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Chad Murphy says USBC membership nearly steady, offers new strings scoring data in '2025 Recap, 2026 Preview'

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Friday, January 16, 2026 6:00 am
Chad Murphy says USBC membership nearly steady, offers new strings scoring data in '2025 Recap, 2026 Preview'
USBC Executive Director Chad Murphy reported USBC membership holding nearly steady, and offered new data on string pinsetter scoring in his “2025 Recap, 2026 Preview” posted here on Thursday. In 2013-14, the season Murphy took over the helm of USBC, membership was 1,698,911. In 2018-19, the last full pre-pandemic season, it had fallen to 1,293,000, while 2019-20 saw membership fall to 1,210,000. The 2020-21 season membership was hardest hit by the pandemic at 850,699, with...