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SERVING THE BOWLING INDUSTRY SINCE 1967
PWBA Tour Schedule Expands For 2016
Northern California Will Host Two Events!
ARLINGTON, Texas – The Professional Women’s Bowling Association Tour will
build on the success of its relaunch season by expanding to 14 events, including
the return of the PWBA Players Championship, in 2016.
The 2016 PWBA Tour will kick off with the PWBA Las Vegas Open from April 28-
May 1 at Texas Station in Las Vegas and will conclude with the Smithfield PWBA
Tour Championship at a date and site to be announced following the U.S.
Women’s Open in August.
The PWBA Players Championship will make its return June 23-26 at The Ash-
waubenon Bowling Alley in Green Bay, Wisconsin, with a $100,000 prize fund and
a $20,000 top prize. Open only to PWBA members, the PWBA Players Champion-
ship once again will be a major event on the PWBA Tour.
“The new PWBA Tour proved be a huge success in 2015 and the 2016 schedule
builds upon the momentum with more events, more prize money and more expo-
sure,” said Kelly Kulick, a six-time major champion who serves as PWBA spokes-
woman. “The return of the PWBA Players Championship as a fourth major is an-
other important step in creating a great structure for the future of the PWBA Tour.”
The PWBA Tour, which had 11 events in its return in 2015, is entering the second
year with support of a funding commitment from the United States Bowling Con-
gress and Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America. Four of the 14 events on
the 2016 tour will be major events – the USBC Queens, the PWBA Players Cham-
pionship and the U.S. Women’s Open plus the Smithfield PWBA Tour Champion-
ship.
Six venues that played host to PWBA Tour events last season are on the 2016
schedule, along with eight new venues. Standard events will continue to have
$60,000 in guaranteed prize money per event with a $10,000 minimum first-place
prize.
The PWBA Tour schedule for 2016:
April 28-May 1: PWBA Las Vegas Open, Texas Station, Las Vegas, NV
May 5-8: PWBA Sonoma County Open, Double Decker Lanes,
Rohnert Park, CA
May 12-15: PWBA Storm Sacramento Open, Steve Cook’s Fireside
Lanes, Sacramento, CA
May 20-26: *USBC Queens, The Orleans, Las Vegas, NV
June 2-5: PWBA Wichita Open, Northrock Lanes, Wichita, KS
June 9-12: PWBA Lincoln Open, Sun Valley Lanes,
Lincoln, NE
June 16-19: PWBA Greater Detroit Open, Super Bowl,
Canton, MI
June 23-26: *PWBA Players Championship, The
Ashwaubenon Bowling Alley, Green Bay, WI
June 30-July 3: PWBA Lexington Open, Collins Bowling
Center - Eastland, Lexington, KY
July 7-10: PWBA Rochester Open, AMF Gates Lanes,
Rochester, NY
July 14-17: PWBA St. Petersburg-Clearwater Open,
Seminole Lanes, St. Petersburg, FL
July 29-31: PBA/PWBA Striking Against Breast Cancer
Mixed Doubles, Palace Lanes, Houston, TX
August 2-7: *U.S. Women’s Open, TBD
TBD: *Smithfield PWBA Tour Championship, TBD
*Major PWBA Tour event
Get involved, support Double Decker Lanes and Steve Cook’s
Fireside Lanes. Hosting these events is a ton of work and dedi-
cation. If you can help give them a call. Don’t wait till May!
2015 World Bowling Women’s Championship
(From page 6)
All rounds of the 2015 World Women's Championships were broadcast live on
BOWL.com's BowlTV and can be found in the BowlTV archives.
There were five 300 games this week, rolled by Venezuelan teammates Joan Gon-
zalez (doubles) and Karen Marcano (team), two by Johnson and one by McEwan
during Masters match play.
Johnson's first 300 came in the team final and helped Team USA to the team gold
medal, and the second came in the opening game of match play.
There now have been 16 perfect games in World Women's Championships history,
with two each for Johnson and Team USA's Kelly Kulick of Union, New Jersey (2011
and 2013).
Participating countries this year included: Australia, Bahamas, Canada, China, Chi-
nese Taipei, Colombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, England, Finland, Germany,
Hong Kong, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Korea, Latvia, Malaysia, Mexico, Panama, Phil-
ippines, Poland, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United States, Vene-
zuela and the host country United Arab Emirates.
Korea topped the medal table this week with eight, followed by the United States
and Singapore with six and Denmark, England and Germany with one apiece.
