Kyle Troup

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 says he needed two hands when learning to throw the ball as a young child, calling himself self-taught in that regard.[1]

Kyle Troup
Troup at a PBA tournament in 2016
Born (1991-06-11) June 11, 1991
NationalityAmerican
Bowling Information
AffiliationPBA
Rookie year2008
Dominant handRight (two-handed)
Wins6
SponsorsStorm Products, Vise grips
Personal blogwww.facebook.com/AfroStorm/

Troup has been a member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) since 2008, and currently competes on the PBA Tour. He won his first national PBA Tour title in 2015, and has six PBA Tour titles to date. Since 2018, Troup also competes internationally as a member of Team USA.[2]

Troup is a member of the Storm[3] and Vise Grips pro staffs.

Amateur career

As a teenager, Troup was one of the youngest-ever members of the North Carolina All Stars team, bowling in events across South Carolina and Georgia in addition to his home state.[4]

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.[2] At the 2018 World Bowling Tour Men's Championships in Hong Kong (held November 24–December 5), he won a gold medal in trios with teammates Andrew Anderson and E. J. Tackett.[5]

Troup and his Team USA teammates won the 2019 Weber Cup over Team Europe. Troup bowled in ten matches over the 32-match event, going 5–0 in singles, 0–3 in doubles, and 1–1 in team.[6] In the 2020 Weber Cup, Troup and Team USA again defeated Team Europe, 23–18.[7] Overall in the 2020 event, Troup participated in 14 of 41 matches, going 3–3 in singles, 2–4 in doubles, and 1–1 in team.[8]

PBA career

Said to be one of the PBA's premier two-handed bowlers,[9] Troup sometimes uses an older-technology urethane bowling ball on shorter oil patterns.[10] Troup has made 16 PBA championship round appearances through the 2019 season, and owns ten PBA Regional titles. He has rolled 16 career 300 games in PBA competition through July 2020.[11]

Early career

Troup spent his first five years as a PBA member bowling mostly in PBA Regional Tour events close to home, while he worked his regular job managing a Wendy's restaurant.[12] He won his first Regional title at age 19 in the 2010 Fort Jackson (SC) Non-Champion Regional. He was named PBA Southern Region Player of the Year in both 2013 and 2014.[4]

2015

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.[11] He finished eighth in the South Shore PBA/PBA50 doubles with PBA50 player Jerry Brunette Jr.[11]

2016

In 2016, Troup finished second in the Downums Waste Services Xtra Frame Open, and fourth in the Gene Carter's Pro Shop Classic.[11]

2017

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.[13] His only other TV finals appearance in 2017 was at the PBA World Championship major, where he finished fourth.[14]

2018

On January 28, 2018, Troup made it to the final match of the DHC PBA Japan Invitational, but finished runner-up to top seed Dominic Barrett.[15] 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.[16]

2019

Kyle was a member of the Portland Lumberjacks team, winners of the 2019 PBA League competition.[17] He made a career-high five championship round appearances in 2019, but did not win an individual title.

2020

Troup won his fourth PBA Tour title at the 2020 PBA Jonesboro Open on February 1. As the #1 seed for the stepladder finals, he defeated Chris Barnes in his sole championship match appearance, 290–269. Troup Won his fifth PBA Tour title at the 2020 Mark Roth-Marshall Holman PBA Doubles Championship on February 29. As the #1 seeds for the final round, Troup and partner Jesper Svensson defeated E. J. Tackett and Marshall Kent, 234–205. This was the second Roth-Holman doubles title for the Troup-Svensson duo, who also won this event in 2017.[18] On July 19, Troup claimed his sixth PBA Tour title at the 2020 PBA Tour Finals held in Jupiter, Florida. After topping Kris Prather in the semifinals, Troup defeated Anthony Simonsen in the championship round. In both rounds, Troup lost the first game of the double-elimination match, then rallied back to win the second game and the 9th/10th frame roll-off.[19] Troup also rolled a 299 game in the televised seeding round of this competition, leaving a 2-pin standing on his twelfth and final shot after eleven strikes.[20] Despite the COVID-shortened 2020 season, Troup cashed a career-high $135,300.[21]

