2025 PBA Tour

PBA Owens Illinois Classic

Event dates
-
Host center
Bowlero Vernon Hills

316 Center Dr.
Vernon Hills, IL 60061
United States

TIMES LISTED ARE LOCAL (CENTRAL STANDARD TIME)

Monday, Feb. 3

Pre-Tournament Qualifier (PTQ) (seven games): 8:30 a.m.

Practice: 3 p.m.

Pro-Am: 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 4

Qualifying Round 1 (six games): 11 a.m.

Qualifying Round 2 (six games): 6 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 5

Qualifying Round 3 (six games): 11 a.m.

Cut to top 24 for PBA Owen's Illinois Classic Elimination Match Play

Cut to top 16 teams for PBA Roth/Holman Doubles Match Play

Round of 24 (best-of-7 match play): 6 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 6

Round of 16 (best-of-7 match play): 11 a.m.

Round of 8 (best-of-7 match play): 6 p.m.

Four winners plus highest eliminated qualifier in Rd. of 8 advance to PBA Owen's Illinois Classic (LIVE) on FS1

Friday, Feb. 7

PBA Roth/Holman Doubles Championship Practice: 8 a.m.

PBA Roth/Holman Doubles Championship Match Play (8 baker games): 11 a.m.

PBA Roth/Holman Doubles Championship Match Play (8 baker games): 6 p.m.

Cut to top 5 for PBA Roth/Holman Doubles Championship TV Finals

Saturday, Feb. 8

PBA Roth/Holman Doubles Championship (TAPE for FS1): 3 p.m.

PBA Owen's Illinois Classic Finals (LIVE on FS1): 7 p.m.

Tournament Host Center

Bowlero Vernon Hills

316 Center Dr.

Vernon Hills, IL 60061

(847) 392-0550

Eligibility

Participant must be a Full PBA member to enter unless they are a collegiate bowler currently on a team roster. College players can enter any PBA Tour PTQ event, with the exception of the PBA Tournament of Champions, after entries close for PBA members and they have created their PBA account online. To enter, email Tony Lanning at [email protected].

Maximum Field

80*

Point Values

Tier 2

Priority Entries

Priority Entries open online November 20, 2024. Priority entries close January 19, 2025.

  • PBA Exempt players (top 43 from 2024 PBA Tour point list; 12 PBA Tour Trials qualifiers)
  • PBA Tour Champions winning from 2015 – 2024 (that are not top 43 from 2024 PBA Tour point list)
  • Commissioner’s exemptions

PTQ Entries

PTQ Entries open November 20, 2024. PTQ entries close January 19, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. CT. All PBA members who are not currently classified as priority entrants will need to enter the PTQ. A minimum of four (4) PTQ bowlers will advance to the elite field in order to fill the field.

*If there are more than five (5) Champions entering the event AND the center has available lanes, we will expand the field in groups of 4 to accommodate. In the event that there are remaining roster openings after Champions are added, those spots will be awarded to the PTQ to fill the final pair.

If there are fewer than the five (5) Champion spots claimed, those positions will be awarded to the PTQ

Anyone needing instructions on how to enter online can contact membership services at (206) 332-9688.

Entry Fees

PBA Owen's Illinois Classic Exempt players: No Fee

PBA Owen's Illinois Classic: $500

PBA Owen's Illinois Classic PTQ: $250 (bowlers advancing from the PTQ will be charged an additional $250)

Equipment notice

All bowling balls on the PBA National Tour (including PTQs) must be manufactured on or after 8/1/2022. Only registered equipment that has been cleared and listed on PBA.com will be allowed in any PBA Tour Event.

NOTE: For the PBA National Tour, any older second shot balls (spare balls) made of plastic or rubber may be approved for use at spares or as a fill ball by the Tournament Director or Director of Rules and Equipment on case by case basis.

OIL PATTERN INFO:

PBA Owen's Illinois Classic: 2025 Salvino 42

PBA Owen's Illinois Classic PTQ: 2025 Aulby 39

PBA Owen's Illinois Classic: $200,000

1st - $30,000

Top 32 players will cash

1st Place

$30,000.00

 

17th Place

$4,000.00

2nd Place

$18,000.00

 

18th Place

$4,000.00

3rd Place

$13,000.00

 

19th Place

$4,000.00

4th Place

$10,000.00

 

20th Place

$4,000.00

5th Place

$9,000.00

 

21st Place

$4,000.00

6th Place

$7,500.00

 

22nd Place

$4,000.00

7th Place

$7,500.00

 

23rd Place

$4,000.00

8th Place

$7,500.00

 

