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Underappreciated Brian Kretzer wins first PBA50 Tour title in PBA50 Cup

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Sunday, August 12, 2018 9:00 pm
Underappreciated Brian Kretzer wins first PBA50 Tour title in PBA50 Cup
Brian Krezter, center, beams after winning the PBA50 Cup. Photo by Pro Bowlers Association.
There probably aren’t a lot of bowling fans who understand all Brian Kretzer has done in bowling since some of his biggest and most lucrative wins came outside the PBA Tour and before the era of social media and webcasting. Before he joined the PBA in 2001, Kretzer probably made more money bowling than perhaps any other player this side of Walter Ray Williams Jr., winning the 1997 and 1999 International Eliminator in Las Vegas for $100,000 each and a tournament in the Middle East that...