Parker Bohn III

Who is Parker Bohn III?

Parker Morse Bohn III is a left-handed American professional bowler and has been a member of the Professional Bowlers Association since 1984. He currently ranks sixth all-time with 33 career PBA titles, and has earned over $2.7 million in PBA events—good for fourth on the all-time list. Bohn also won the $150,000 winner-take-all prize in the 2008 Motel 6 Roll to Riches event, but the earnings in this event do not count toward PBA career totals. Through the end of the 2011-12 season, he has thrown 88 career perfect 300 games in PBA competition, including one of the PBA's 22 nationally-televised 300 games at the 1998 ABC Masters in Reno, Nevada.

Bohn's best career stretch was from 1997 through 2001-02, during which he won 18 titles overall and at least one title each season. His best single season came in 1999, when he won five titles and earned PBA Player of the Year honors. The '99 season featured a streak in which Parker won eight consecutive televised matches. His 1999 single-season average of 228.03 ranks third all-time. He would also be named Player of the Year in the 2001-02 season, a year highlighted by his first major championship title. Bohn is a four-time winner of the PBA's Steve Nagy Sportsmanship award. He is a member of both the PBA and USBC Halls of Fame. Bohn won his second major championship at age 49 by winning the PBA World Championship in January 2013.