PROFESSIONAL BOWLERS ASSOCIATION

With only a few weeks to go before the start of the 2010-11 PBA Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour season, the Professional Bowlers Association is expecting a capacity field of 256entries for the season-opening PBA World Series of Bowling at South PointBowling Center in Las Vegas, Nev.
The World Series of Bowling gets underway on Oct. 25 and concludes on Nov. 6 and will includefive “animal pattern” events – Cheetah, Viper, Chameleon, Scorpion andShark Championships – which also will serve as the qualifying competitionfor the 2011 PBA World Championship, and a special U.S.A. vs. The Worldcompetition.
Beginning on Monday, Oct. 25, and over a span of five consecutive days,all players will bowl 12 games on the Cheetah, Viper, Chameleon, Scorpionand Shark patterns, respectively. The combined pinfall for those 60 gameswill determine the standings for the PBA World Championship. The PBA WorldChampionship will pay one-in-four with last-to-cash (64th place) paying$1,800 based on a capacity field of 256 players.
In addition to the overall PBA World Championship standings, the top 16qualifiers on each daily animal pattern will advance to nine-gameround-robin match play finals which will be held the following week. All 16will cash with a $1,800 low-to-cash prize in addition to whatever they mayearn based on their PBA World Championship finishing position. After 21games on each animal pattern, the top five will advance to the stepladderfinals which will be taped on Friday, Nov. 5, and Saturday, Nov. 6, fortaped-delayed broadcast on ESPN. First prize for each animal patternchampionship will be $15,000 and each winner will be credited with a PBATour title.
The “USA vs. The World” special event will pit the top six United Statesbowlers after 60 qualifying games against the top six international playersin the made-for-TV team competition which will be taped on Nov. 6.
The animal pattern championships and the “USA vs. The World” will air onESPN on Sundays at 1 p.m. Eastern, starting Nov. 28.
The PBA World Championship finals will kick off the PBA’s season of livetelecasts, but with another twist. Instead of five players, the top eightWorld Series qualifiers will return to South Point for a three-daytelevision finale on Jan. 14, 15 and 16. The winner will earn $50,000 alongwith a major title.
The entire World Series will be covered live on pba.com’s Xtra Framevideo streaming service. For a subscription to Xtra Frame, visit pba.comand click on the Xtra Frame logo.