1981 Penzoil Open

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$125,000 PENNZOIL OPEN
Gable House Bowl, Torrance, Calif., Jun 9-13, 1981
Baker Drives To Pennzoil Title

Tom Baker closed with eight straight strikes to top Mike Aulby, 247-205, in the inaugural $125,000 Pennzoil Open in Torrance, California.

Top-seeded Baker trailed Aulby by one pin after four frames of the title match before going "off the sheet" with strikes to collect the $20,000 first prize and his second PBA title. His first had come one year earlier in the 1980 Northern California Open.

Aulby had gotten to the championship game with a high scoring, 255-246, win over Guppy Troup in which the southpaw Aulby rolled strikes in eight of his first nine frames yet still had to convert a 3-5-6-9 spare in the l0th to win. Troup, coming back from a broken ankle during the Winter Tour, had topped Bill Spigner, 235-203, after Spigner had opened the finals with a 232-228 decision against Wayne Webb.

TELEVISED FINALS

Pos. Name, City/State Total Amount
1 Tom Baker, Buffalo, N.Y. 247 (1 game) $20,000
2 Mike Aulby, Indianapolis 460 (2 games) 11,000
3 Guppy Troup, Jacksonville, Fla. 481 (2 games) 7,500
4 Bill Spigner, Chicago 435 (2 games) 6,000
5 Wayne Webb, Tucson, Ariz. 228 (1 game) 5,000
PLAYOFF RESULTS - Spigner defeated Webb, 232-228; Troup defeated Spigner, 235-203; Aulby defeated Troup, 255-246; and in the championship game, Baker defeated Aulby, 247-205.

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