Liz Johnson

Liz Johnson, born Elizabeth Ann Johnson on May 2, 1974, is an American professional ten-pin bowler who competes on the Professional Women's Bowling Association Tour and in some events on the PBA Tour and the PBA50 Tour. She first became known as an eleven-time winner on the original PWBA Tour, including the first of her six U.S. Women's Open titles in 1996, and after the PWBA returned in 2015 she added eleven more Tour titles, reaching 25 PWBA titles of which ten are majors. In 2005 she became the first woman to beat a man in a televised PBA Tour match, and in November 2017 she became the second woman to win a national PBA Tour title. She was inducted into the United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame in 2015 and elected to the PWBA Hall of Fame in January 2025.