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Unlikely scoring record crusher? François Lavoie shatters PBA Tour records as qualifying ends in 2026 Pilgrim's PBA Ohio Classic

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Wednesday, April 1, 2026 11:00 pm
Unlikely scoring record crusher? François Lavoie shatters PBA Tour records as qualifying ends in 2026 Pilgrim's PBA Ohio Classic
François Lavoie after breaking the PBA Tour's 6- and 12-game scoring records on Wednesday. Photo by Storm Products.
A 1-hander with low revs by today’s PBA Tour standards, François Lavoie is the supreme shotmaker who has won two U.S. Opens and a PBA Tournament of Champions. Lavoie might be the last guy mentioned in a discussion of who would break PBA Tour scoring records. Then again, Lavoie is one of a handful of players with a pair of perfect games on PBA Tour TV shows, proving he can strike when the stakes are at their highest. And anything is possible, Kevin Garnett told us, so we should keep...