Osku Palermaa
Finland
Home Center:
Partille Bowling Center (Partille, Sweden)
Age
29
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11/18/1983
| Bowls | Joined | Titles | Tour Earnings | Total Earnings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2009 | 3 | $220,172.90 | $220,172.90 |
*Note: Statistics will be updated for each tournament after it airs on television. Click here for the PBA Tour TV schedule.
2011-12 Rank: 5
Career PBA 300 games: 4
Personal: Gothenburg, Sweden resident was born in Espoo, Finland...Began bowling with two hands as a toddler…Won his exemption into the PBA World Series of Bowling as European Bowling Tour points leader…Speaks fluent English...One of three "two-handers" competing on Tour this season...Has won numerous medals in international competition...Won 2009 WTBA World Ranking Masters…Won 2008 QubicaAMF World Cup…Owns 10 European Bowling Tour titles…Two-time EBT Bowler of the Year.
2012-13: Finished second in World Series of Bowling Bowlers Journal Scorpion Championship, losing to Tom Daugherty in the championship match 200-182...Finished fifth in Tournament of Champions.
Career: In 2011-12 Palermaa became the first international player, and the first two-handed bowler, to win the PBA World Championship when he defeated Ryan Shafer of Horseheads, N.Y., 203-177, in the season’s first major championship. Also made PBA history by winning Kuwait Open to become first player to win a PBA title under new PBA/WTBA alliance. He defeated Tom Smallwood in two-game final stepladder match 267-232 and 268-226...Previous best Tour finish prior to win in 2010-11 was third in 2010 Etonic Don Johnson Elminator...Finished fifth in 2004 U.S. Open...In 2010-11 he won the GEICO Shark Championship for first Tour title and became second player with two-handed delivery to win a title (Jason Belmonte was first). Also finished fourth in PBA World Championship and seventh in Tournament of Champions.
PBA standard titles (2): 2010-11 - GEICO Shark Championship, Las Vegas; 2011-12 - Kuwait Open
PBA major titles (1): 2011-12 - PBA World Championship.
Awards: Named 2006 World Bowling Writers Bowler of the Year...Named Finnish Bowler of the Year in 2008 and 2009.
Career PBA 300 games: 4
Personal: Gothenburg, Sweden resident was born in Espoo, Finland...Began bowling with two hands as a toddler…Won his exemption into the PBA World Series of Bowling as European Bowling Tour points leader…Speaks fluent English...One of three "two-handers" competing on Tour this season...Has won numerous medals in international competition...Won 2009 WTBA World Ranking Masters…Won 2008 QubicaAMF World Cup…Owns 10 European Bowling Tour titles…Two-time EBT Bowler of the Year.
2012-13: Finished second in World Series of Bowling Bowlers Journal Scorpion Championship, losing to Tom Daugherty in the championship match 200-182...Finished fifth in Tournament of Champions.
Career: In 2011-12 Palermaa became the first international player, and the first two-handed bowler, to win the PBA World Championship when he defeated Ryan Shafer of Horseheads, N.Y., 203-177, in the season’s first major championship. Also made PBA history by winning Kuwait Open to become first player to win a PBA title under new PBA/WTBA alliance. He defeated Tom Smallwood in two-game final stepladder match 267-232 and 268-226...Previous best Tour finish prior to win in 2010-11 was third in 2010 Etonic Don Johnson Elminator...Finished fifth in 2004 U.S. Open...In 2010-11 he won the GEICO Shark Championship for first Tour title and became second player with two-handed delivery to win a title (Jason Belmonte was first). Also finished fourth in PBA World Championship and seventh in Tournament of Champions.
PBA standard titles (2): 2010-11 - GEICO Shark Championship, Las Vegas; 2011-12 - Kuwait Open
PBA major titles (1): 2011-12 - PBA World Championship.
Awards: Named 2006 World Bowling Writers Bowler of the Year...Named Finnish Bowler of the Year in 2008 and 2009.
| Season | Events | Cashes | Match Play | TV Finals | Titles | Avg | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-2013 Season | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 228.16 | $60,262.90 |
| 2011-2012 Season | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 218.75 | $79,110.00 |
| 2010-2011 Season | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 221.91 | $59,200.00 |
| 2009-2010 Season | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 212.86 | $21,600.00 |
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