' (2000–2009) in the Winter, 2010 issue of U.S. Bowler—an incredible accomplishment considering he started the decade at age 40.^[26] He won his unprecedented seventh PBA Player of the Year award in 2010, becoming the oldest player in history (50) to earn that honor.^[27]

He is a member of the USBC and PBA Halls of Fame,^[28][29] a member of the World Horseshoe Pitching Hall of Fame,^[11] and was a two-time past president of the Professional Bowlers Association.^[11]

In the 2008–09 season, the PBA's 50th, the PBA commissioned a panel of bowling experts to recognize the '50 Greatest Players of the Last 50 Years.'^[30] Williams finished second on the list, behind only Earl Anthony. On an ESPN telecast January 25, 2009, Nelson Burton Jr. noted that the voting was close, but Anthony reached the #1 spot primarily for having more major titles than Williams (10 to 7 at the time). Williams was gracious in accepting second-place honors:

'I feel Earl's record is better than mine because it was more condensed. Earl bowled 14 years and 400 or so events. I've bowled well over 600 by now, maybe 700. I feel very pleased to be No. 2.'^[31]

On December 10, 2016, Williams made it to the final match of the PBA Shark Championship in Reno, NV. A victory would have made Williams the oldest player (57 years, 65 days) to ever win a regular PBA Tour event, but he was defeated in the finals by Canadian François Lavoie. John Handegard continues to hold the distinction as oldest PBA Tour champion at 57 years, 55 days.^[32]

As of 2019, Williams is still competing in the majority of events on the standard PBA Tour, as well as PBA50 Tour, PBA Regional Tour and PBA50 Regional Tour events. 'As long as I still have my sponsors, I’m going to keep bowling,' said Williams at an April 2018 PBA Tour event where he made it to the semifinal round.^[4]

Horseshoes[edit]

Williams has also won six Men's World Horseshoe Pitching titles. He was invited to pitch horseshoes at the White House with President George H. W. Bush in 1989.^[33] He finished 2nd in the 2005 World Horseshoe Pitching Championships after switching from right handed to left handed.

Personal[edit]

Williams graduated from Cal Poly Pomona in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science degree in physics and a minor in mathematics. He has stated that if he wasn't a successful bowler, 'I would have gone to work for NASA.'^[34]

He was married to Paige Pennington. The couple lived in Oxford, FL, and adopted a daughter in 2007. Williams and Pennington divorced in 2017. He is currently married to Fancy Allen. The couple has residency in Oxford. In addition to being a champion in both bowling and horseshoes, Williams plays golf and at one time had a 1 handicap.

Williams' career PBA Tour titles[edit]

Among Williams' 47 career PBA Tour titles are eight majors (in bold type below). He is a three-time winner of the PBA World Championship, and has also won two U.S. Open crowns, two ABC/USBC Masters titles, and a Touring Players Championship. He needs only a Tournament of Champions title to complete a career 'triple crown' and a career 'super grand slam.'

He has also won 14 PBA50 Tour titles, making him one of only three bowlers (along with Pete Weber and Tom Baker) to win at least 10 titles on both PBA national tours.

Standard PBA Tour Titles[edit]

1. 1986 True Value Open, Peoria, Ill.
2. 1986 Fair Lanes Open, Baltimore, Md.
3. 1986 Hammer Open, Edmond, Okla.
4. 1987 Miller Lite Classic, Miami, Fla.
5. 1987 Hammer Open, Edmond, Okla.
6. 1991 Oronamin C Japan Cup, Tokyo, Japan
7. 1993 Flagship City Open, Erie, Pa.
8. 1993 Columbia 300 Open, San Antonio, Texas
9. 1993 Northwest Classic, Kennewick, Wash.
10. 1993 Oregon Open, Portland, Ore.
11. 1993 Tucson Open, Tucson, Ariz.
12. 1993 Greater Grand Rapids Open, Grand Rapids, Mich.
13. 1993 Paula Carter's Homestead Classic, Homestead, Fla.
14. 1994 Showboat Invitational, Las Vegas, Nev.
15. 1994 Touring Players Championship, Indianapolis, Ind.
16. 1995 Rochester Open, Rochester, N.Y.
17. 1996 Track Synergy Open, Kennewick, Wash.
18. 1996 Showboat Invitational, Las Vegas, Nev.
19. 1996 Brunswick Johnny Petraglia Open, North Brunswick, N.J.
20. 1996 Rochester Open, Rochester, N.Y.
21. 1996 Greater Harrisburg Open, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
22. 1997 Columbia 300 Open, Austin, Texas
23. 1997 Brunswick Johnny Petraglia Open, North Brunswick, N.J.
24. 1997 St. Clair Classic, Fairview Heights, Ill.
25. 1998 Storm Flagship Open, Erie, Pa.
26. 1998 BPAA U.S. Open, Milford, Conn.
27. 1998 Brunswick Long Island Open, Coram, N.Y.
28. 1998 Bay City Classic, Bay City, Mich.
29. 1998 National Finance Challenge, Indianapolis, Ind.
30. 1999 Tucson Open, Tucson, Ariz.
31. 2000 Track Canandaigua Open, Canandaigua, N.Y.
32. 2000 Brunswick Johnny Petraglia Open, North Brunswick, N.J.
33. 2001–02 PBA National Championship, Toledo, Ohio
34. 2001–02 Greater Cincinnati Classic, Erlanger, Ky.
35. 2002–03 Greater Detroit Open, Taylor, Mich.
36. 2002–03 U.S. Open, Fountain Valley, Calif.
37. 2002–03 PBA World Championship, Taylor, Mich.
38. 2003–04 Earl Anthony Classic Presented by Storm, Tacoma, Wash.
39. 2003–04 ABC Masters, Reno, Nev.
40. 2004–05 Uniroyal Tire Classic, Wickliffe, Ohio
41. 2005–06 Denny's PBA World Championship, Indianapolis, Ind.
42. 2006–07 Dydo Japan Cup, Tokyo, Japan
43. 2007–08 Motor City Classic, Taylor, Mich.
44. 2007–08 Great Lakes Classic, Wyoming, Mich.
45. 2008–09 Lake County Indiana Golden Anniversary Championship, Hammond, Ind.
46. 2009-10 Motor City Open, Allen Park, Mich.
47. 2009-10 USBC Masters, Reno, Nev.

PBA50 Tour Titles[edit]

1. 2010 Miller High Life Senior Classic, Mooresville, NC.
2. 2011 PBA Senior Mark Roth Allentown Open, Allentown, PA.
3. 2012 PBA Senior Don Carter Memorial, Winter Garden, FL.
4. 2012 PBA Senior Northern California Classic, Brentwood, CA.
5. 2013 PBA50 Sun Bowl in The Villages, The Villages, FL.
6. 2013 PBA50 Northern California Classic, Brentwood, CA.
7. 2013 PBA50 South Shore Open, Hammond, IN.
8. 2014 USBC Senior Masters, Las Vegas, NV.
9. 2014 PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & Casino Open, Welch, MN.
10. 2016 PBA50 Pasco County Florida Open, New Port Richey, FL.
11. 2017 USBC Senior Masters, Las Vegas, NV.
12. 2019 Johnny Petraglia BVL Open, Clearwater, FL.
13. 2019 PBA50 National Championship, The Villages, FL.
14. 2019 PBA50 Mooresville Open, Mooresville, NC.

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