PBA 2008-09 Season

PBA 2008-09 Season

The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) announced has announced the 2008-09 PBA Tour schedule, the 50th season in the organizations history.
The 2008-09 PBA Tour includes 20 stops between October and April, with return visits to 14 venues from the 2007-08 season and venue changes for two of the four Major events.
Headlining the changes to the 2008-09 schedule is the move of the Denny's World Championship to the beginning of the schedule. The 2008-09 campaign will kick off with the World Championship, the first of four Majors, at Northrock Lanes in Wichita, Kan. This marks the first time the Tour has visited Wichita since the 2004-05 season and also marks the first time Northrock Lanes will host a PBA Major.
The United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Masters, which has been the opening event in three of the last four seasons, will move dates and locations as well. The event shifts from Milwaukee to Las Vegas and will now take place in February at the Cashman Center. The USBC Masters will be one of two Majors held in Las Vegas as the PBA Tournament of Champions returns to Red Rock Lanes.
New hosts on the PBA Tour include Olympia Lanes in Hammond, Ind., which has hosted several PBA Senior Tour stops in previous years, and Brunswick Zone Wheat Ridge in Wheat Ridge, Colo., the first time the Tour has stopped in the Denver area since the 2005-06 season.
Additionally, the 2008-09 PBA Tour will feature the return of the PBA Women's Series presented by the USBC with seven events, an increase from the four events in last year's inaugural season. Events will be held in Omaha, Neb., Taylor, Mich., Vernon Hills, Ill., Cheektowaga, N.Y., Baltimore, Md., Reno, Nev., and Medford, Ore., and will once again run concurrently with PBA Tour events.
For dates and location on the PBA Tour schedule, log on to www.pba.com