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achieving this in 1997. With his win in the 2003 U.S. Open, he also became the first $ 3 million career winner, while also becoming the first $ 4 million career winner in 2008. Williams also set a record for the highest monetary winnings in a single season, with $ 419,700 during the
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As long as I feel good and stay competitive, I’ll keep on bowling. I don't want to be out here if I'm not competitive; I'd be too frustrated. When I can't compete, when it isn't fun, I'll retire. I have no issue with that. But I feel like I'm still doing pretty
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Championship, and has also won two U.S. Open crowns, two ABC/USBC Masters titles, and a Touring Players Championship. He was a Tournament of Champions title short of completing a career "super grand slam."
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Players of the Last 50 Years." Williams finished second on the list, behind only Earl Anthony. On an ESPN telecast January 25, 2009,
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championship, Williams extended his record of winning at least one PBA Tour title per season to 17 consecutive seasons, two years more than Earl
Anthony's 1970–84 run. Williams' streak ended when he failed to win a title in the 2010–11 season.
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in a 289–236 single game pinfall. Williams has been known as "Deadeye" in PBA fan circles, but he actually first got the nickname in horseshoes, when he threw 45 ringers out of a possible 50 in a junior tournament when he was 10 years old.
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Strikes Open gave Williams the most PBA50 Tour titles of all time, with 15. Williams extended the record to 16 by winning the 2022 PBA50 Odessa Open on June 26.
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Championship, giving him three majors among his 14 PBA50 Tour titles. The wins tied him with
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950:, The Villages, FL.
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