Professional Women's Bowling Association Tour Re-Launches After 12-Year Hiatus

ARLINGTON, Texas, March 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) Tour will re-launch in May 2015 following a 12-year hiatus, thanks to a three-year funding commitment from the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) and Bowling Proprietors' Association of America (BPAA). Kicking off with the USBC Queens tournament on May 13-19, which will be televised live from Green Bay, Wisconsin on ESPN2, the national PWBA Tour schedule will feature seven regular-season events and three nationally televised majors from coast to coast, concluding with the PWBA Tour Championship tournament on Sept. 10-13.

"Professional women's bowling is back!" said Kelly Kulick, a six-time PWBA champion and official spokesperson for the PWBA Tour. Kulick, who famously became the first woman to ever win a national title on the male-dominated PBA Tour continued, "we couldn't be more thrilled to re-launch our national women's tour with a new generation of female bowlers who finally have the opportunity to experience everything this great sport has to offer.  The dream is now a reality."

The PWBA Tour's regular-season events, which will now follow a Friday-to-Sunday format—a departure from past tour schedules that have historically required participants' full-time commitment—will each offer $60,000 in guaranteed prize money, including a $10,000 prize for each first-place winner. 

"USBC and BPAA have worked tirelessly over the past several years to bring back the women's tour, rallying support from all facets of the industry to reintroduce a robust professional program for our top female athletes," said USBC Executive Director Chad Murphy.

"The PWBA Tour re-launch project is a testament the industry's ability to unite in order to do what is best for bowling," added BPAA Executive Director Frank DeSocio.

2015 PWBA Tour Schedule:
*major PWBA Tour event

• Wednesday, May 13 – Tuesday, May 19:  USBC Queens*
  Ashwaubenon Bowling Alley, Green Bay, Wisconsin
• Friday, July 10 - Sunday, July 12:  PWBA Storm Sacramento Open
  Steve Cook's Fireside Lanes, Sacramento, California
• Friday, July 17 – Sunday, July 19:  PWBA Lubbock Sports Open
  South Plains Lanes, Lubbock, Texas
• Friday, July 24 – Sunday, July 26:  PWBA Wichita Open
  Northrock Lanes, Wichita, Kansas
• Friday, August 7 – Sunday, August 9:  PWBA Topeka Open
  West Ridge Lanes, Topeka, Kansas
• Friday, August 14 – Sunday, August 16:  PWBA Lincoln Open
  Sun Valley Lanes, Lincoln, Nebraska
• Friday, August 21 – Sunday, August 23:  PWBA Minnesota Open
  Island Xtreme Bowl, Welch, Minnesota
• Friday, August 28 – Sunday, August 30:  PWBA Detroit Open
  Super Bowl, Canton, Michigan
• Monday, August 31 – Sunday, Sept. 6:  Bowlmor AMF U.S. Women's Open*
  Brunswick Zone Carolier, North Brunswick, New Jersey
• Friday, Sept. 11 – Sunday, Sept. 13:  PWBA Tour Championship*
  Location TBD

For more information about the PWBA Tour, including scheduled tournaments, players, history, and qualification, or to purchase membership or register for events, please visit the PWBA Tour's new website, PWBA.com.

About the Professional Women's Bowling Association

The Professional Women's Bowling Association is the membership organization for professional female bowlers, hosting tournaments across the United States as part of the PWBA Tour. The PWBA Tour major championships include the USBC Queens, Bowlmor AMF U.S. Women's Open and PWBA Tour Championship. PWBA was founded in 1981 as the Ladies Professional Bowlers Tour and is now a joint venture of the United States Bowling Congress and the Bowling Proprietors' Association of America.
The online home for the PWBA Tour is www.PWBA.com.

SOURCE USBC

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