PBA Tour titles
  1. 2015 PBA Wolf Open (Shawnee, Oklahoma)
  2. 2017 Mark Roth-Marshall Holman PBA Doubles Championship w/Jesper Svensson (Portland, Maine)
  3. 2018 Storm Lucky Larsen Masters (Malmö, Sweden)
  4. 2020 PBA Jonesboro Open (Jonesboro, Arkansas)
  5. 2020 Mark Roth-Marshall Holman PBA Doubles Championship w/Jesper Svensson (Indianapolis, Indiana)
  6. 2020 PBA Tour Finals (Jupiter, Florida)

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.[10] [11]

Troup has become one of the more recognized players on tour due to his throwback Afro hairdo, Partridge Family bus-styled attire, and other unique choices of trousers,[10] similar to his father who was known for his flamboyant public persona.[22] Kyle's nickname on Tour is "Afro Fish".[23]

After being knocked out of the 2019 PBA Tour Playoffs in the second round, Troup provided analysis for the final four and championship finals live broadcasts (aired June 1 and 2 on Fox), along with Jason Belmonte and the regular PBA broadcast team of Rob Stone and Randy Pedersen.[24]

PBA career statistics

Statistics are through the last complete PBA season.

SeasonEventsCashesMatch PlayCRA+PBA TitlesAverageEarnings ($US)
2010-1110000211.830
2011-1231000211.831,000
2012-13140000209.83100
201472000215.4416,423
20151712741216.8434,136
20162013920221.4443,920
20172112621218.9565,615
20182816731215.0178,846
20192516750216.4767,204
20201410933---135,300

+CRA = Championship Round Appearances

References
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  2. Smith, Aaron (January 7, 2018). "Champions determined at 2018 Team USA Trials, U.S. Amateur". bowl.com. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  3. "Storm Bowling - Athletes". stormbowling.com. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
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  5. Jensen, Kim Thorsgaard (December 5, 2018). "World Men Championships in Hong Kong". European Tenpin Bowling Federation. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  6. Vint, Bill (June 21, 2019). "PBA Spare Shots: American PBA Stars Successfully Defend Weber Cup, Tie Series at 10-10". PBA.com. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  7. "USA CLINCH THIRD CONSECUTIVE BETVICTOR WEBER CUP". WeberCup.com. October 21, 2020. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
  8. "WEBER CUP 2020 - SCHEDULE". WeberCup.com. October 21, 2020. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Bowler's profile: "Kyle Troup". Professional Bowlers Association (PBA.com). Archived from the original on August 8, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
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  13. "Kyle Troup, Jesper Svensson Make History in Winning Roth/Holman PBA Doubles Championship". pba.com. April 16, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  14. 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.
  15. "ENGLAND'S DOM BARRETT WINS DHC PBA JAPAN INVITATIONAL". BowlingDigital.com. January 28, 2018.
  16. Vint, Bill (September 9, 2018). "Kyle Troup Upsets Jason Belmonte to Win PBA-WBT Lucky Larsen Masters Title in Sweden". PBA.com.
  17. Vint, Bill (July 18, 2019). "Portland Lumberjacks Dominate L.A. X to Win First PBA League Elias Cup; Wes Malott Named Mark Roth MVP". pba.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  18. Vint, Bill (February 1, 2020). "Colorful Kyle Troup Wins PBA Jonesboro Open for Fourth Career Title; Dedicates Victory to Ailing Mother". pba.com.
  19. Wiseman, Lucas (July 19, 2020). "Troup Rallies To Win Sixth Title At PBA Tour Finals". flobowling.com. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  20. Warner, K. (July 20, 2020). "Kyle Troup Wins His First PBA Tour Finals for 6th Career PBA Tour Title". PBA.com. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  21. Wiseman, Lucas (November 20, 2020). "Jason Belmonte Tops 2020 PBA Tour Earnings With Nearly $300k". flobowling.com. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  22. Deford, Frank (January 25, 1988). "Frank Deford Goes Bowling". Sports Illustrated "vault". Archived from the original on September 1, 2016.
  23. "Team Fish - Our Journey". teamfishbowling.com. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  24. Vint, Bill (June 6, 2019). "PBA Playoffs Finale Caps Strong Viewership Surges on FOX Sports". PBA.com. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
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