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Tom Daugherty turns tables on Mika Koivuniemi from famed 299-100 game to win 2026 PBA50 World Championship at PBA50 World Series of Bowling IV

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2026 10:00 pm
Tom Daugherty turns tables on Mika Koivuniemi from famed 299-100 game to win 2026 PBA50 World Championship at PBA50 World Series of Bowling IV
Tom Daugherty after winning the 2026 PBA50 World Championship. Photo by PBA.
Unfortunately for Tom Daugherty, there is nothing he can do to erase arguably the most famous match in PBA Tour history: his 299-100 loss to Mika Koivuniemi in the semifinal match of the 2011 PBA Tournament of Champions. The score and almost certainly unbreakable record margin, the good-natured way Daugherty handled the lowest game any player has rolled in a PBA Tour show, and the drama of Koivuniemi falling a 10-pin shy of perfection stamped it permanently in PBA Tour history. Daugherty waited...