CONGRATULATIONS KELLY KULICK 1ST WOMENS PBA BOWLING CHAMP!

Kulick became the first woman to win a PBA Tour title when she defeated Chris Barnes of Double Oak, Texas, to win the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tournament of Champions in Las Vegas.
WOW! girl power indeed congratulations Kelly Kulick on the win A trophy $40,000 dollar check and a 2 year exemption, and bragging right's over the boy's not bad

Barnes' wife, Lynda, is also a pro bowler and an Ygnacio Valley High graduate.



"History has been made in sports today," Kulick said immediately after the match.



Kulick, who joined the men's tour in 2006, succeeded where female golfers Annika Sorenstam and Michelle Wie have tried and failed — beating the men.



Kulick beat No. 3 qualifier Mika Koivuniemi of Hartland, Mich., to advance to the final, where she beat Barnes, the 2007-08 PBA player of the year, 265-195. She bowled strikes in 10 of the 12 frames.



Kulick, from Union, N.J., earned a berth in the Tournament of Champions by winning the PBA Women's World Championship, the first PBA women's major tournament. The Tournament of Champions is one of the PBA Tour's four major tournaments.



Kulik, 32, was the first woman to earn a PBA Tour exemption and has two PBA Women Series titles