PWBA Bowling Tour: 2019 season
| PWBA Bowling Tour: 2019 season | |
|---|---|
| League | Professional Women's Bowlers Association |
| Sport | Ten-pin bowling |
| Duration | April 25 – TBD |
The 2019 Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) Tour retains a similar schedule to the 2018 season, with nine standard tournaments and four majors. As in 2018, the final three standard events of the year will feature an “Elite Field” of 24 bowlers, based on season-to-date points list, that are automatically placed into the top 32 for match play. The remaining players will bowl a qualifying round for the other eight spots in match play.[1]
The final rounds of the first six standard tournaments will air live on a PBA Xtra Frame Webcast at FloBowling.com. CBS Sports Network will air the final round of the three Elite Field standard tournaments and all major tournaments live. The season's final event and final major, the PWBA Tour Championship, is an invitational featuring a starting field of only 16 bowlers. Tournament winners from the current season gain automatic entry into the starting field, with the remaining spots given to bowlers with the highest 2019 point totals among non-winners.
An additional PWBA title is available at the Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles tournament, a cross-over event with the PBA Tour that will be held July 25-28 in Houston, Texas.
Tournament summary
Below is a list of events scheduled for the 2019 PWBA Tour season.[2] Major tournaments are in bold. Career PWBA title numbers for winners are shown in parenthesis (#).
| Event | Airdate | City | Preliminary rounds | Final round | Winner | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PWBA Greater Cleveland Open | Apr 27 X | Cleveland, OH | Apr 25–26 | Live | Open event. | |
| PWBA Twin Cities Open | May 4 X | Eagan, MN | May 2–3 | Live | Open event. | |
| PWBA Lincoln Open | May 11 X | Lincoln, NE | May 9–10 | Live | Open event. | |
| USBC Queens | May 21 C | Wichita, KS | May 16–20 | Live | Open event, PWBA major. | |
| PWBA Sonoma County Open | Jun 1 X | Rohnert Park, CA | May 30–31 | Live | Open event. | |
| PWBA Tucson Open | Jun 8 X | Tucson, AZ | Jun 6–7 | Live | Open event. | |
| PWBA Fountain Valley Open | Jun 15 X | Fountain Valley, CA | Jun 13–14 | Live | Open event. | |
| U.S. Women's Open | Jun 23 C | Las Vegas, NV | Jun 16–22 | Live | Open event, PWBA major. | |
| Xtra Frame PBA/PWBA Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles | Jul 28 X | Houston, TX | Jul 25–27 | Live | Open PBA and PWBA title event. | |
| PWBA East Hartford Open | Aug 3 C | East Hartford, CT | Aug 1–2 | Live | Elite field event. | |
| PWBA Louisville Open | Aug 10 C | Louisville, KY | Aug 8–9 | Live | Elite field event. | |
| PWBA Orlando Open | Aug 17 C | Orlando, FL | Aug 15–16 | Live | Elite field event. | |
| PWBA Players Championship | Aug 24 C | Raleigh, NC | Aug 21–23 | Live | Open members-only event, PWBA major. | |
| PWBA Tour Championship | TBD C | TBD | TBD | Live | Invitational event, PWBA major. |
- C: broadcast on CBS Sports Network
- X: broadcast on the PBA's Xtra Frame Webcast service at FloBowling.com
References
- ↑ "2019 PWBA TOUR TO KICK OFF IN CLEVELAND, FEATURES STOPS IN ARIZONA AND NORTH CAROLINA". PWBA.com. May 17, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ↑ "2019 PWBA Tour Schedule" (PDF). USBC. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
External links
PWBA.com, home of the Professional Women' Bowling Association