More than six months after she came within seven pins of winning the PWBA ITRC Classic at age 16, Jillian Martin on Tuesday night beat Verity Crawley 221-188 to win the 2021 BowlTV Classic at 17 years and 17 days.
Martin smashed Hall of Famer Wendy Macpherson’s record for youngest to win a PWBA Tour title of 18 years, 2 months, 9 days set when Macpherson won the U.S. Women’s Open on April 5, 1986.
To put Martin’s win in historical context, bowling historian Eric Hartman...