April 4, 2024 Nolan Hughes

The 15th edition of the PBA’s signature event returns to the place where it all began: The PBA World Series of Bowling XV is underway at Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, Mich.

Beginning with the Roth/Holman PBA Doubles Championship and culminating with the PBA World Championship, the Detroit suburb will host almost three weeks of PBA Tour competition.

In total, the WSOB features:

  • Five title events, including one major
  • Two rounds of the PBA Elite League, featuring four matches on FS1
  • Eight shows on FS1 and FOX, totaling 16 hours of coverage

First up is the Roth/Holman Doubles Championship, where Packy Hanrahan and Mitch Hupé are set to defend their title. The Wichita State University alums brought home their second and first career titles, respectively, a year ago in Delaware.

“We’re feeling pretty good,” Hupé said. “We’ve both had okay years, Packy’s not doing as well as last year, but I think he’s itching to get back into the winners circle and so am I.”

Qualifying for the Roth/Holman PBA Doubles Championship takes place on Thursday with the top 16 teams advancing to Friday’s round-robin match play.

All non-televised WSOB rounds of qualifying and match play will be livestreamed on BowlTV.

Fans are welcome to attend qualifying dates at Thunderbowl Lanes. Here are the competition dates for each WSOB XV event:

  • PBA Elite League: April 3, 6-7
  • Roth/Holman Doubles Championship: April 4-6, 14
  • Cheetah Championship: April 8-9, 15
  • Scorpion Championship: April 10-11, 16
  • Shark Championship: April 12-13, 17
  • World Championship: April 18, 20-21

More information on the WSOB XV is available here.

Tickets are available for the televised championship rounds here.

The full TV schedule is available here.

More information on the PBA Elite League is available here.

WSOB Schedule

Thunderbowl Lanes | Allen Park, Mich.

All times Eastern

Thursday, April 4
10am — Roth/Holman PBA Doubles Championship Qualifying Round 1 (five games)
6pm — Roth/Holman PBA Doubles Championship Qualifying Round 2 (five games)

  • Top 16 teams advance to round-robin match play

Friday, April 5
10am — Roth/Holman PBA Doubles Championship Match Play Round 1 (eight baker games)
6pm — Roth/Holman PBA Doubles Championship Match Play Round 2 (eight baker games)

  • Top five teams advance to televised stepladder finals

Saturday, April 6
10am — WSOB Pre-tournament Qualifier (five games; short pattern)
1:30pm — PBA Elite League Round 12 (live on FS1)

  • High Rollers vs. Lumberjacks; Wonders vs. Strikers

5pm — WSOB Pre-tournament Qualifier (five games; long pattern)
6pm — WSOB Roth/Holman PBA Doubles Championship finals (taped; airs April 14 on FS1)

Sunday, April 7
Noon — PBA Elite League Round 12 (live on FS1)

  • KingPins vs. L.A. X; Atom Splitters vs. Muscle

3pm — Official WSOB practice session

Monday, April 8
11am — Cheetah Championship Qualifying Round 1 (five games)
6pm — Cheetah Championship Qualifying Round 2 (five games)

Tuesday, April 9
11am — Cheetah Championship Qualifying Round 3 (five games)

  • Top 16 players advance to elimination match play

6pm — Cheetah Championship Match Play Round of 16 (best of five games)
8:30pm — Cheetah Championship Match Play Round of 8 (best of five games)

  • Four winners and highest-defeated qualifier in Round of 8 advance to Cheetah Championship stepladder finals, airing live April 15 at 7pm on FS1

Wednesday, April 10
11am — Scorpion Championship Qualifying Round 1 (five games)
6pm — Scorpion Championship Qualifying Round 2 (five games)

Thursday, April 11
11am — Scorpion Championship Qualifying Round 3 (five games)

  • Top 16 players advance to elimination match play

6pm — Scorpion Championship Match Play Round of 16 (best of five games)
8:30pm — Scorpion Championship Match Play Round of 8 (best of five games)

  • Four winners and highest-defeated qualifier in Round of 8 advance to Scorpion Championship stepladder finals, airing live April 16 at 7pm on FS1

Friday, April 12
11am — Shark Championship Qualifying Round 1 (five games)
6pm — Shark Championship Qualifying Round 2 (five games)

Saturday, April 13
11am — Shark Championship Qualifying Round 3 (five games)

  • Top 16 players advance to elimination match play
  • Top 16 players through 45 games of Cheetah, Scorpion and Shark Championship qualifying advance to World Championship round-robin match play

6pm — Shark Championship Match Play Round of 16 (best of five games)
8:30pm — Shark Championship Match Play Round of 8 (best of five games)

  • Four winners and highest-defeated qualifier in Round of 8 advance to Shark Championship stepladder finals, airing live April 17 at 7pm on FS1

Sunday, April 14
Noon— Roth/Holman PBA Doubles Championship finals on FS1
1pm — Pro-am

Monday, April 15
7pm — PBA Cheetah Championship finals on FS1

Tuesday, April 16
7pm — PBA Scorpion Championship finals on FS1

Wednesday, April 17
7pm — PBA Shark Championship finals on FS1

Thursday, April 18
10am — World Championship Match Play Round 1 (eight games)
5pm — World Championship Match Play Round 2 (eight games)

  • Top nine players advance to PBA World Championship stepladder finals

Saturday, April 20
7pm — PBA World Championship semifinals on FS1 (seeds 5-9)

Sunday, April 21
Noon — PBA World Championship finals on FOX