PWBA Bowling Tour: 2023 season

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PWBA Bowling Tour: 2023 season
League Professional Women's Bowlers Association
Sport Ten-pin bowling
DurationMay 4 – August 15, 2023
PWBA Tour seasons

While some locations have changed, the 2023 Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) Tour season matches the 2022 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) were all broadcast nationally on CBS Sports Network. [2] All other tournaments were broadcast on BowlTV, the USBC's YouTube channel. [3] The USBC Queens major was held at Sam's Town Bowling Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Tour's first stop at this venue since the 2000 season. Another 2023 highlight was the season-opening Stockton Open, which marked the PWBA Tour’s 100th event since its 2015 relaunch. [1]

Contents

There were two Classic Series tour stops in 2023: the PWBA Great Lakes Classic Series in Wyoming, Michigan and the PWBA Waterloo Classic Series in Waterloo, Iowa. Classic Series stops feature three title events in the same location. The first two tournaments 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. [4]

Season awards

Player awards [5]

2023 points leaders

1. Jordan Richard (110,162.5)
2. Diana Zavjalova (94,250)
3. Lindsay Boomershine (81,130.8)

2023 average leaders (minimum 7 events)

1. Jordan Richard (219.69)
2. Bryanna Coté (216.04)
3. Shannon Pluhowsky (215.60)

2023 championship round appearances

1. Jordan Richard (6)
2. Diana Zavjalova (5)
T3. Dasha Kovalova (4)
T3. Verity Crawley (4)

2023 cashes

T1. Jordan Richard (11)
T1. Bryanna Coté (11)
T1. Lindsay Boomershine (11)

2023 earnings

1. Maria José Rodriguez ($98,754)
2. Lindsay Boomershine ($93,245)
3. Jordan Richard ($91,365)

Tournament summary

Below is a list of events for the 2023 PWBA Tour season. [3] Major tournaments are in bold. Career PWBA titles for winners are in parentheses. All winnings are shown in US dollars ($).

EventAirdateCityPreliminary roundsFinal roundWinnerNotes
PWBA Stockton OpenMay 6 BowlTV Stockton, CA May 4–5LiveCherie Tan, Singapore (4) [6] Open event. $20,000 top prize.
PWBA Spokane OpenMay 13 BowlTV Spokane, WA May 11–12Live Jordan Richard, USA (3) [7] Open event. $20,000 top prize.
USBC QueensMay 23 CBS Sports Las Vegas, NV May 18–22LiveLindsay Boomershine, USA (1) [8] Open event. PWBA major. $60,000 top prize.
PWBA Classic Series – Grand Rapids ClassicJun 2 BowlTV Wyoming, MI Jun 1Live Verity Crawley, England (2) [9] Open event. $10,000 top prize.
PWBA Classic Series – BowlTV ClassicJun 4 BowlTVWyoming, MIJun 3Live Stephanie Zavala, USA (5) [10] Open event. $10,000 top prize.
PWBA Classic Series – Great Lakes ClassicJun 6 BowlTVWyoming, MIJun 5LiveJordan Richard, USA (4) [11] Top 24 from Grand Rapids Classic and BowlTV Classic qualifying. $12,000 top prize.
PWBA Bowlers Journal Cleveland OpenJun 10 BowlTV Parma Heights, OH Jun 8–9LiveJordan Richard, USA (5) [12] Open event. $20,000 top prize.
U.S. Women's OpenJun 20 CBS Sports Rochester, NY Jun 14–19LiveBryanna Coté, USA (5) [13] Open event. PWBA major. $60,000 top prize.
PBA-PWBA Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed DoublesJul 30 BowlTV Houston, TX Jul 27–29Live Danielle McEwan, USA (8) & Anthony Simonsen, USA [14] Open PBA and PWBA title event. $25,000 top prize.
PWBA Classic Series – Waterloo ClassicAug 10 BowlTV Waterloo, IA Aug 9LiveDiana Zavjalova, Latvia (5) [15] Open event. $10,000 top prize.
PWBA Classic Series – Pepsi ClassicAug 12 BowlTVWaterloo, IAAug 11LiveCaitlyn Johnson, USA (n) [16] Open event. $10,000 top prize.
PWBA Classic Series – PWBA Tour ChampionshipAug 15 CBS SportsWaterloo, IAAug 13–14LiveMaria José Rodriguez, Colombia (3) [17] 24-player starting field includes eight 2023 titlists plus 16 highest points earners among non-winners. PWBA major. $50,000 top prize.

n=Won as a non-member. No PWBA title awarded, and was ineligible for PWBA Tour Championship.

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