PWBA Bowling Tour: 2023 season

PWBA Bowling Tour: 2023 season
LeagueProfessional Women's Bowlers Association
SportTen-pin bowling
DurationMay 4 – August 15, 2023
PWBA Tour seasons

While some locations have changed, the 2023 Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) Tour season matches the 2022 season with 12 title events scheduled in eight cities.[1] These include eight standard singles title events, three major title events, and one mixed doubles event. Final rounds of the season's three majors (USBC Queens, U.S. Women's Open and PWBA Tour Championship) were all broadcast nationally on CBS Sports Network.[2] All other tournaments were broadcast on BowlTV, the USBC's YouTube channel.[3] The USBC Queens major was held at Sam's Town Bowling Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Tour's first stop at this venue since the 2000 season. Another 2023 highlight was the season-opening Stockton Open, which marked the PWBA Tour’s 100th event since its 2015 relaunch.[1]

There were two Classic Series tour stops in 2023: the PWBA Great Lakes Classic Series in Wyoming, Michigan and the PWBA Waterloo Classic Series in Waterloo, Iowa. Classic Series stops feature three title events in the same location. The first two tournaments have fully open fields, while the third tournament starts with only the top 24 players in pinfall from the qualifying rounds of the first two tournaments.[4]

Season awards

Player awards[5]

  • PWBA Player of the Year: Jordan Richard
  • PWBA Rookie of the Year: Hope Gramley

2023 points leaders

1. Jordan Richard (110,162.5)
2. Diana Zavjalova (94,250)
3. Lindsay Boomershine (81,130.8)

2023 average leaders (minimum 7 events)

1. Jordan Richard (219.69)
2. Bryanna Coté (216.04)
3. Shannon Pluhowsky (215.60)

2023 championship round appearances

1. Jordan Richard (6)
2. Diana Zavjalova (5)
T3. Dasha Kovalova (4)
T3. Verity Crawley (4)

2023 cashes

T1. Jordan Richard (11)
T1. Bryanna Coté (11)
T1. Lindsay Boomershine (11)

2023 earnings

1. Maria José Rodriguez ($98,754)
2. Lindsay Boomershine ($93,245)
3. Jordan Richard ($91,365)

Tournament summary

Below is a list of events for the 2023 PWBA Tour season.[3] Major tournaments are in bold. Career PWBA titles for winners are in parentheses. All winnings are shown in US dollars ($).

Event Airdate City Preliminary rounds Final round Winner Notes
PWBA Stockton Open May 6 BowlTV Stockton, CA May 4–5 Live Cherie Tan, Singapore (4)[6] Open event. $20,000 top prize.
PWBA Spokane Open May 13 BowlTV Spokane, WA May 11–12 Live Jordan Richard, USA (3)[7] Open event. $20,000 top prize.
USBC Queens May 23 CBS Sports Las Vegas, NV May 18–22 Live Lindsay Boomershine, USA (1)[8] Open event. PWBA major. $60,000 top prize.
PWBA Classic Series – Grand Rapids Classic Jun 2 BowlTV Wyoming, MI Jun 1 Live Verity Crawley, England (2)[9] Open event. $10,000 top prize.
PWBA Classic Series – BowlTV Classic Jun 4 BowlTV Wyoming, MI Jun 3 Live Stephanie Zavala, USA (5)[10] Open event. $10,000 top prize.
PWBA Classic Series – Great Lakes Classic Jun 6 BowlTV Wyoming, MI Jun 5 Live Jordan Richard, USA (4)[11] Top 24 from Grand Rapids Classic and BowlTV Classic qualifying. $12,000 top prize.
PWBA Bowlers Journal Cleveland Open Jun 10 BowlTV Parma Heights, OH Jun 8–9 Live Jordan Richard, USA (5)[12] Open event. $20,000 top prize.
U.S. Women's Open Jun 20 CBS Sports Rochester, NY Jun 14–19 Live Bryanna Coté, USA (5)[13] Open event. PWBA major. $60,000 top prize.
PBA-PWBA Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles Jul 30 BowlTV Houston, TX Jul 27–29 Live Danielle McEwan, USA (8) & Anthony Simonsen, USA[14] Open PBA and PWBA title event. $25,000 top prize.
PWBA Classic Series – Waterloo Classic Aug 10 BowlTV Waterloo, IA Aug 9 Live Diana Zavjalova, Latvia (5)[15] Open event. $10,000 top prize.
PWBA Classic Series – Pepsi Classic Aug 12 BowlTV Waterloo, IA Aug 11 Live Caitlyn Johnson, USA (n)[16] Open event. $10,000 top prize.
PWBA Classic Series – PWBA Tour Championship Aug 15 CBS Sports Waterloo, IA Aug 13–14 Live Maria José Rodriguez, Colombia (3)[17] 24-player starting field includes eight 2023 titlists plus 16 highest points earners among non-winners. PWBA major. $50,000 top prize.

