Already on hand at Thunderbowl Lanes are the greatest male and female bowlers from around the world – amateurs as well as professionals – who are geared up for a one-of-a-kind PBA World Championship tripleheader that will provide a grand finale to the PBA’s five-week, multi-event World Series of Bowling.
The closing act will be a weekend of championship finals conducted in Thunderbowl Lanes’ historic arena bay for tape-delayed telecast on ESPN in the fall. Eleven men’s and women’s championships will be contested on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 5 and 6, for delayed telecast on ESPN.The PBA World Championships – three separate events conducted concurrently with $440,000 in prize money at stake – will be a feast for any bowling fan. Norm Duke of Clermont, FL, will try to win his third consecutive PBA World Championship in the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour’s first major championship of the 2009-10 season while, for the women and seniors, their World Championships will be the final majors of the year.In the PBA Senior World Championship, the final event on the PBA Senior Tour schedule for 2009, two-time Senior U.S. Open champion Wayne Webb of Sacramento, CA; USBC Senior Masters winner Dale Traber and four-time PBA Senior Tour Player of the Year Tom Baker of King, NC, will be in the spotlight as the race for PBA Senior Player of the Year heads into the home stretch.
Competition in the PBA, PBA Women’s and PBA Senior World Championships gets underway Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with six-game qualifying each day for all players. After 18 games, a minimum of 53 women, 53 seniors and 53 men will advance to a six-game cashers round Thursday at 9 a.m. Thursday evening, best-of-seven-game, single-elimination match play begins. The top 40 qualifiers in the PBA World Championship advance while the top 20 women and top 20 seniors will move on. The top eight male qualifiers and top four women and seniors will earn byes through the first two rounds of match play. Match play will continue Thursday and Friday, culling the fields to four survivors in the PBA World Championship, two in the PBA Women’s World Championship and two in the PBA Senior World Championship. The women’s and senior title matches will be held as the opening event at noon on Saturday’s television agenda and taped to air Oct. 25 on ESPN. The PBA World Championship finals will be conducted on Dec. 13 at Northrock Lanes in Wichita, KS, and aired live. Each of the tournaments is open to amateurs as well as professionals. For entry information, visit bowl.com and click on the “Enter Tournament” tab. Spectators looking for tickets can click on the World Series of Bowling link on the pba.com home page. For those unable to attend, pba.com’s online “bowling TV channel,” Xtra Frame, will provide non-stop coverage. Click on the Xtra Frame link for information on how to sign up. LUMBER LIQUIDATORS PBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Thunderbowl Lanes, Allen Park, MI. Sunday, Aug. 30 8 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. – Practice sessions Monday, Aug. 31 8 a.m. – A Squad, 6 games qualifying Noon – B Squad, 6 games qualifying 6 p.m. – C Squad, 6 games qualifying Tuesday, Sept. 1 8 a.m. – B Squad, 6 games qualifying Noon – C Squad, 6 games qualifying 6 p.m. – A Squad, 6 games qualifying Wednesday, Sept. 2 8 a.m. – C Squad, 6 games qualifying Noon – A Squad, 6 games qualifying 6 p.m. – B Squad, 6 games qualifying Cashers advance in each divisionThursday, Sept. 39 a.m. – Cashers’ Round, 6 games Top 40 PBA Tour players advance (top 8 to Super 16 Round; 9-40 to Round of 32) Top 20 Seniors advance (top 4 to Super 8 Round; 5-20 to Round of 16) Top 20 Women advance (top 4 to Super 8 Round; 5-20 to Round of 16) 2 p.m. – PBA Tour Round of 32, best of seven games 6 p.m. - Women’s Round of 16, best of seven games 7 p.m. - Seniors Round of 16, best of seven gamesFriday, Sept. 49 a.m. – PBA Tour Round of 16, best of seven games Seniors Round of 8, best of seven games Women’s Round of 8, best of seven games 2 p.m. – PBA Tour Super 16 Round, best of seven games Seniors Super 8 Round, best of seven games Women’s Super 8 Round, best of seven games 7 p.m. – PBA Tour Round of 8, best of seven games (top 4 advance to live ESPN final, Dec. 13 at Northrock Lanes, Wichita, Kan.) Seniors Semifinal Round, best of seven games (top two advance to ESPN final, taped at noon, Saturday, Sept. 5, to air Oct. 25) Women’s Semifinal Round, best of seven games (top two advance to ESPN final, taped at noon, Saturday, Sept. 5, to air Oct. 25) ESPN FINALS SCHEDULE Saturday, Sept. 5 Noon – PBA Women’s World Championship, PBA Senior World Championship and PBA Trick Shot Invitational finals, Thunderbowl Lanes (taped to air on ESPN on Sunday, Oct. 25, 1 p.m. Eastern)3:30 p.m. – Motor City Open stepladder finals (taped to air on ESPN on Sunday, Nov. 1, 1 p.m. Eastern)7 p.m. – PBA Viper and PBA Women’s Series presented by BOWL.COM Viper Championships, Thunderbowl Lanes (taped to air on ESPN on Sunday, Nov. 15, 1 p.m. Eastern)Sunday, Sept. 6 Noon – PBA Chameleon and PBA Women’s Series presented by BOWL.COM Chameleon Championships, Thunderbowl Lanes (taped to air on ESPN on Sunday, Nov. 22, 1 p.m. Eastern)3:30 p.m. – PBA Scorpion and PBA Women’s Series presented by BOWL.COM Scorpion Championships, Thunderbowl Lanes (taped to air on ESPN on Sunday, Nov. 29, 1 p.m. Eastern)7 p.m. – PBA Shark and PBA Women’s Series presented by BOWL.COM Shark Championships, Thunderbowl Lanes (taped to air on ESPN on Sunday, Dec. 6, 1 p.m. Eastern)
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