USBC Queens
The USBC Queens is an annual ten-pin bowling event for amateur and professional female bowlers, sanctioned by the United States Bowling Congress. The event is one of four women's professional majors since the PWBA tour returned in 2015 and the female equivalent of the USBC Masters, now one of the four majors on the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour.
The format for the USBC Queens tournament is similar to the USBC Masters. All entrants bowl 15 games of qualifying over three days. The top 63 qualifiers plus the previous year's champion then seeded for match play. Match play consists of three-game, total-pinfall matches in a double-elimination format. The last five remaining players are then seeded for the televised finals.[1]
USBC Queens history
The USBC Queens made its debut in 1961, as a companion to the Women's International Bowling Congress (WIBC) National Tournament.[2] It was known as the WIBC Queens from 1961–2004, until the WIBC became a part of the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) on January 1, 2005. The tournament is part of the World Bowling Tour, annually attracting a field of hundreds of the top bowlers from around the world.[1]
Ten bowlers have won at least two USBC Queens titles, with only two winning three times: Millie Ignizio (Martorella) (1967, 1970, 1971) and Wendy Macpherson (1988, 2000, 2003). Both bowlers are now in the USBC Hall of Fame.
USBC Queens champions
2018 Event
The 2018 USBC Queens tournament was held May 17–22 in Reno, Nevada. The tournament had 191 total entries and a $153,000 prize fund, with a $20,000 top prize. A five-player stepladder format was used for the live televised finals on May 22. Shannon O'Keefe won from the #2 seed position for her eighth PWBA title and second major.[3]
| Match #1 | Match #2 | Match #3 | Championship Match | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Brianna Coté | 189 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Shannon O'Keefe | 247 | 2 | Shannon O'Keefe | 221 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Liz Johnson | 232 | 3 | Liz Johnson | 224 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Stefanie Johnson | 200 | 4 | Stefanie Johnson | 212 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Amanda Fry | 172 | ||||||||||||||||
Final Standings:
1. Shannon O'Keefe (Shiloh, Illinois) – $20,000
2. Bryanna Coté (Red Rock, Arizona) – $11,000
3. Liz Johnson (Palatine, Illinois) – $8,000
4. Stefanie Johnson (McKinney, Texas) – $6,500
5. Amanda Fry (Antelope, California) – $5,000
Past Champions
- 2018: Shannon O'Keefe
- 2017: Diana Zavjalova
- 2016: Bernice Lim
- 2015: Liz Johnson
- 2014: Maria Jose Rodriguez
- 2013: Diana Zavjalova
- 2012: Diandra Asbaty
- 2011: Missy Parkin
- 2010: Kelly Kulick
- 2009: Liz Johnson
- 2008: Lynda Barnes
- 2007: Kelly Kulick
- 2006: Shannon Pluhowsky
- 2005: Tennelle Milligan
- 2004: Marianne DiRupo
- 2003: Wendy Macpherson
- 2002: Kim Terrell
- 2001: Carolyn Dorin-Ballard
- 2000: Wendy Macpherson
- 1999: Leanne Barrette
- 1998: Lynda Norry
- 1997: Sandra Jo Shiery-Odom
- 1996: Lisa Wagner
- 1995: Sandy Postma
- 1994: Anne Marie Duggan
- 1993: Jan Schmidt
- 1992: Cindy Coburn-Carroll
- 1991: Dede Davidson
- 1990: Patty Ann
- 1989: Carol Gianotti
- 1988: Wendy Macpherson (largest-ever women's-only sporting event in history, some 88,000 participants)
- 1987: Cathy Almeida
- 1986: Cora Fiebig
- 1985: Aleta Sill
- 1984: Kazue Inahashi
- 1983: Aleta Rzepecki
- 1982: Katsuko Sugimoto
- 1981: Katsuko Sugimoto
- 1980: Donna Adamek
- 1979: Donna Adamek
- 1978: Loa Boxberger
- 1977: Dana Stewart
- 1976: Pamela Buckner
- 1975: Cindy Powell
- 1974: Judy Soutar
- 1973: Dorothy Fothergill
- 1972: Dorothy Fothergill
- 1971: Mildred Martorella
- 1970: Mildred Martorella
- 1969: Ann Feigel
- 1968: Phyllis Massey
- 1967: Mildred Martorella
- 1966: Judy Lee
- 1965: Betty Kuczynski
- 1964: D.D. Jacobson
- 1963: Irene Monterosso
- 1962: Dorothy Wilkinson
- 1961: Janet Harman
References
- 1 2 Official Queens website
- ↑ USBC Queens has rich history. Article at www.bowl.com, April 14, 2008
- ↑ "O'Keefe wins 2018 USBC Queens". pwba.com. May 22, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2018.