Kyle Troup

Kyle Troup (born June 11, 1991) is an American professional ten-pin bowler originally from Taylorsville, North Carolina. He uses the two-handed shovel-style delivery with a dominant right hand. Troup says he needed two hands when learning to throw the ball as a young child, calling himself self-taught in that regard. Since 2018, Troup also competes internationally as a member of Team USA.

With his $100,000 win at the PBA Playoffs on May 16, 2021, Troup set the PBA's single-season earnings record with $469,200, surpassing the $419,700 earned by Walter Ray Williams Jr. in the 2002–03 season. Troup would finish the 2021 season with $496,900 in earnings. At the PBA Tour Finals on June 5, 2022, Troup bowled the 33rd televised 300 game in PBA Tour history.

Troup is a member of the Storm and Vise Grips pro staffs.

Amateur career

Troup, a Taylorsville, North Carolina native, was one of the youngest-ever members of the North Carolina All Stars team, bowling in events across North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia as a teenager.

On January 7, 2018, Troup finished as the top qualifier at the United States Bowling Congress Team USA Trials, making the team for the first time in his career.

Troup and his Team USA teammates won the 2019 Weber Cup over Team Europe. Troup bowled in ten matches over the 32-match event, going 5–0 in singles, 0–3 in doubles, and 1–1 in team. In the 2020 Weber Cup, Troup and Team USA again defeated Team Europe, 23–18. Overall in the 2020 event, Troup participated in 14 of 41 matches, going 3–3 in singles, 2–4 in doubles, and 1–1 in team. At the 2021 Weber Cup, the USA was defeated by Team Europe, 18–17. Troup participated in 10 of 35 matches, going 0–4 in singles, 2–0 in doubles, and 0–3 in team.

PBA career Said to be one of the PBA's premier two-handed bowlers, He won his first Regional title at age 19 in the 2010 Fort Jackson (SC) Non-Champion Regional. He was named PBA Southern Region Player of the Year in both 2013 and 2014. His only other TV finals appearance in 2017 was at the PBA World Championship major, where he finished fourth.

2018 On January 28, 2018, Troup made it to the final match of the DHC PBA Japan Invitational, but finished runner-up to top seed Dominic Barrett. Troup won his third PBA title on September 9, 2018 at the Storm Lucky Larsen Masters in Malmö, Sweden, defeating reigning PBA Player of the Year Jason Belmonte in the final match.

2019 Kyle was a member of the Portland Lumberjacks team, winners of the 2019 PBA League competition. He made a then-career high five championship round appearances in 2019, but did not win an individual title.

2020 Troup won his fourth PBA Tour title at the 2020 PBA Jonesboro Open on February 1. As the #1 seed for the stepladder finals, he defeated Chris Barnes in his sole championship match appearance, 290–269.

Troup won his fifth PBA Tour title at the 2020 Mark Roth-Marshall Holman PBA Doubles Championship on February 29. As the #1 seeds for the final round, Troup and partner Jesper Svensson defeated E. J. Tackett and Marshall Kent, 234–205. This was the second Roth-Holman doubles title for the Troup-Svensson duo, who also won this event in 2017.

On July 19, Troup claimed his sixth PBA Tour title at the 2020 PBA Tour Finals held in Jupiter, Florida. After topping Kris Prather in the semifinals, Troup defeated Anthony Simonsen in the championship round. In both rounds, Troup lost the first game of the double-elimination match, then rallied back to win the second game and the 9th/10th frame roll-off. Troup also rolled a 299 game in the televised seeding round of this competition, leaving a 2-pin standing on his twelfth and final shot after eleven strikes.

Despite the COVID-shortened 2020 season, Troup cashed a career-high $135,300.

2021: first major, season earnings record and Player of the Year Troup won the East Region finals for the 2021 PBA Players Championship, qualifying him for the championship stepladder. He then went on to capture the title and record-tying $250,000 top prize on February 21, winning from the #1 seed position over #3 seed Dick Allen. This was Troup's seventh PBA title and first major championship. Troup also set personal bests in 2021 with 13 match play rounds, nine top-ten finishes, and eight championship round appearances.

In a landslide vote, Troup won the Chris Schenkel PBA Player of the Year award for the 2021 season. While topping the Tour in earnings, Troup also collected 19,922.5 points to easily win the Harry Smith PBA Points Leader award.

2022: PBA Playoffs repeat and Best Bowler ESPY In early 2022, Troup was voted to receive the Dick Weber Bowling Ambassador Award, which has been given annually since 2006 by the Bowling Proprietors Association of America (BPAA) to "the bowling athlete who has consistently shown grace on and off the lanes by promoting the sport of bowling in a positive manner."

Despite not winning a title through the first thirteen events of the 2022 season, Troup accumulated enough points to earn the #9 seed for the PBA Playoffs. After defeating Sean Rash in the Round of 16, he defeated former Playoffs champions Bill O'Neill (quarterfinals) and Kris Prather (semifinals) to once again make it to the final round. In the "race to three points" finals, he defeated Tommy Jones, three games to one, to earn his first title of the season and ninth title overall, while also becoming the first player to win back-to-back Playoffs championships. The win also pushed Troup over the $1,000,000 mark in career PBA earnings. He bowled the 33rd televised 300 game in PBA Tour history at the PBA Tour Finals on June 5, 2022.

