Professional Bowlers Association Announces 2022 Guaranteed Rate PBA Tour Schedule

New York, NY – The 2022 Guaranteed Rate PBA Tour schedule was announced today, and an action-packed season awaits the world’s greatest bowlers.

The 64th Professional Bowlers Association Tour’s road to the PBA Playoffs begins in January with the first of 13 official events. Players will battle for titles and positioning until April when the top 16 players on the points list earn a trip to the Playoffs. Every match of the PBA Playoffs elimination bracket will be televised, with the ultimate finals match on FOX Broadcast Channel, Sunday, May 15.

Kyle Troup of Taylorsville, N.C. is the defending champion of the PBA Playoffs. Troup won a record $496,900 in 2021, propelled by his victory at the PBA Players Championship to start the season.

Among the 13 regular season Tour events are five major championships, each awarding $100,000 first-place prizes, with the Playoffs winner also collecting $100,000, for a record six events paying six-figure first prizes. In total, players will be vying for a season purse of approximately $4 million.

All of the majors feature distinct characteristics and traditions that have defined the history of bowling:

• On January 15 the PBA Players Championship once again starts things off with five regional qualifying locations for PBA members and the finals in Euless, Texas;
• In early February, the prestigious U.S. Open returns to famed Woodland Bowl in Indianapolis;
• At the end of February, the PBA’s signature event, the PBA Tournament of Champions, is back at historic AMF Riviera Lanes in Fairlawn, Ohio;
• In March, the PBA World Championship is the main event of World Series of Bowling XIII which is being held for the first time in Wauwatosa, Wis.;
• April starts with the conclusion of the always exciting double-elimination match play of the USBC Masters in Las Vegas, where the final Playoffs field and seedings will be decided.

Guaranteed Rate, one of the top 5 retail mortgage lenders in the United States, continues as title sponsor of the PBA Tour and will also serve as the PBA World Series of Bowling XIII’s presenting sponsor. Read more about their sponsorship at Rate.com.

Fox Sports is the primary television home of PBA Tour season coverage for the fourth consecutive year, with more than 50 hours upcoming on FS1, and eight hours on FOX Broadcast Channel.

CBS Sports Network will again present the PBA Tour Finals, featuring the top eight players from a two-year rolling points system, live in June.

FloSports continues in 2022 as the live streaming partner of the PBA for early-round coverage of all events, and exclusive start-to-finish coverage of the PBA Storm Cup – four Tour events critical to deciding the Playoffs field, emanating from Jackson, Mich.; Kokomo, Ind.; Lubbock, Texas; and Colorado Springs, Colo.

As part of the 2022 TV season, unofficial PBA special events on FOX Sports were announced that feature top youth and collegiate players:

• The PBA Jr. National Championship Finals, featuring the top youth boys’ and girls’ players in the country, returns at the site of the Players Championship in Texas;
• The inaugural PBA Collegiate Invitational team event will happen at the WSOB in Wauwatosa and showcase the excitement and rising stars of the college ranks.

The PBA League will also make its return to raucous Bayside Bowl in Portland, Maine, in July, for the elite team competition’s ninth season after one year off due to the pandemic, with 10 teams of PBA Tour stars hoping to hoist the Elias Cup. The Portland Lumberjacks are the two-time defending champions of the PBA League, which will also include fan-favorite individual TV events, the PBA Strike Derby and PBA League All Star Clash.

Fans will be part of the drama by attending events in nearly 20 different markets and taking in more than 70 hours of national TV coverage, plus hundreds more competition live-streamed. Ticket sales will be announced at a later date.

The PBA welcomes back returning Product Registered Companies – Brunswick (Columbia 300, Ebonite, DV8, Hammer, Radical, Track, Ultimate Bowling and Powerhouse), Storm (Roto Grip, 900 Global, 3G, Master Accessories), MOTIV, MOTIV Footwear, BIG Bowling, Turbo, VISE, Dexter, Genesis, JOPO, Creating the Difference, KR Strikeforce Accessories and Footwear, California Bowling (SWAG and Lane Masters Accessories).

2022 Guaranteed PBA Tour Schedule
FOX, FS1, CBS Sports Network, and FloBowling

PBA Players Championship East Region Finals – Saturday, Jan. 22, 4 p.m. ET on FS1 (LIVE)
Bowlero Euless, Euless, Tex.

