Steve Cook (bowler)


Steve Cook is an American retired left-handed ten-pin bowler and member of the Professional Bowlers Association. He was known as the largest physical specimen on the PBA Tour, standing at 6 feet 7 inches tall, and weighing in around 260 pounds. He was inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame in 1993, and was ranked #25 on the PBA's 2008 list of "50 Greatest Players of the Last 50 Years." In 2014, Steve was elected to the USBC Hall of Fame for Superior Performance.
Cook won his first PBA Tour title at the age of 22 in the 1979 Ford Open, and finished with 15 titles in his career. Among the titles were major championships at the 1981 Firestone Tournament of Champions, the 1983 Touring Players Championship, and the 1986 U.S. Open. Cook's final PBA Tour title was earned at the 1992 Cleveland Open. He cashed more than $800,000 during his PBA career.

PBA Tour titles

Major championships are in bold text.
  1. 1979 Ford Open
  2. 1980 US Polychemical Open
  3. 1981 Firestone Tournament of Champions
  4. 1981 Kessler Classic
  5. 1982 Long Island Open
  6. 1982 Kessler Open
  7. 1983 Touring Players Championship
  8. 1985 Showboat Doubles Classic w/Mike Aulby
  9. 1986 BPAA U.S. Open
  10. 1986 Greater Hartford Open
  11. 1986 Showboat Doubles Classic w/Mike Aulby
  12. 1986 Austin Open
  13. 1988 A&W Pro Bowlers Classic
  14. 1989 Showboat Doubles Classic w/Mike Aulby
  15. 1992 Cleveland Open

Personal

Cook is the brother-in-law of fellow PBA Hall of Fame bowler Mike Aulby. Cook and Aulby were three-time winners of the PBA's Showboat Doubles Classic. After retiring from competition, Steve developed his own eponymous bowling supply business.
Since 2016, he became the owner/proprietor of Steve Cook's Fireside Lanes, a 32-lane bowling center in Citrus Heights, CA located just outside Sacramento, CA