Jeff Richgels

Jeff Richgels, of Oregon, Wisconsin, is a former member of the Professional Bowlers Association who competes on the PBA50 Tour and the PBA Regional Tour, where he has won 30 regional titles. As an amateur he represented the United States at the 1985 Federation Internationale des Quilleurs American Zone Championships in Bogota, Colombia, winning gold medals in team and trios. A member of the United States Bowling Congress, he has won five titles at the USBC Open Championships and is one of three bowlers in the history of that event to complete team, doubles and singles, nine games in all, without an open frame. That 90 clean frame performance came in 1997, the year he also won the Regular All-Events title. He was inducted into the USBC Hall of Fame in 2011, the Wisconsin State Bowling Association Hall of Fame in 2013 and the Madison Bowling Association Hall of Fame in 2008, and he owns and runs The11thFrame.com, a subscription website covering the sport and its industry.