The PBA World Series of Bowling (WSOB) will include three events open to 2011-12 PBA Tour exempt players only, and four “open field” events which includes The PBA World Championship; the seventh WSOB event.
The PBA World Championship television finals will include the top 16 match play finalists competing in four telecasts. The Earl Anthony Touring Players Championship will produce two television shows (doubles and singles). All televised rounds will be conducted on specially-installed lanes in the South Point Arena Nov. 17-20.
In 2010, the PBA World Series of Bowling reaffirmed its position as the sport’s most popular and prestigious event for the international bowling community, with a sold-out field of 256 players representing 14 countries.
Highlights of the 2011 World Series of Bowling include:
●The Viper Open, Chameleon Open and Scorpion Open will be open to PBA Tour, regional and senior members and international players. The combined qualifying totals from these three “open” events will serve as the initial qualifying rounds for the PBA World Championship, the fourth open event.
● The Mark Roth Plastic Ball Championship, a new Carmen Salvino Classic and the Earl Anthony Touring Players Championship will be open to exempt players only. The combined qualifying totals from the Salvino and Anthony championships will determine the cashers for the Touring Players Championship (TPC). An additional qualifying round will determine 16 players who will compete for the TPC title as well as pairing up for a new TPC Baker Doubles Championship.
● All WSOB winners will earn berths among the players who will advance to the 36-player final qualifying round in the end-of-season PBA Tournament of Champions.
● The World Tenpin Bowling Association’s World Bowling Tour Finals, presented by the PBA, will be conducted as part of the WSOB television session. The WBT Finals will feature three-man and three-woman stepladder finals based points earned in WTBA international qualifying events.
● All World Series rounds, except the television finals, plus bonus coverage will result in more than 75 hours of live coverage on pba.com’s Xtra Frame, the PBA’s exclusive online video streaming service. WSOB coverage will be part of more than 250 hours of exclusive coverage available to Xtra Frame subscribers during the new season. For subscription information, visit pba.com.
● A new Xtra Frame “All-In Showdown” with a $5,000 entry fee is in the planning stages for Sunday, Nov. 6.
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