n=Won as a non-member. No PWBA title awarded, and was ineligible for PWBA Tour Championship.

References

  1. ^ a b Kanak, Gene (November 7, 2022). "PWBA ANNOUNCES 2023 TOUR SCHEDULE, EXPANDS REGIONAL PROGRAM TO NINE EVENTS PLUS REGIONAL SHOWDOWN". Bowl.com. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  2. ^ "CBS SPORTS NETWORK TO TELEVISE THREE PWBA TOUR EVENTS IN 2023". PWBA.com. November 30, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "PWBA ANNOUNCES 2023 TOUR SCHEDULE, EXPANDS REGIONAL PROGRAM TO NINE EVENTS PLUS REGIONAL SHOWDOWN". PWBA.com. November 7, 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  4. ^ "2023 PWBA TOUR SCHEDULE". PWBA.com. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  5. ^ "2023 PWBA TOUR STATISTICS". pwba.com. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  6. ^ "2023 PWBA Stockton Open - Tournament Results" (PDF). pwba.com. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  7. ^ "RICHARD WINS 2023 PWBA GOBOWLING! SPOKANE OPEN, COLLECTS THIRD CAREER TITLE". pwba.com. May 13, 2023. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  8. ^ Kanak, Gene (May 24, 2023). "BOOMERSHINE BREAKS THROUGH FOR FIRST WIN AT 2023 USBC QUEENS". bowl.com. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
  9. ^ "CRAWLEY WINS 2023 PWBA GRAND RAPIDS CLASSIC". pwba.com. June 2, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  10. ^ "ZAVALA WINS BOWLTV CLASSIC FOR FIFTH CAREER PWBA TOUR TITLE". pwba.com. June 4, 2023. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  11. ^ "RICHARD WINS 2023 PWBA GREAT LAKES CLASSIC FOR SECOND TITLE OF SEASON". pwba.com. June 6, 2023. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  12. ^ "RICHARD WINS 2023 PWBA BOWLERS JOURNAL CLEVELAND OPEN FOR SECOND TITLE IN A ROW, THIRD OF SEASON". pwba.com. June 10, 2023. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  13. ^ "COTÉ WINS 2023 U.S. WOMEN'S OPEN FOR FIRST CAREER MAJOR TITLE". pwba.com. June 20, 2023. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  14. ^ "ANTHONY SIMONSEN AND DANIELLE MCEWAN COMPLETE COMEBACK TO WIN STORM PBA/PWBA SABC MIXED DOUBLES TITLE". pwba.com. July 30, 2023. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
  15. ^ "ZAVJALOVA RUNS STEPLADDER TO WIN 2023 PWBA WATERLOO OPEN FOR FIFTH CAREER TITLE". pwba.com. August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
  16. ^ "JOHNSON WINS 2023 PWBA PEPSI OPEN FOR FIRST PWBA TOUR VICTORY". pwba.com. August 12, 2023. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
  17. ^ "RODRIGUEZ WINS 2023 PWBA TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THIRD CAREER MAJOR TITLE". pwba.com. August 15, 2023. Retrieved August 16, 2023.

External links

  • PWBA.com, home of the Professional Women' Bowling Association
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