Tommy Jones

Tommy Jones is an American professional bowler currently on the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour (Professional Bowlers Association).

Born on November 2, 1978, Jones is a current resident of Simpsonville, South Carolina. Jones, a right-handed power stroker, is one of the most competitive pros on the tour today. He has won over $1,000,000 in PBA prize money during his seven full years on tour, including over $750,000 since the 2004-05 season. Tommy won the PBA Rookie of the Year Award for the 2001-02 season, and the PBA Player of the Year Award following the 2005-06 season. He is one of only three PBA bowlers to win both Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year in a career. (Mike Aulby and Chris Barnes are the others.)

Tommy has a wife, Kristen, and the couple had their first child, Ella Claire, in 2006.

Career achievements

Jones currently owns 12 career Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour titles, including the 63rd U.S. Open (2006) and the 2007 H&R Block Tournament of Champions. He has won all of his titles in the last four seasons. One of the best bowlers on TV, he won his 12 titles in just 20 TV Finals appearances. In the 2005-06 season, he had a 15-game TV match win streak snapped, falling one short of the all-time record set by Jim Pencak.

The 2005-06 season was his best to date, as he cashed in 20 of 21 events, made match play in 19 events, made the TV finals six times, won four titles, and posted a career-best $301,700 in earnings. [Exempt Player bios at www.pba.com, official website of the Professional Bowlers Association and Denny's PBA Tour]

With his win in the 2008 ConstructionJobs.com Championship, Tommy joined Mika Koivuniemi as the only two bowlers to win a title on all five PBA's primary oil patterns (Shark, Chameleon, Cheetah, Scorpion, Viper).

Additional PBA accomplishments by Tommy Jones:
*Holds record for shortest time span between 1st and 10th career titles
*Has an overall TV match win percentage of .809 (34-8) -- the highest of any bowler with at least 10 TV appearances -- and is 12-3 in title matches.
*Eclipsed $1,000,000 (U.S.) in total career PBA earnings late in the 2007-08 season.

Trivia

* Tommy Jones was the PBA professional who stopped Liz Johnson in her improbable run toward becoming the first female to win a national PBA tour event. After Johnson defeated Wes Malott in the semifinals of the 2005 Banquet Open, she came up short against Jones in the final, 219-192.

Career PBA Tour titles

*2004 Dydo Japan Cup (Yokohama, Japan)
*2004 Denver Open (Lakewood, Colorado)
*2005 Cambridge Credit Classic (West Babylon, New York)
*2005 Banquet Open (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
*2005 Dydo Japan Cup (Tokyo, Japan)
*2005 Tulsa Championship (Owasso, Oklahoma)
*2006 Bayer Atlanta Classic (Norcross, Georgia)
*2006 63rd U.S. Open (North Brunswick, New Jersey)
*2006 Ace Hardware Championship (Wickliffe, Ohio)
*2007 H&R Block Tournament of Champions (Uncasville, Connecticut)
*2008 ConstructionJobs.com Championship (Reno, Nevada)
*2008 GEICO Classic (West Babylon, New York)

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