Kyle Troup

Kyle Troup
Troup in 2016
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1991-06-11) June 11, 1991 (age 33)
Bowling Information
AffiliationPBA
Rookie year2008
Dominant handRight (two-handed)
Wins12 (2 majors)
SponsorsStorm Products, Vise grips
Personal blogwww.facebook.com/AfroStorm/

Kyle Troup (born June 11, 1991) is an American professional ten-pin bowler from Taylorsville, North Carolina, now residing in Mt. Washington, Kentucky. 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]

Troup has been a member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) since 2008, and began competing full-time on the PBA Tour in 2015. He 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.[2] Since 2018, Troup also competes internationally as a member of Team USA.[3][4]

With his $100,000 win at the PBA Playoffs on May 16, 2021, Troup set the PBA's single-season earnings record with $469,200, surpassing the $419,700 earned by Walter Ray Williams Jr. in the 2002–03 season.[5] Troup would finish the 2021 season with $496,900 in earnings. At the PBA Tour Finals on June 5, 2022, Troup bowled the 33rd televised 300 game in PBA Tour history.[6]

Troup is a member of the Storm[7] and Vise Grips pro staffs.

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  2. ^ Goodger, Jef (February 21, 2021). "KYLE TROUP WINS PBA PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP FOR FIRST CAREER MAJOR TITLE". PBA.com. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  3. ^ Smith, Aaron (January 7, 2018). "Champions determined at 2018 Team USA Trials, U.S. Amateur". bowl.com. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  4. ^ "TEAM USA - TEAM MEMBERS". bowl.com. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  5. ^ "KYLE TROUP WINS KIA PBA PLAYOFFS FOR EIGHTH CAREER TITLE". pba.com. May 16, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
  6. ^ Hughes, Nolan (June 5, 2022). "BELMONTE CONCLUDES HISTORIC SEASON WITH TOUR FINALS VICTORY". pba.com. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  7. ^ "Storm Bowling - Athletes". stormbowling.com. Retrieved December 7, 2020.