1981 Penzoil Open
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$125,000 PENNZOIL OPEN
Gable House Bowl, Torrance, Calif., Jun 9-13, 1981
Baker Drives To Pennzoil Title
Tom Baker closed with eight straight strikes to top Mike Aulby, 247-205, in the inaugural $125,000 Pennzoil Open in Torrance, California.
Top-seeded Baker trailed Aulby by one pin after four frames of the title match before going "off the sheet" with strikes to collect the $20,000 first prize and his second PBA title. His first had come one year earlier in the 1980 Northern California Open.
Aulby had gotten to the championship game with a high scoring, 255-246, win over Guppy Troup in which the southpaw Aulby rolled strikes in eight of his first nine frames yet still had to convert a 3-5-6-9 spare in the l0th to win. Troup, coming back from a broken ankle during the Winter Tour, had topped Bill Spigner, 235-203, after Spigner had opened the finals with a 232-228 decision against Wayne Webb.
TELEVISED FINALS
Pos. Name, City/State Total Amount
1 Tom Baker, Buffalo, N.Y. 247 (1 game) $20,000
2 Mike Aulby, Indianapolis 460 (2 games) 11,000
3 Guppy Troup, Jacksonville, Fla. 481 (2 games) 7,500
4 Bill Spigner, Chicago 435 (2 games) 6,000
5 Wayne Webb, Tucson, Ariz. 228 (1 game) 5,000
PLAYOFF RESULTS - Spigner defeated Webb, 232-228; Troup defeated Spigner, 235-203; Aulby defeated Troup, 255-246; and in the championship game, Baker defeated Aulby, 247-205.
Aired on ABC Saturday, June 13, 1981.
Watched this one in the Enlisted Club on Courthouse Bay at Camp Lejeune, NC. Finishing up engineer school and getting ready to go home. GREAT field!!
Thanks for sharing these old tourneys. :)
Those fans at the 4:00 mark are pretty knowledgable! ;-)
18:35 what a great name for a band...'Loud Trousers'....lol 😆
John Goodman was in the English Leather commercial at around 17:20.
The first, second, and semi final matches were exciting and close
Andrew Phillips
Mark Roth and Earl Anthony have bowled some exciting matches
Andrew Phillips the final match was a 42 pin difference, you call that close?
You have an unusual collection of commemorative platters.
Kyle's Dad Guppy Troup was a Style of his own..
MY PBA TIP OF THE WEEK, DON'T READ.COMMENTS UNTIL YOU HAVE WATCHED THE WHOLE TOURNAMENT. MY REASON IS THAT SOME GUYS JUST LOVE POSTING THE CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS ( SPOILERS) NOT CARING THAT MANY PEOPLE DIDN'T SEE THESE LIVE AND WOULD LOVE TO WATCH IT AS IF IT WAS LIVE!!!!
Mike Aulby and Tom Baker have bowled some exciting matches
Andrew Phillips
George N. Pappas and Ernie Schlegel have bowled some awesome matches
How exciting were they asshole?
Do you have anymore PBA classics from 1982?
Andrew Phillips why, do you want to spoil the outcome?
Tom Baker puts tremendous roll on the ball.
There is a word for the gunk that is flicked onto your bathroom mirror while flossing your teeth. Sadly, it escapes me.
You have an unusual collection of commemorative platters.
Tom Baker threw a nice ball once he found his line.
Always like Tom Baker
John Goodman sighting at 17:10
Mark it 8 dude
Shut up Donnie
Anyone else find it annoying how Baker plays with his fingers?
58:38 nice Gaylord Perry name drop about 'being creative' with substances...lol. ahh the good ol days. Of course everyone still gets creative to this day....
What ever happened to Bill Spigner ?
He bowled on the tour through 1985. In 1989, his all new bowling center opened.
He also owned a pro shop for a long time, and is a coach with a great reputation.
@@sludge4125 Thanks for the Info !
Didnt he coach at University if Nebraska
@@bufb Bill Straub did and I think was out on the tour for a while back in the 1970s and 80s.
Debbie was right!
I didn't like conical s now please bring them on
I ❤ m
Tom baker threw a clutch strike in the 9th frame to win the Pennzoil open
Andrew Phillips spoiler asshole
@@douglasharris5216 who fucking cares?
dbkparm apparently at least one person does
you’re a douche
$20K for first in 1981..........about the same almost 40 years later....sad!!!
dettigs Fox Sports is infusing two million dollars into the PBA tour in 2020, it’s sadly needed. The average professional bowler averages $25,000 a year now. The costs to some of the newer professionals is $1800-2200 per tournament for entry fees, and if you don’t cash you lose money. How many professional sports does the athlete have to pay for entry fees instead of drawing a check per contract?
Would be worth roughly $60K in 2022.