PWBA Bowling Tour: 2019 season

The 2019 Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) Tour retained a similar schedule to the 2018 season, with ten standard tournaments and four majors.

PWBA Bowling Tour: 2019 season
LeagueProfessional Women's Bowlers Association
SportTen-pin bowling
DurationApril 25 – September 18
Season MVPShannon O'Keefe

Season overview

The first six standard tournaments of the 2019 season, plus the Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles event (a crossover event with the PBA Tour), all start with an open field. The final three standard events of the year feature an “Elite Field” of 24 bowlers, based on season-to-date points, that are automatically placed into the top 32 for match play. The remaining players bowl a qualifying round for the other eight spots in match play.[1]

The final rounds of the first six standard tournaments and the Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles event air live on a PBA Xtra Frame Webcast at FloBowling.com. CBS Sports Network airs the final round of the three Elite Field standard tournaments and all major tournaments live.

The USBC Queens and U.S. Women's Open are open to both PWBA members and qualifying USBC members. The PWBA Players Championship major is open to PWBA members only. The season's final event and final major, the PWBA Tour Championship, is an invitational featuring a starting field of only 16 bowlers. Tournament winners from the current season gain automatic entry into the starting field, as long as they are PWBA members. The remaining spots are given to PWBA bowlers with the highest 2019 point totals among non-winners.

Season awards and statistics

Player awards

2019 points leaders

1. Shannon O'Keefe (148,125)[4]
2. Danielle McEwan (117,085)
3. Dasha Kovalova (109,970)

2019 average leaders (minimum 10 tournaments)

1. Shannon O'Keefe (215.63)
2. Danielle McEwan (211.48)
3. Shannon Pluhowsky (210.90)

2019 championship round appearances

1. Shannon O'Keefe (7)
2. Danielle McEwan (5)
T3. Dasha Kovalova and Maria Jose Rodríguez (4)

Tournament summary

Below is a list of events scheduled for the 2019 PWBA Tour season.[5] Major tournaments are in bold. Career PWBA title numbers for winners are shown in parenthesis (#).

EventAirdateCityPreliminary roundsFinal roundWinnerNotes
Nationwide PWBA Greater Cleveland Open Apr 27 X Cleveland, OH Apr 25–26 Live Josie Barnes, USA (3) Open event. $10,000 top prize.
PWBA Twin Cities Open May 4 X Eagan, MN May 2–3 Live Shannon O'Keefe, USA (9) Open event. $10,000 top prize.
PWBA Lincoln Open May 11 X Lincoln, NE May 9–10 Live Jordan Richard, USA (2) Open event. $10,000 top prize.
USBC Queens May 21 C Wichita, KS May 16–20 Live Dasha Kovalova, Ukraine (1) Open event, PWBA major. $20,000 top prize.
PWBA Sonoma County Open Jun 1 X Rohnert Park, CA May 30–31 Live Shayna Ng, Singapore (2) Open event. $10,000 top prize.
PWBA Tucson Open Jun 8 X Tucson, AZ Jun 6–7 Live Shannon O'Keefe, USA (10) Open event. $10,000 top prize.
PWBA Fountain Valley Open Jun 15 X Fountain Valley, CA Jun 13–14 Live Sandra Andersson, Sweden (1) Open event. $10,000 top prize.
U.S. Women's Open Jun 23 C North Las Vegas, NV Jun 16–22 Live Danielle McEwan, USA (5) Open event, PWBA major. $20,000 top prize.
Storm PBA/PWBA Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles Jul 28 X Houston, TX Jul 25–27 Live Amanda Greene–N, USA and Kyle Sherman, USA Open PBA and PWBA title event. $20,000 top prize.
PWBA East Hartford Open Aug 3 C East Hartford, CT Aug 1–2 Live Shannon O'Keefe, USA (11) Elite field event. $10,000 top prize.
Pepsi PWBA Louisville Open Aug 10 C Louisville, KY Aug 8–9 Live Dasha Kovalova, Ukraine (2) Elite field event. $10,000 top prize.+
BowlerX.com PWBA Orlando Open Aug 17 C Orlando, FL Aug 15–16 Live Shannon O'Keefe, USA (12) Elite field event. $10,000 top prize.
QubicaAMF PWBA Players Championship Sep 8 C Raleigh, NC Sep 3–7 Live Cherie Tan, Singapore (2) Open members-only event, PWBA major. $20,000 top prize.
PWBA Tour Championship Sept. 18 C Henrico County, VA Sept. 15-18 Live Shannon O'Keefe, USA (13) Invitational event, PWBA major. $20,000 top prize. At Richmond Raceway Old Dominion Building (former Virginia State Fairgrounds).
  • C: broadcast on CBS Sports Network
  • X: broadcast on the PBA's Xtra Frame Webcast service at FloBowling.com
  • N: non-member at the time of victory, and thus does not qualify for the PWBA Tour Championship
  • +: Dasha Kovalova won an additional $10,000 bonus for rolling a 300 game in the title match.[6]

References
  1. "2019 PWBA TOUR TO KICK OFF IN CLEVELAND, FEATURES STOPS IN ARIZONA AND NORTH CAROLINA". PWBA.com. May 17, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  2. Smith, Aaron (September 10, 2019). "O'KEEFE CAPTURES SECOND CONSECUTIVE PWBA PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD". bowl.com. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  3. "BERCIER WINS 2019 PWBA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD". PWBA.com. September 7, 2019. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  4. "2019 PWBA TOUR STATISTICS". PWBA.com. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  5. "2019 PWBA Tour Schedule" (PDF). USBC. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  6. "KOVALOVA ROLLS 300 GAME TO WIN 2019 PEPSI PWBA LOUISVILLE OPEN". PWBA.com. August 10, 2019. Retrieved August 16, 2019.

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