PBA Players Championship South Region Finals – Saturday, Jan. 22, 6 p.m. ET on FS1 (LIVE)
Bowlero Euless, Euless, Tex.

PBA Players Championship Midwest Region Finals – Sunday, Jan. 23, 4 p.m. ET on FS1 (LIVE)
Bowlero Euless, Euless, Tex.

PBA Players Championship Southwest Region Finals – Sunday, Jan. 23, 6 p.m. ET on FS1 (LIVE)
Bowlero Euless, Euless, Tex.

PBA Players Championship West Region Finals – Monday, Jan. 24, 7 p.m. ET on FS1 (LIVE)
Bowlero Euless, Euless, Tex.

PBA Players Championship Finals – Saturday, Jan. 29, 8:30 p.m. ET on FS1 (LIVE)
Bowlero Euless, Euless, Tex.

PBA Jr. National Championship Finals and PBA/PBA Jr. Doubles – Sunday, Jan. 30, 2:30 p.m. ET on FS1
Bowlero Euless, Euless, Tex.

U.S. Open – Sunday, Feb. 6, 5 p.m. ET on FS1 (LIVE)
Woodland Bowl, Indianapolis, Ind.

David Small’s PBA Best of the Best Championship – Wednesday, Feb. 9, 6:30 p.m. ET on FloBowling (LIVE)
JAX60, Jackson, Mich.

David Small’s PBA Kokomo Championship – Wednesday, Feb. 16. 6:30 p.m. ET on FloBowling (LIVE)
Heritage Lanes, Kokomo, Ind.

PBA Tournament of Champions Finals – Sunday, Feb. 27, 1 p.m. ET on FOX (LIVE)
AMF Riviera Lanes, Fairlawn, Ohio

WSOB PBA Roth/Holman Doubles Championship Finals – Sunday, March 6, 12 p.m. ET on FS1 (LIVE)
Bowlero Wauwatosa, Wauwatosa, Wis.

WSOB PBA World Championship Finals – Sunday, March 13, 1 p.m. ET on FOX (LIVE)
Bowlero Wauwatosa, Wauwatosa, Wis.

WSOB PBA Cheetah Championship Finals – Monday, March 14, 8 p.m. ET on FS1 (LIVE)
Bowlero Wauwatosa, Wauwatosa, Wis.

WSOB PBA Scorpion Championship Finals – Tuesday, March 15, 8 p.m. ET on FS1 (LIVE)
Bowlero Wauwatosa, Wauwatosa, Wis.

WSOB PBA Shark Championship Finals – Wednesday, March 16, 8 p.m. ET on FS1 (LIVE)
Bowlero Wauwatosa, Wauwatosa, Wis.

WSOB PBA Collegiate Invitational – Sunday, March 20, 2:30 p.m. ET on FS1
Bowlero Wauwatosa, Wauwatosa, Wis.

PBA Lubbock Sports Open – Sunday, March 20, 4:30 p.m. ET on FloBowling (LIVE)
South Plains Lanes, Lubbock, Texas

PBA Colorado Springs Open – Thursday, March 24, 8:30 p.m. ET on FloBowling (LIVE)
Harmony Bowl, Colorado Springs, Colo.

USBC Masters – Sunday, April 3, 1 p.m. ET on FOX (LIVE)
Gold Coast Bowling Center, Las Vegas

PBA Playoffs Round of 16, Sunday, April 10, 12 p.m. ET on FS1
Location TBC

PBA Playoffs Round of 16, Sunday, April 10, 2 p.m. ET on FS1
Location TBC

PBA Playoffs Round of 16, Saturday, April 16, 1 p.m. ET on FS1
Location TBC

PBA Playoffs Round of 16, Sunday, April 17, 6 p.m. ET on FS1
Location TBC

PBA Playoffs Quarterfinals, Sunday, April 24, 12 p.m. ET on FS1
Location TBC

PBA Playoffs Quarterfinals, Sunday, May 1, 12 p.m. ET on FS1
Location TBC

PBA Playoffs Semifinals, Sunday, May 8, 12 p.m. ET on FS1
Location TBC

PBA Playoffs Finals, Sunday, May 15, 1 p.m. ET on FOX (LIVE)
Location TBC

PBA Tour Finals Qualifying Rounds, *June on CBS Sports Network. *Timing TBC.
Location TBC

