#45 Del Ballard Wins 6 Figure First Place Check – PBA Top 60 Most Memorable Moments

Ballard Wins Then-Record $100,000 Prize

Del Ballard Jr. made history by winning $100,000, the then-richest ever first place prize offered by the PBA, when he defeated Pete Weber, 247-209, in the 1987 Seagram’s Coolers U.S. Open at Narrows Plaza Bowl in Tacoma, Wash.

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