2025 PBA Tour

Tournament of Champions

Event dates
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Host center
AMF Riviera Lanes

20 S Miller Rd,
Fairlawn, OH 44333
United States

Monday, April 14

Pre-Tournament Qualifier (PTQ) (seven games): 9 a.m.

Practice: 3 p.m.

PBA Hall of Fame Dinner: 6 p.m.

Tuesday, April 15

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

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

Wednesday, April 16

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

Cut to top 24 for PBA Tournament of Champions Match Play

Match Play Round 1 (eight games): 6 p.m.

Thursday, April 17

Match Play Round 2 (eight games): 11 a.m.

Match Play Round 3 (eight games): 6 p.m.

Cut to top nine for PBA Tournament of Champions (LIVE) on FS1 and FOX

Friday, April 18

PBA Pro-Am: 5 p.m.

PBA Pro-Am: 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 19

PBA Tournament of Champions Prelims (LIVE) on FS1: 5 p.m.

Sunday, April 20

PBA Tournament of Champions Finals (LIVE) on FOX: 3 p.m.

Tournament Host Center

AMF Riviera Lanes

20 S Miller Rd.

Fairlawn, OH 44333

(330) 836-7985

Eligibility

Participant must be a PBA champion.

Participant must be a PBA member.

Maximum Field

72

Point Values

Tier 1

Priority Entries

Priority Entries open online November 20, 2024. Priority entries close March 30, 2025.

Priority will be given in the following order, provided PBA Tour champions, regardless of status, have entered by April 8, 2024.

  • PBA Tour Champions with the most PBA Tour titles
  • The most recent PBA Tour champions

PTQ Entries

PTQ entries open November 20, 2024 and close March 30, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. CT. All PBA Regional Tour and PBA50 Tour champions will need to enter the PTQ. Minimum of eight (8) players will advance to the elite field from the PTQ. Additional PTQ advancers will advance if needed to ensure 4 players per pair in competition

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

Eligibility

Participant must be a PBA member and PBA Champion

Entry Fees

PBA Tour Title Holders: $0

PBA TOC PTQ: $250

Equipment notice

All bowling balls on the PBA National Tour (including PTQs) must be manufactured on or after 1/1/2023. 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 Tournament of Champions: TBD

PBA Tournament of Champions PTQ: TBD

1st - $100,000

Top 32 players will cash