PWBA Bowling Tour: 2016 season

The Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) Tour expanded from 10 events in 2015 to 13 events in 2016, with one additional major (GoBowling.com PWBA Players Championship). The season ran from April 29 to September 4. CBS Sports Network aired the final round of all PWBA Tour events this season on a tape-delay basis, except for majors which aired the final round live. TV tapings of the non-major stepladder finals were conducted in conjunction with first three major tournaments on May 26 (USBC Queens), June 26 (PWBA Players Championship) and August 7 (U.S. Women's Open).

PWBA Bowling Tour: 2016 season
LeagueProfessional Women's Bowlers Association
SportTen-pin bowling
DurationApril 29 – September 4
Season MVPLiz Johnson
PWBA Tour seasons

The PBA Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles, a cross-over event with the PBA Tour, returned for 2016. PBA and PWBA titles were awarded to the male and female winners, respectively, which meant 14 total PWBA titles were up for grabs in 2016.

Tournament summary

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Below is a recap of events held during the 2016 PWBA Tour season. Major tournaments are in bold. Career PWBA title numbers for winners are shown in parentheses (#).

Event Airdate City Preliminary rounds Final round Winner Top Prize
PWBA Las Vegas Open Jun 7 C Las Vegas, NV Apr 29–May 1 May 26 Liz Johnson, USA (18) $10,000
Nationwide PWBA Sonoma County Open Jun 14 C Rohnert Park, CA May 5–7 May 26 Shannon O'Keefe, USA (2) $10,000
PWBA Storm Sacramento Open Jun 21 C Citrus Heights, CA May 12–14 May 26 Cherie Tan, Singapore (1) $10,000
USBC Queens May 26 C Las Vegas, NV May 20–25 Live Bernice Lim, Singapore (1) $20,000
PWBA Wichita Open Jul 5 C Wichita, KS Jun 2–4 Jun 26 Danielle McEwan, USA (2) $10,000
Pepsi PWBA Lincoln Open Jul 12 C Lincoln, NE Jun 9–11 Jun 26 Shannon O'Keefe, USA (3) $10,000
PWBA Greater Detroit Open Jul 19 C Canton, MI Jun 16–18 Jun 26 Rocio Restrepo, Colombia (1) $10,000
GoBowling.com PWBA Players Championship Jun 26 C Green Bay, WI Jun 23–25 Live Clara Guerrero, Colombia (1) $20,000
PWBA Lexington Open Aug 16 C Lexington, KY Jun 30–Jul 2 Aug 7 Bryanna Coté, USA (1) $10,000
PWBA Rochester Open Aug 23 C Rochester, NY Jul 7–9 Aug 7 Josie Earnest, USA (1) $10,000
PWBA St. Petersburg-Clearwater Open Aug 30 C Seminole, FL Jul 14–16 Aug 7 Rocio Restropo, Colombia (2) $10,000
PBA/PWBA Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles Jul 31 X Houston, TX Jul 29–30 Live Shannon O'Keefe, USA (4) and Bill O'Neill (USA) $16,000
U.S. Women’s Open Aug 7 C Addison, IL Aug 1–6 Live Liz Johnson, USA (19) $20,000
The Smithfield PWBA Tour Championship Sep 4 C Midlothian, VA Sep 1–3 Live New Hui Fen, Singapore (1) $20,000
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