He is also the first player in history to complete a career "Super Slam", in which a bowler wins all five PBA Tour major tournaments at least once.
The victory at the 2001 Silicon Valley Open also made him the first bowler in history to win at least one regular PBA Tour title in four different decades.
Pete Weber, Norm Duke and Walter Ray Williams Jr. have since joined Aulby in earning this distinction.
In the history of the PBA Tour, there have been 15 occasions where a player seeded in the 24th and final spot of the match play round went on to win the tournament.
Aulby is one of only nine bowlers to capture the PBA career "Triple Crown" (winning the U.S. Open, PBA National Championship and Tournament of Champions) -- and along with Norm Duke and Jason Belmonte, the only bowlers to add the ABC Masters title for a career "Grand Slam."
Also Aulby was the first bowler in history to capture the career Super Slam (winning a Touring Players Championship for all five majors), an achievement not matched until Jason Belmonte did so in 2020.
"Reserved, thoughtful, and pleasant, he's as polite when he's losing as when he's winning," commented Bowlers Digest writer Lyle Zikes in 2001.