David Krol

David "Boog" Krol (born December 17, 1995) is an American professional ten-pin bowler from Nixa, Missouri. A member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA), he is known for winning the 2024 PBA Playoffs and the 2026 USBC Masters. He has won three PBA Tour titles overall, including one major, in addition to three PBA Regional Tour titles. He uses the two-handed shovel style delivery with a dominant right hand.

Krol is sponsored by Hammer Bowling and VISE grips.

Early years Krol was a three-time Missouri high school bowling champion. He went on to compete in amateur tournaments after high school, eventually becoming a PBA member in 2016.

Professional bowling career Krol attempted to bowl full-time on the PBA Tour for three seasons (2017 through 2019) with little success. He made it out of the pre-tournament qualifier (PTQ) round to cash eleven times over those three seasons with eight match play appearances, but he did not make any appearances in the championship round (the final round of a tournament which usually consists of the top five players from match play). Having a PBA Tour title gave Krol priority entry for the remainder of the season, meaning he no longer had to bowl in PTQ rounds.

On the strength of his first title and other high finishes, Krol qualified as the #9 seed for the PBA Playoffs, a post-season event featuring the top 16 players in points over the 14-event regular season. He knocked off top seed E. J. Tackett in the quarterfinal round and again victimized Bill O'Neill (the #4 seed) in the semifinal round. He went on to face #10 seed and 11-time PBA Tour titlist Jesper Svensson in the race-to-two-points final match on May 19. After splitting two games with Svensson, Krol earned the win with a 48–40 triumph in the ninth/tenth frame roll-off. For his victory, he earned his second PBA Tour title, $75,000 and a custom WWE belt (awarded because Fox network carried both WWE wrestling and PBA bowling). For the 2024 season, Krol finished 9th overall in Tour points and cashed $128,200.

On March 22, 2025, Krol made his first appearance in the televised finals of a major event, qualifying fourth for the PBA World Championship. He was defeated in the opening match by fifth-seeded BJ Moore.

Krol qualified as the top seed at the 2026 PBA Indiana Classic, but lost his lone match in the March 22 televised championship to Marshall Kent. On a beat-up 39-foot oil pattern, Krol bowled 136 to Kent's 152 in the lowest-scoring televised final match in PBA history. He would rebound the very next week in the USBC Masters. From a field of 390 bowlers, he qualified as the #5 seed for the televised finals. He defeated Matt Sanders, Jesper Svensson and Eric Jones to advance to the championship match. Krol then defeated reigning PBA Player of the Year E. J. Tackett by a single pin, 196–195, for his third PBA Tour title and first major title.

Krol has also won three PBA Regional Tour titles. On the way to one of these titles in September 2023, he averaged 259 over 16 games and rolled four perfect 300 games during the event.