PWBA Bowling Tour: 2016 season explained

PWBA Bowling Tour: 2016 season
League:Professional Women's Bowlers Association
Sport:Ten-pin bowling
Duration:April 29 – September 4
Mvp:Liz Johnson
Seasonslistnames:PWBA Tour
Prevseason Link:PWBA Bowling Tour: 2015 season
Prevseason Year:2015
Nextseason Link:PWBA Bowling Tour: 2017 season
Nextseason Year:2017

The Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) Tour expanded from 10 events in 2015 to 13 events in 2016, with one additional major (GoBowling.com PWBA Players Championship). The season ran from April 29 to September 4. CBS Sports Network aired the final round of all PWBA Tour events this season on a tape-delay basis, except for majors which aired the final round live. TV tapings of the non-major stepladder finals were conducted in conjunction with first three major tournaments on May 26 (USBC Queens), June 26 (PWBA Players Championship) and August 7 (U.S. Women's Open).

The PBA Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles, a cross-over event with the PBA Tour, returned for 2016. PBA and PWBA titles were awarded to the male and female winners, respectively, which meant 14 total PWBA titles were up for grabs in 2016.

Tournament summary

Below is a recap of events held during the 2016 PWBA Tour season. Major tournaments are in bold. Career PWBA title numbers for winners are shown in parentheses (#).

Event Airdate City Preliminary rounds Final round Winner Top Prize
PWBA Las Vegas OpenJun 7 CLas Vegas, NVApr 29–May 1May 26Liz Johnson, USA (18)$10,000
Nationwide PWBA Sonoma County OpenJun 14 CRohnert Park, CAMay 5–7May 26Shannon O'Keefe, USA (2)$10,000
PWBA Storm Sacramento OpenJun 21 CCitrus Heights, CAMay 12–14May 26Cherie Tan, Singapore (1)$10,000
USBC QueensMay 26 CLas Vegas, NVMay 20–25LiveBernice Lim, Singapore (1)$20,000
PWBA Wichita OpenJul 5 CWichita, KSJun 2–4Jun 26Danielle McEwan, USA (2)$10,000
Pepsi PWBA Lincoln OpenJul 12 CLincoln, NEJun 9–11Jun 26Shannon O'Keefe, USA (3)$10,000
PWBA Greater Detroit OpenJul 19 CCanton, MIJun 16–18Jun 26Rocio Restrepo, Colombia (1)$10,000
GoBowling.com PWBA Players ChampionshipJun 26 CGreen Bay, WIJun 23–25LiveClara Guerrero, Colombia (1)$20,000
PWBA Lexington OpenAug 16 CLexington, KYJun 30–Jul 2Aug 7Bryanna Coté, USA (1)$10,000
PWBA Rochester OpenAug 23 CRochester, NYJul 7–9Aug 7Josie Earnest, USA (1)$10,000
PWBA St. Petersburg-Clearwater OpenAug 30 CSeminole, FLJul 14–16Aug 7Rocio Restropo, Colombia (2)$10,000
PBA/PWBA Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed DoublesJul 31 XHouston, TXJul 29–30LiveShannon O'Keefe, USA (4) and Bill O'Neill (USA)$16,000
U.S. Women’s OpenAug 7 CAddison, ILAug 1–6LiveLiz Johnson, USA (19)$20,000
The Smithfield PWBA Tour ChampionshipSep 4 CMidlothian, VASep 1–3LiveNew Hui Fen, Singapore (1)$20,000

External links

PWBA.com, home of the Professional Women' Bowling Association