PWBA Bowling Tour: 2022 season

The 2022 Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) Tour season had a total of 12 title events scheduled in eight locations.[1] These included 8 standard singles title events, three major title events, and one mixed doubles event. While the 2022 schedule had a reduced number of tournaments from 2021, there were more events televised and prize funds increased over previous seasons. All qualifying and match play rounds were broadcast on BowlTV, the PWBA's YouTube channel, as were five final rounds. Seven final rounds were broadcast on CBS Sports Network, including the finals of three major events: USBC Queens, U.S. Women's Open and PWBA Tour Championship.[2]

PWBA Bowling Tour: 2022 season
LeagueProfessional Women's Bowlers Association
SportTen-pin bowling
DurationMay 13 – August 9, 2022
PWBA Tour seasons

There were two Classic Series tour stops (versus three in 2021). These included the PWBA Classic Series–Long Island and PWBA Classic Series–Dallas. The first two tournaments in a Classic Series stop 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.[3]

Season awards

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Player awards[4]

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  • PWBA Player of the Year: Shannon O'Keefe
  • PWBA Rookie of the Year: Olivia Farwell

2022 points leaders

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1. Shannon O'Keefe (109,250)
2. Danielle McEwan (101,535)
3. Bryanna Coté (92,902.5)

2022 average leaders

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1. Shannon O'Keefe (214.94)
2. Danielle McEwan (213.64)
3. Jordan Richard (212.04)

2022 championship round appearances

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1. Shannon O'Keefe (7)
2. Danielle McEwan (6)
3. Bryanna Coté (5)

2022 cashes

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T1. Shannon O'Keefe (11)
T1. Jordan Richard (11)
3. Three players tied with 10

Tournament summary

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Below is a list of events for the 2022 PWBA Tour season.[1] 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 Rockford Open May 15 CBS Sports Network Rockford, IL May 13–14 Live Stefanie Johnson, USA (4)[5] Open event. $20,000 top prize.
USBC Queens May 24 CBS Sports Network Addison, IL May 19–23 Live Birgit Noreiks, Germany (3)[6] Open event. PWBA major. $60,000 top prize.
PWBA Twin Cities Open May 29 CBS Sports Network Eagan, MN May 27–28 Live Shannon O'Keefe, USA (15)[7] Open event. $20,000 top prize.
PWBA St. Petersburg-Clearwater Open Jun 5 CBS Sports Network Seminole, FL Jun 3–4 Live Breanna Clemmer, USA (1)[8] Open event. $20,000 top prize.
PWBA Classic Series – Long Island Classic Jun 8 BowlTV Rockville Centre, NY Jun 7 Live Liz Kuhlkin, USA (3)[9] Open event. $10,000 top prize.
PWBA Classic Series – BowlTV Classic Jun 10 BowlTV Rockville Centre, NY Jun 9 Live Cherie Tan, Singapore (3)[10] Open event. $10,000 top prize.
PWBA Classic Series – BVL Classic Jun 12 CBS Sports Network Rockville Centre, NY Jun 11 Live Bryanna Coté, USA (3)[11] Top 24 from Long Island Classic and BowlTV Classic qualifying. $10,000 top prize.
U.S. Women's Open Jun 21 CBS Sports Network South Glens Falls, NY Jun15–20 Live Erin McCarthy, USA (2)[12] Open event. PWBA major. $60,000 top prize.
PBA-PWBA Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles Jul 31 BowlTV Houston, TX Jul 28–30 Live Diandra Asbaty, USA (2) & E. J. Tackett, USA[13] Open PBA and PWBA title event. $20,000 top prize.
PWBA Classic Series – DFW Classic Aug 4 BowlTV Dallas, TX Aug 3 Live Bryanna Coté, USA (4)[14] Open event. $10,000 top prize.
PWBA Classic Series – Pepsi Classic Aug 6 BowlTV Dallas, TX Aug 5 Live Dasha Kovalova, Ukraine (5)[15] Open event. $10,000 top prize.
PWBA Classic Series – PWBA Tour Championship Aug 9 CBS Sports Network Dallas, TX Aug 7–8 Live Stephanie Zavala, USA (4)[16] Top 24 from DFW Classic and Pepsi Classic qualifying. PWBA major. $50,000 top prize.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Tournament Schedule". PWBA.com. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  2. ^ "Details – USBC Queens". PWBA.com. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  3. ^ "Details – PWBA Classic Series – Long Island". PWBA.com. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  4. ^ "2022 PWBA TOUR STATISTICS". pwba.com. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  5. ^ "STEFANIE JOHNSON CLIMBS LADDER TO WIN 2022 PWBA ROCKFORD OPEN". PWBA.com. May 15, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  6. ^ Williams, Emil (May 24, 2022). "BIRGIT NOREIKS WINS 2022 USBC QUEENS". PWBA.com. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  7. ^ "SHANNON O'KEEFE COLLECTS 15TH TOUR TITLE AT 2022 PWBA TWIN CITIES OPEN". PWBA.com. May 29, 2022. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
  8. ^ Williams, Emil (June 5, 2022). "BREANNA CLEMMER WINS 2022 PWBA ST. PETERSBURG-CLEARWATER OPEN". PWBA.com. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  9. ^ Williams, Emil (June 8, 2022). "LIZ KUHLKIN WINS 2022 PWBA LONG ISLAND CLASSIC". PWBA.com. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
  10. ^ Williams, Emil (June 11, 2022). "CHERIE TAN WINS 2022 PWBA BOWLTV CLASSIC". PWBA.com. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  11. ^ Williams, Emil (June 12, 2022). "BRYANNA COTE DOMINATES ON TV, WINS 2022 PWBA BVL CLASSIC". PWBA.com. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  12. ^ Williams, Emil (June 21, 2022). "ERIN MCCARTHY WINS FIRST MAJOR TITLE AT 2022 U.S. WOMEN'S OPEN". PWBA.com. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  13. ^ Hughes, Nolan (July 31, 2022). "EJ TACKETT AND DIANDRA ASBATY WIN 2022 PBA/PWBA SABC MIXED DOUBLES TOURNAMENT". pba.com. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  14. ^ Smith, Aaron (August 4, 2022). "COTÉ COLLECTS SECOND WIN OF 2022 AT PWBA DALLAS CLASSIC". PWBA.com. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
  15. ^ Smith, Aaron (August 6, 2022). "KOVALOVA WINS FIFTH CAREER TITLE AT 2022 PWBA PEPSI CLASSIC". PWBA.com. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
  16. ^ Smith, Aaron (August 9, 2022). "STEPHANIE ZAVALA WINS FIRST MAJOR TITLE AT 2022 PWBA TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP". PWBA.com. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
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