PWBA Bowling Tour: 2024 season

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PWBA Bowling Tour: 2024 season
League Professional Women's Bowlers Association
Sport Ten-pin bowling
DurationMay 2 – August 13, 2024
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While some locations have changed, the 2024 Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) Tour season matches the 2023 season with 12 title events scheduled in eight cities. [1] These include eight standard singles title events, three major title events, and one mixed doubles event. Final rounds of the season's three majors (USBC Queens, U.S. Women's Open and PWBA Tour Championship) will all broadcast nationally on CBS Sports Network. All other events will be broadcast on BowlTV, the USBC’s YouTube channel.

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Two of the Tour stops will feature three events each. The PWBA Classic Series – Nashville has two open events, with a third event that starts with only the top 24 in qualifying from the previous two events. [2] The PWBA Tour Championship Week will also begin with two standard, open events. The third event, the PWBA Tour Championship major, will have a 24-player starting field composed of all the season’s title winners, plus the top season points-earners among non-winners. [3]

The 2024 season will also see the first-ever mixed trios event, held July 31-August 2 in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The event will feature trio teams pairing PBA, PBA50 and PWBA players. [4]

Tournament summary

Below is a list of events for the 2024 PWBA Tour season. [1] Major tournaments are in bold. Career PWBA titles for winners are in parentheses. All winnings are shown in US dollars ($).

EventAirdateCityPreliminary roundsFinal roundWinnerNotes
PWBA GoBowling! Twin Cities OpenMay 4 BowlTV Eagan, MN May 3–4Live Shannon Pluhowsky, USA (3) [5] Open event. Top prize $20,000.
PWBA Bowlers Journal Rockford OpenMay 11 BowlTV Rockford, IL May 10–11 (PTQ: May 8)LiveSin Li Jane, Malaysia (2) [6] Open event. Top prize $20,000.
USBC QueensMay 21 CBS Sports Green Bay, WI May 15–20LiveJillian Martin, USA (a) [7] Open event. PWBA major. Top prize $60,000.
PWBA Classic Series – Greater Nashville ClassicMay 30 BowlTV Smyrna, TN May 29–30LiveSin Li Jane, Malaysia (3) [8] Open event. Top prize $10,000.
PWBA Classic Series – BowlTV ClassicJun 1 BowlTVSmyrna, TNMay 31–Jun 1LiveCherie Tan Singapore (5) [9] Open event. Top prize $10,000.
PWBA Classic Series – Music City ClassicJun 3 BowlTVSmyrna, TNJun 2–3LiveShannon Pluhowsky, USA (4) [10] Top 24 from Greater Nashville Classic and BowlTV Classic qualifying. Top prize $12,000.
PWBA Southern Indiana OpenJun 8 BowlTV Clarksville, IN Jun 7–8LiveLauren Russo, USA (1) [11] Open event. Top prize $20,000.
U.S. Women's OpenJun 18 CBS Sports Indianapolis, IN Jun 11–17LiveSin Li Jane, Malaysia (4) [12] Open event. PWBA major. Top prize $60,000.
PBA-PWBA Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed DoublesJul 28 BowlTV Houston, TX Jul 25–27Live Danielle McEwan, USA (9) & Anthony Simonsen, USA [13] Open PBA and PWBA title event. Top prize $25,000 (team).
PBA/PBA50/PWBA Jonesboro TriosAug 2 BowlTV
 Jonesboro, AR Jul 31–Aug 1LiveBreanna Clemmer, USA (2)
François Lavoie, Canada
Tom Hess, USA [14] 		Open event. Top prize $30,000 (team). Bowlers will bowl two five-game qualifying rounds within their respective tours, cutting to the top 16 players for match play. Qualifying pinfall will be dropped entering round-robin match play. Seeding entering match play will determine the PBA/PBA50/PWBA trios teams. All three top seeds will be paired together, as will the No. 2 seeds and so on. The top five teams will advance to a Baker format stepladder final.
PWBA Greater Detroit OpenAug 8 BowlTV Allen Park, MI Aug 7–8LiveOpen event. Top prize TBA.
PWBA Pepsi OpenAug 10 BowlTVAllen Park, MIAug 9–10LiveOpen event. Top prize TBA.
PWBA Tour ChampionshipAug 13 CBS SportsAllen Park, MIAug 11–12Live24-player starting field includes all 2024 titlists (PWBA members only) plus highest points earners among non-winners. PWBA major. Top prize TBA.

(a) Competed as an amateur. No PWBA title awarded and does not qualify for PWBA Tour Championship.

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