PWBA Bowling Tour: 2022 season

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PWBA Bowling Tour: 2022 season
League Professional Women's Bowlers Association
Sport Ten-pin bowling
DurationMay 13 – August 9, 2022
PWBA Tour seasons

The 2022 Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) Tour season had a total of 12 title events scheduled in eight locations. [1] These included 8 standard singles title events, three major title events, and one mixed doubles event. While the 2022 schedule had a reduced number of tournaments from 2021, there were more events televised and prize funds increased over previous seasons. All qualifying and match play rounds were broadcast on BowlTV, the PWBA's YouTube channel, as were five final rounds. Seven final rounds were broadcast on CBS Sports Network, including the finals of three major events: USBC Queens, U.S. Women's Open and PWBA Tour Championship. [2]

Contents

There were two Classic Series tour stops (versus three in 2021). These included the PWBA Classic Series–Long Island and PWBA Classic Series–Dallas. The first two tournaments in a Classic Series stop have fully open fields, while the third tournament starts with only the top 24 players in pinfall from the qualifying rounds of the first two tournaments. [3]

Season awards

Player awards [4]

2022 points leaders

1. Shannon O'Keefe (109,250)
2. Danielle McEwan (101,535)
3. Bryanna Coté (92,902.5)

2022 average leaders

1. Shannon O'Keefe (214.94)
2. Danielle McEwan (213.64)
3. Jordan Richard (212.04)

2022 championship round appearances

1. Shannon O'Keefe (7)
2. Danielle McEwan (6)
3. Bryanna Coté (5)

2022 cashes

T1. Shannon O'Keefe (11)
T1. Jordan Richard (11)
3. Three players tied with 10

Tournament summary

Below is a list of events for the 2022 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 Rockford OpenMay 15 CBS Sports Network Rockford, IL May 13–14LiveStefanie Johnson, USA (4) [5] Open event. $20,000 top prize.
USBC QueensMay 24 CBS Sports Network Addison, IL May 19–23LiveBirgit Noreiks, Germany (3) [6] Open event. PWBA major. $60,000 top prize.
PWBA Twin Cities OpenMay 29 CBS Sports Network Eagan, MN May 27–28Live Shannon O'Keefe, USA (15) [7] Open event. $20,000 top prize.
PWBA St. Petersburg-Clearwater OpenJun 5 CBS Sports Network Seminole, FL Jun 3–4LiveBreanna Clemmer, USA (1) [8] Open event. $20,000 top prize.
PWBA Classic Series – Long Island ClassicJun 8 BowlTV Rockville Centre, NY Jun 7LiveLiz Kuhlkin, USA (3) [9] Open event. $10,000 top prize.
PWBA Classic Series – BowlTV ClassicJun 10 BowlTVRockville Centre, NYJun 9LiveCherie Tan, Singapore (3) [10] Open event. $10,000 top prize.
PWBA Classic Series – BVL ClassicJun 12 CBS Sports NetworkRockville Centre, NYJun 11LiveBryanna Coté, USA (3) [11] Top 24 from Long Island Classic and BowlTV Classic qualifying. $10,000 top prize.
U.S. Women's OpenJun 21 CBS Sports Network South Glens Falls, NY Jun15–20Live Erin McCarthy, USA (2) [12] Open event. PWBA major. $60,000 top prize.
PBA-PWBA Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed DoublesJul 31 BowlTV Houston, TX Jul 28–30Live Diandra Asbaty, USA (2) & E. J. Tackett, USA [13] Open PBA and PWBA title event. $20,000 top prize.
PWBA Classic Series – DFW ClassicAug 4 BowlTV Dallas, TX Aug 3LiveBryanna Coté, USA (4) [14] Open event. $10,000 top prize.
PWBA Classic Series – Pepsi ClassicAug 6 BowlTVDallas, TXAug 5Live Dasha Kovalova, Ukraine (5) [15] Open event. $10,000 top prize.
PWBA Classic Series – PWBA Tour ChampionshipAug 9 CBS Sports NetworkDallas, TXAug 7–8Live Stephanie Zavala, USA (4) [16] Top 24 from DFW Classic and Pepsi Classic qualifying. PWBA major. $50,000 top prize.

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