PBA Announces 14-tournament PBA50 Tour season for 2017
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- The Professional Bowlers Association has announced a 14-tournament
PBA50 Tour season for 2017 that will include three majors and three
PBA60 tournaments exclusively for players 60 years of age and older.
The 2017 season will kick off with a PBA50 and PBA60 doubleheader at Lane Glo Bowl in New Port Richey, Fla., April 15-20.
Lane Glo will host the PBA60 Killer ‘B’ Open April 15-17 to be followed
immediately by the PBA50 Pasco County Florida Open April 17-20.
After
the Pasco County events, the PBA50 Tour will once again visit The
Villages, Fla., for the PBA50 Sun Bowl In The Villages presented by
Radical at Spanish Springs Lanes. The tour then heads north for
the PBA50 Miller High Life Classic presented by Columbia 300 at George
Pappas’ Victory Lanes in Mooresville, N.C., and PBA50 Johnny Petraglia
BVL Open presented by Brunswick at Farmingdale Lanes in Farmingdale,
N.Y.
The
PBA50 Tour Players Championship makes its debut as the season’s first
major at long-time PBA host Woodland Bowl in Indianapolis May 13-16.
The senior players then head west for the PBA50 Northern California Classic presented by MOTIV at Harvest Park Bowl May 28-31. Sam’s
Town in Las Vegas will host the USBC Super Senior Classic June 1-3, and
the season’s second major, the USBC Senior Masters June 4-10.
Immediately following the Senior Masters, the PBA50 Tour makes its
traditional stop at the Suncoast in Las Vegas for the Suncoast PBA
Senior U.S. Open presented by Storm, the season’s third major June
11-16.
After
a five-week break Olympia Lanes in Hammond, Ind., will host the PBA50
South Shore Open presented by DV8 followed by the PBA50 Dave Small’s
Championship Lanes Classic presented by Roto Grip in Anderson, Ind.,
before wrapping up the 2017 season in Fort Wayne Aug. 5-8 with the PBA50
Pro Bowl West Championship presented by Ebonite and the PBA60 Dick
Weber Championship presented by Hammer Aug. 10-12.
PBA’s
online bowling channel Xtra Frame will once again provide comprehensive
coverage of the 2017 PBA50 Tour season. Coverage details and schedule
will be released at a later date. For subscription and schedule
information visit www.xtraframe.tv.
Entries for the 2017 season will be accepted beginning Feb. 27 on pba.com.
2017 PBA50 TOUR SEASON SCHEDULE
April 15-17 – PBA60 Killer ‘B’ Open, Lane Glo Bowl, New Port Richey, Fla.
April 17-20 – PBA50 Pasco County Open, Lane Glo Bowl, New Port Richey, Fla.
April 22-25 – PBA50 Sun Bowl In The Villages presented by Radical, Spanish Springs Lanes, The Villages, Fla.
April 30-May 3
– PBA50 Miller High Life Classic presented by Columbia 300 and Miller
High Life, George Pappas’ Victory Lanes, Mooresville, N.C.
May 6-9 – PBA50 Johnny Petraglia BVL Open presented by Brunswick, Farmingdale Lanes, Farmingdale, N.Y.
May 13-16 – PBA50 Tour Players Championship, Woodland Bowl, Indianapolis.
May 28-31 – PBA50 Northern California Classic presented by MOTIV, Harvest Park Bowl, Brentwood, Calif.
June 1-3 – USBC Super Senior Classic, Sam’s Town, Las Vegas.
June 4-10 – USBC Senior Masters, Sam’s Town, Las Vegas.
June 11-16 – Suncoast PBA Senior U.S. Open presented by Storm, Suncoast Bowling Center, Las Vegas.
July 24-27 – PBA50 South Shore Open presented by DV8, Olympia Lanes, Hammond, Ind.
July 29-Aug. 1 – PBA50 Dave Small’s Championship Lanes Classic presented by Roto Grip, Anderson, Ind.
Aug. 5-8 – PBA50 Pro Bowl West Championship presented by Ebonite, Pro Bowl West, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Aug. 10-12 – PBA60 Dick Weber Championship presented by Hammer, Pro Bowl West, Fort Wayne, Ind.
About the PBA
The
Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) is an organization of more than
3,200 of the best bowlers from 27 countries who compete in PBA Tour, PBA
International Tour, QubicaAMF PBA Regional Tour, PBA Women’s Regional
and PBA50 Tour events. The PBA is in its 57th consecutive year of
nationally-televised competition, reaching bowling fans around the world
who follow PBA activities through the PBA Network which includes Xtra
Frame, the PBA’s exclusive online bowling channel, ESPN and CBS Sports
Network, and the PBA on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. PBA sponsors
include Barbasol, Brunswick, Ebonite International, GEICO, Grand Casino
Hotel and Resort, HotelPlanner.com, MOTIV, 900 Global, PBA Bowling
Challenge Mobile Game, QubicaAMF, South Point Hotel Casino and Spa,
Storm Products and the United States Bowling Congress, among others. For
more information, log on to www.pba.com
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