On July 20, Troup won the ESPY Award for Best Bowler.

2023: PBA Hall of Fame eligibility On June 25, 2023, Troup won his second career PBA Tour Finals, held this season in Arlington, Washington. Having qualified in the eighth and final spot for this event, Troup defeated top seed and eventual PBA Player of the Year E. J. Tackett in the Group 1 stepladder finals. He then went on to face Group 2 winner Kris Prather in the race-to-two points championship match. Troup swept Prather, 268–225 and 266–236 to win his tenth career PBA Tour title. With the win, Troup is now title-eligible for the PBA Hall of Fame.

2024: second major championship On February 4, 2024, Troup won his eleventh PBA Tour title and second major at the U.S. Open. Qualifying as the #3 seed, he defeated three previous U.S. Open champions on his way to the title. In his first match, he knocked off #4 seed E. J. Tackett, then defeated Jason Belmonte in the semifinal match. Against top seed Anthony Simonsen, Troup rolled to a 223–181 victory, donning his first-ever green jacket to go with the $100,000 top prize.

On February 24, Troup won his second title of the 2024 season and 12th title overall at the Just Bare PBA Indiana Classic. For the second time this season, Troup climbed from the #3 seed to the title match, this time defeating E. J. Tackett in the championship match. In the 2024 season, Troup finished sixth in Tour points and cashed $199,615.

On December 10, Troup was awarded the PBA's Tony Reyes Community Service Award, an annual award given since 2013 that "recognizes a current PBA member who exemplifies extraordinary community service, charitable or educational contributions over the course of a PBA season." Troup was honored because of his annual holiday charity tournament that he organized in 2022. The tournament has grown every year and has raised nearly $40,000 to give Christmas presents to needy children in Troup's native North Carolina.

2025 Troup had 13 cashes and made 8 match play rounds in 2025, but did not win a title. He cashed $101,100 for the year.

Troup ranked #16 on the PBA's 2025 "Best 25 PBA Players of the Last 25 Seasons" list. The ranking was based on a points system that took into account standard titles, major titles, top-five finishes and Player of the Year awards.

Professional wins PBA Tour wins (12) LegendMajor championships (2)Japan Invitational (0)World Series of Bowling (0)PBA Tour standard events (10)

RO = After splitting the two-game final, Troup won in a 9th/10th frame roll-off.

Non-title PBA wins 2022 PBA King of the Lanes 2022 PBA Strike Derby 3x member of PBA Elias Cup champions (2019, 2020 & 2022 with Portland Lumberjacks, 2022 MVP) 2025 PBA Elite League Battle of the Brands Championship (member of champions Team Storm)

Awards and records PBA Southern Region Player of the Year (2013) PBA Southern Region Player of the Year (2014) Chris Schenkel PBA Player of the Year (2021) Harry Smith PBA Points Leader (2021) Highest earnings in a single PBA Tour season ($496,900 in 2021) BPAA Dick Weber Bowling Ambassador Award (2022) PBA League Most Valuable Player (2022) Best Bowler ESPY Award (2022) PBA Tony Reyes Community Service Award (2024) Ranked #16 on the PBA's "Best 25 PBA Players of the Last 25 Seasons" list (2025)

PBA career statistics Statistics are through July 2022. Season Events Cashes Match Play CRA+ PBA Titles Average Earnings ($US) 2010-11 1 0 0 0 0 211.83 0 2011-12 3 1 0 0 0 211.83 1,000 2012-13 14 0 0 0 0 209.83 100 2014 7 2 0 0 0 215.44 16,423 2015 17 12 7 4 1 216.84 34,136 2016 20 13 9 2 0 221.44 43,920 2017 32 17 8 2 1 218.91 72,745 2018 28 16 7 3 1 215.01 79,546 2019 25 16 7 5 0 216.47 67,204 2020 14 10 9 3 3 --- 135,300 2021 16 11 11 8 2 220.34 496,900 2022 15 12 11 2 1 220.81 213,950 2023 20 16 11 2 1 216.38 145,400 2024 19 14 11 5 2 222.51 199,615 2025 19 15 13 1 0 223.52 101,100 Totals 251 157 106 37 12 --- $1,607,829 +CRA = Championship Round Appearances

Personal life Kyle is the son of eight-time PBA Tour winner Guppy Troup, the two constituting the fourth father-son pair to each win PBA Tour titles (following Dick and Pete Weber, Don and Jimmy Johnson, and Don and Eugene McCune).

Troup has become one of the more recognized players on tour due to his throwback Afro hairdo, Partridge Family bus-styled attire, and other unique choices of trousers,

On his Facebook and Instagram feeds and during the PBA Tour Finals broadcast in June 2023, Kyle announced he was moving to the Louisville, Kentucky area with his fiancee, Breanna Stewart. In his Fox TV appearance on February 25, 2024, his profile showed his residence as Mt. Washington, Kentucky. On August 23, 2025 Kyle and Breanna were married.

In the media After being knocked out of the 2019 PBA Tour Playoffs in the second round, Troup provided analysis for the final four and championship finals live broadcasts (aired June 1 and 2 on Fox), along with Jason Belmonte and the regular PBA broadcast team of Rob Stone and Randy Pedersen.

Troup is one of five featured PBA players in the Ben Stiller-produced documentary Born to Bowl, which premiered on HBO and HBO Max March 16, 2026.