15 years ago pro bowler Tom Daugherty was humiliated. He turned it into the sport’s greatest comeback story.
In a 2011 televised tournament he barely managed to score a 100. The shocking setback set him on a road of historic redemption.
The bowler who scored the lowest total in televised history returned the very next year. Everyone has bad days, even world class athletes . Any number of circumstances can cause someone who’s been training their entire life to simply miss the moment; be it physical, mental, or just plain bad luck.
It happened to Simone Biles when she got the the “ twisties ” and became disoriented in the air during what should have been a pinnacle moment in her Olympic career. It happened to golfer Greg Norman when he squandered an unprecedented six-stroke lead at the 1996 Masters in a stunning collapse. The best athletes, and people, aren’t defined by perfection, however.
They’re defined by what they do after they fail . Bowler Tom Daugherty puts on one of the worst performances of all time Bowling, while not a premier sport in the minds of most viewers, comes with a ton of pressure. It’s a highly technical sport where being just a millimeter or a fraction of a second off in your technique can be disastrous.
Tom Daugherty found this out firsthand in what has became a legendary game…but not legendary for the reasons he’d like. In 2011, Daugherty faced off with Mike Koiveniemi in a semifinal match of the PBA Tournament of Champions. The event was televised, and the pressure was high.
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