1. Jakob Butturff was born on April 28,1994 and is a left-handed American ten-pin bowler from Chandler, Arizona and a member of the Professional Bowlers Association.
17 Facts About Jakob Butturff
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Jakob Butturff competes in events on the PBA Tour and in global events as a member of Team USA.
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Jakob Butturff has won eight national PBA Tour titles and 27 PBA Regional Tour titles.
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Jakob Butturff is a pro staff member for the Columbia 300 division of Brunswick.
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Jakob Butturff finished first at the 2017 Team USA Trials, and has been a Team USA member from 2017 through 2019.
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Jakob Butturff won a team gold medal at the 2017 World Bowling Championships.
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Jakob Butturff earned a bronze medal in the singles event.
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Jakob Butturff became a PBA member in 2015, bowling primarily on the PBA Regional circuit that season.
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Jakob Butturff won his first PBA Tour title in the 2016 PBA Xtra Frame Lubbock Sports Southwest Open.
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Jakob Butturff had a chance to win his first major championship at the 2017 US Open.
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Jakob Butturff joined PBA Hall of Famer Earl Anthony as the only two bowlers to be the top qualifier in back-to-back US Opens during the modern era.
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Jakob Butturff lost the title match in the season-opening PBA Hall of Fame classic, but won the PBA Oklahoma Open the following week for his fifth PBA Tour title.
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Jakob Butturff won his seventh PBA title and third of the 2019 season on June 30 at the Lubbock Sports Shootout.
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Jakob Butturff had runner-up finishes in 2019 at the PBA World Championship, DHC PBA Japan Invitational, and Barbasol PBA Tour Finals.
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Jakob Butturff cashed a career-high $204,380 during the season, and finished runner-up to Jason Belmonte in the 2019 PBA Player of the Year voting.
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Jakob Butturff finished the 2023 season ranked fourth in points, third in average and fourth in earnings.
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Jakob Butturff has rolled 19 career perfect 300 games in PBA competition, including the PBA's 28th televised 300 game, which he bowled on July 18,2020 in the seeding round for the PBA Tour Playoffs broadcast on CBS Sports Network.