PBA Announces 11-Tournament
Senior Tour Schedule for 2011

The Professional Bowlers Association has announced an expanded 11-tournament 2011 Senior Tour schedule including a return to Florida and a new site for the United States Bowling Congress Senior Masters.

The PBA Senior Tour’s 31st season begins with a new stop, the PBA Senior Don Carter Open at Carter Family Bowl in Winter Garden, Fla., April 17-21, and a return to The Villages, Fla., for the PBA Senior Sun Bowl In The Villages at Spanish Springs Lanes April 23-26.

In addition to Carter Family Bowl, Playdrome Rose Bowl in Allentown, Pa., will be a first-time Senior Tour host when the PBA Senior Allentown Open is conducted May 20-23. The second major of the season, the USBC Senior Masters moves from Las Vegas to Wayne Webb’s Columbus Bowl in Columbus, Ohio, July 31-Aug. 5.

The Senior Tour’s other major, the PBA Senior U.S. Open presented by the Suncoast, returns to the Suncoast Bowling Center in Las Vegas June 12-17.

The 2010 Senior Tour season was one of the most exciting in history with a Senior Player of the Year race involving three Hall of Famers that was decided in the last tournament of the season. Wayne Webb secured Senior Player of the Year honors by winning the Senior Jackson Open to outlast challengers Senior Rookie of the Year Walter Ray Williams Jr. and Mark Williams.

2011 PBA Senior Tour Schedule

April 17-21 – PBA Senior Don Carter Open, Carter Family Bowl, Winter Garden, Fla.
April 23-26 – PBA Senior Sun Bowl In The Villages, Spanish Springs Lanes, The Villages, Fla.
May 1-4 – PBA Senior Miller High Life Classic, George Pappas Victory Lanes, Mooresville, N.C.
May 20-23 – PBA Senior Allentown Open, Playdrome Rose Bowl, Allentown, Pa.
June 12-17 – PBA Senior U.S. Open Presented by the Suncoast, Suncoast Bowling Center, Las Vegas
June 19-22 – PBA Senior Northern California Classic, Harvest Park Bowl, Brentwood, Calif.
July 31-Aug. 5 – USBC Senior Masters, Wayne Webb’s Columbus Bowl, Columbus, Ohio
Aug. 8-11 – PBA Senior Lake County Open, Olympia Lanes, Hammond, Ind.
Aug. 13-16 – PBA Senior Decatur Open, Spare Time Lanes, Decatur, Ill.
Aug. 20-23 – PBA Senior Jackson Open, Airport Lanes, Jackson, Mich.
Aug. 27-30 – PBA Senior Dayton Classic, Capri Lanes, Kettering, Ohio