24th Place

$4,000.00

9th Place

$5,500.00

 

25th Place

$2,900.00

10th Place

$5,500.00

 

26th Place

$2,800.00

11th Place

$5,500.00

 

27th Place

$2,750.00

12th Place

$5,500.00

 

28th Place

$2,700.00

13th Place

$5,500.00

 

29th Place

$2,650.00

14th Place

$5,500.00

 

30th Place

$2,600.00

15th Place

$5,500.00

 

31st Place

$2,550.00

16th Place

$5,500.00

 

32nd Place

$2,500.00

Current Round: Qualifier Rounds

Games Completed:

PositionSquadBowlerHometownPinsAVG+/- 200
ASam CooleyAustralia0.00
ADom BarrettGreat Bentley, England0.00
AFrançois LavoieCanada0.00
AStu WilliamsPflugerville, Texas0.00
AJake PetersHenderson, Nev.0.00
ATom DaughertyRiverview, Fla.0.00
AJason SternerRochester, N.Y.0.00
ATommy JonesSimpsonville, S.C.0.00
AAJ ChapmanManchester, Iowa0.00
AKeven WilliamsRoseville, CA0.00
AJordan MalottFt. Wayne, Ind.0.00
AZac TackettHuntington, Ind.0.00
AAndrew HallWestborough, Mass.0.00
AKris PratherPlainfield, Ill.0.00
AMarshall KentYakima, Wash.0.00
ACody ShoemakerHanover, Pa.0.00
ABailey MavrickPeru, Ind.0.00
ABrandon RunkMilton, Pa.0.00
AMatt OgleLouisville, Ky.0.00
APtq Qualifier20.00
AChris ViaSpringfield, Ohio0.00
ANate StublerLaSalle, Ill.0.00
AShawn MaldonadoHouston0.00
ADJ ArcherLouisville, Ky.0.00
APatrick DombrowskiParma, Ohio0.00
APtq Qualifier60.00
ADeeronn BookerAnaheim, Calif.0.00
ARonnie RussellNoblesville, Ind.0.00
ASean Lavery-SpahrPasadena, Texas0.00
AEJ TackettBluffton, Ind.0.00
AGraham FachUrbana, Ohio0.00
AThomas LarsenDenmark0.00
AJakob ButturffTempe, Ariz.0.00
ATom SmallwoodSaginaw, Mich.0.00
AJesper SvenssonSweden0.00
AZach WilkinsCanada0.00
AAJ JohnsonOswego, Ill.0.00
AKevin McCuneMunster, Ind.0.00
ASanttu TahvanainenFinland0.00
AAlec KeplingerAngola, Ind.0.00
AAnthony SimonsenLas Vegas0.00
AKyle ShermanO'Fallon, Mo.0.00
AMatt RussoBallwin, Missouri0.00
AGary Faulkner Jr.Memphis, Tenn.0.00
ABill O'NeillLanghorne, Pa.0.00
ACam CroweOrland Park, Ill.0.00
AMitch HupéWinnipeg, MB0.00
APtq Qualifier30.00
AChristopher SloanIreland0.00
ANathan BohrAustin, Texas0.00
AAnthony NeuerLewisburg, Pa.0.00
ADarren TangLas Vegas0.00
APacky HanrahanWichita, Kan.0.00
ADeo BenardRoanoke, Texas0.00
ARyan BarnesDenton, Texas0.00
ASean RashMontgomery, Ill.0.00
AEric JonesEdmond, Okla.0.00
AHayden StippichMcKean, Pa.0.00
ATim Foy Jr.Seaford, Del.0.00
AJason BelmonteAustralia0.00
ATomas KäyhköFinland0.00
AJustin KnowlesOkemos, Mich.0.00
AJR RaymondClinton Twp., Mich.0.00
AAndrew AndersonHolly, Mich.0.00
AKim BollebySweden0.00
AWes MalottFort Wayne, Ind.0.00
AKyle TroupTaylorsville, N.C.0.00
AChris BarnesDenton, Texas0.00
ABJ MooreGreensburg, Pa.0.00
ABrad MillerLees Summit, Mo.0.00
AMatt SandersEvansville, Ind.0.00
APtq Qualifier10.00
AChase NadeauLas Vegas0.00
ANate PurchesFond du Lac, Wis.0.00
APtq Qualifier40.00
ACristian AzconaClermont, Fla.0.00
ANick PateInver Grove Heights, Minn.0.00
APtq Qualifier50.00
ADavid "Boog" KrolNixa, Mo.0.00
ARichie TeeceAldershot, Hampshire0.00