1. Kyle Troup was born on June 11,1991 and is an American professional ten-pin bowler.
35 Facts About Kyle Troup
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Kyle Troup uses the two-handed shovel-style delivery with a dominant right hand.
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Kyle Troup has been a member of the Professional Bowlers Association since 2008, and began competing full-time on the PBA Tour in 2015.
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Kyle Troup won his first national PBA Tour title at the 2015 PBA Wolf Open and has twelve PBA Tour titles to date, including two major championships and two wins in the PBA Playoffs.
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Since 2018, Kyle Troup competes internationally as a member of Team USA.
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At the PBA Tour Finals on June 5,2022, Kyle Troup bowled the 33rd televised 300 game in PBA Tour history.
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Kyle Troup is a member of the Storm and Vise Grips pro staffs.
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On January 7,2018, Kyle 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.
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Kyle Troup has made 30 PBA championship round appearances through the 2023 season, and owns ten PBA Regional titles.
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Kyle Troup has rolled 16 career 300 games in PBA competition through July 2020.
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Kyle 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.
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Kyle Troup won his first Regional title at age 19 in the 2010 Fort Jackson Non-Champion Regional.
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Kyle Troup was named PBA Southern Region Player of the Year in both 2013 and 2014.
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In 2015, Kyle Troup decided to bowl more events on the national PBA Tour, and made it to the championship round four times.
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Kyle Troup won the 2015 PBA Wolf Open in Shawnee, Oklahoma for his first PBA Tour title.
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In 2016, Kyle Troup finished second in the Downums Waste Services Xtra Frame Open, and fourth in the Gene Carter's Pro Shop Classic.
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On January 28,2018, Kyle Troup made it to the final match of the DHC PBA Japan Invitational, but finished runner-up to top seed Dominic Barrett.
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Kyle Troup won his third PBA title on September 9,2018 at the Storm Lucky Larsen Masters in Malmo, Sweden, defeating reigning PBA Player of the Year Jason Belmonte in the final match.
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Kyle Troup was a member of the Portland Lumberjacks team, winners of the 2019 PBA League competition.
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Kyle Troup made a then-career high five championship round appearances in 2019, but did not win an individual title.
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Kyle Troup won his fourth PBA Tour title at the 2020 PBA Jonesboro Open on February 1.
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Kyle Troup won his fifth PBA Tour title at the 2020 Mark Roth-Marshall Holman PBA Doubles Championship on February 29.
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On July 19, Kyle Troup claimed his sixth PBA Tour title at the 2020 PBA Tour Finals held in Jupiter, Florida.
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Kyle Troup 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.
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Kyle Troup won the East Region finals for the 2021 PBA Players Championship, qualifying him for the championship stepladder.
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Kyle Troup made it to the final round and defeated Sam Cooley, three games to one, to earn his second title of the season, eighth title overall, and the $100,000 winner's share.
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Kyle Troup set personal bests in 2021 with 13 match play rounds, nine top-ten finishes, and eight championship round appearances.
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Kyle Troup bowled the 33rd televised 300 game in PBA Tour history at the PBA Tour Finals on June 5,2022.
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Kyle Troup later outlasted 11 other players to win the PBA Strike Derby, a non-title special event held in conjunction with the PBA League competition.
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On June 25,2023, Kyle Troup won his second career PBA Tour Finals, held this season in Arlington, Washington.
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Kyle Troup then went on to face Group 2 winner Kris Prather in the race-to-two points championship match.
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On February 4,2024, Kyle Troup won his eleventh PBA Tour title and second major at the US Open.
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On February 24, Kyle Troup won his second title of the 2024 season and 12th title overall at the Just Bare PBA Indiana Classic.
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Kyle 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, similar to his father, who was known for his flamboyant public persona.
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On his Facebook and Instagram feeds and during the PBA Tour Finals broadcast in June 2023, Kyle Troup announced he is moving to the Louisville, Kentucky area with his fiancee.