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Brunswick. Mark Stephen Roth[ 1] (April 10, 1951 – November 26, 2021) was an American professional bowler. He won 34 PBA Tour titles in his career (sixth most all-time), and is a member of the PBA and USBC Halls of Fame. [ 2] Roth was most dominant from 1975 through 1987, a stretch in which he made 107 televised finals appearances, captured ...
Mark Roth was the first bowler to pick up the 7–10 split on television on January 5, 1980, at the ARC Alameda Open at Mel's Southshore Bowl in Alameda, California. [1] The only other three professionals to convert this split on television are John Mazza and Jess Stayrook , both of whom did it in 1991, and Anthony Neuer , who accomplished it ...
John Mazza made PBA TV history in a semi-final match at the Bud Light Classic, when he became just the second person ever to convert the 7–10 split on national television. (Mark Roth was the first.) [4] Jess Stayrook would become the third player to accomplish the same feat, later in the season at the Tucson Open. [5]
Roth, for example, was one of the best spare shooters on tour in his day, and was the first person to convert the nearly-impossible 7-10 split on national television. Robert Smith and Jason Couch also both posted very high spare-conversion percentages.
Mark Roth, whose first career title was captured at the 1975 PBA King Louie Open in Overland Park, Kansas by rolling a televised 299 game against Steve Jones, gained immortality by becoming the first bowler to convert the almost-impossible 7–10 split (or "bedposts") on national television in the first match of the ARC Alameda Open on January ...
This season has also seen the fourth-ever 7–10 split conversion in a televised PBA Tour event (and first since 1991), accomplished by 18-year old rookie Anthony Neuer in the semifinal match of the U.S. Open. [4] Kyle Troup has set the PBA's single-season earnings record this season, with $496,900. [5]
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Jess Stayrook. Jess Stayrook (born 1959) is an American professional bowler. He is mainly known for being the third bowler to convert the 7-10 split on television after John Mazza (1991) and Mark Roth (1980). Stayrook's conversion took place during a tournament televised on ESPN in Tucson, Arizona in 1991. Stayrook earned his first PBA national ...