PBA Tour Finals Divisional Finals and Championship Final, *June on CBS Sports Network. *Timing TBC.
Location TBC

PBA League Anthony Division Finals – Wednesday, July 6, 8 p.m. ET on FS1 (LIVE)
Bayside Bowl, Portland, Maine

PBA League Carter Division Finals – Thursday, July 7, 8 p.m. ET on FS1 (LIVE)
Bayside Bowl, Portland, Maine

PBA League Elias Cup Finals – Sunday, July 10, 1 p.m. ET on FS1 (LIVE)
Bayside Bowl, Portland, Maine

PBA League Strike Derby – Saturday, July 16, 1 p.m. ET on FS1
Bayside Bowl, Portland, Maine

PBA League All Star Clash – Sunday, July 17, 1:30 p.m. ET on FS1
Bayside Bowl, Portland, Maine

PBA/PWBA Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles – Thursday, July 28 - Sunday, July 31 on FloBowling. *Timing TBC.
Copperfield Bowl, Houston

About the PBA
The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) is the world’s preeminent organization dedicated to the sport of bowling and its professional competition, with thousands of members and millions of fans throughout the world. The PBA plays host to bowling’s biggest tournaments from the PBA Tour, PBA Regional Tour, and PBA50 Tour. In 2020, the PBA launched PBA Jr., a club for elite youth bowlers under the age of 17 and the PBA Pinsiders, a membership for fans of the sport. For more information, please visit PBA.com.

About Guaranteed Rate Companies:
The Guaranteed Rate Companies includes Guaranteed Rate, Inc., one of the top 5 retail mortgage lenders in the United States, Guaranteed Rate Affinity, LLC, and Proper Rate, LLC. Headquartered in Chicago, Guaranteed Rate Companies combined funded over $73 billion in 2020 and have more than 10,000 employees in over 850 offices across the United States. Founded in 2000 and located in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., Guaranteed Rate has helped homeowners nationwide with home purchase loans and refinances. The company has established itself as an industry leader by introducing innovative technology, offering low rates and delivering unparalleled customer service. In 2017, the company launched Guaranteed Rate Affinity, LLC, a mortgage origination joint venture between Guaranteed Rate, Inc. and Realogy Holdings Corp. (NYSE: RLGY), a global leader in residential real estate franchising and brokerage. In 2020, the company launched Proper Rate, LLC, a mortgage origination joint venture between Guaranteed Rate, Inc. and @properties, one of the nation's largest residential brokerage firms. Collectively, the Guaranteed Rate Companies have earned numerous honors and awards including: Forbes Advisor’s Top 10 Mortgage Lenders for 2021; Best Mortgage Lender for Online Loans and Best Mortgage Lender for Refinancing by NerdWallet for 2021; 2018 Top Lender for Online Service by U.S. News & World Report; HousingWire’s 2020 Tech100 award for the company’s industry-leading FlashCloseSM technology; No. 3 ranking in Scotsman Guide's 2021 list of Top Retail Mortgage Lenders; Chicago Agent Magazine’s Lender of the Year for five consecutive years; and Chicago Tribune's Top Workplaces list for seven consecutive years. Visit rate.com for more information.

About FOX Sports
FOX Sports is the umbrella entity representing FOX Corporation’s wide array of multi-platform US-based sports assets. Built with brands capable of reaching more than 100 million viewers in a single weekend, the business has ownership and interests in linear television networks, digital and mobile programming, broadband platforms, multiple web sites, joint-venture businesses and several licensing relationships. FOX Sports includes the sports television arm of the FOX Network; FS1, FS2, FOX Soccer Plus and FOX Deportes. FOX Sports’ digital properties include FOXSports.com and the FOX Sports App, which provides live streaming video of FOX Sports content, instant scores, stats and alerts to iOS and Android devices. Additionally, FOX Sports and social broadcasting platform Caffeine jointly own Caffeine Studios which creates exclusive eSports, sports and live entertainment content. Also included in FOX Sports’ portfolio are FOX’s interests in joint-venture business Big Ten Network, a licensing and commercial relationship with The Stars Group that created the FOX Bet sports betting platform and the FOX Bet Super 6 free-to-play game, as well as a licensing agreement that established the FOX Sports Radio Network.