2017 is the 58th season of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. The 2017 schedule currently has 27 singles title events, two doubles title events, and one non-title team event (PBA League).
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Tournament schedule and recaps
For the second year in a row, the PBA held three consecutive major tournaments in "Big February": The Barbasol PBA Players Championship, Fire Lake PBA Tournament of Champions, and the USBC Masters. The U.S. Open is scheduled for October 25 through November 1.
The season's final major, the PBA World Championship, is again part of the World Series of Bowling (WSOB), which takes place November 7-19 at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, NV. WSOB IX consists of four "animal oil pattern" tournaments (Cheetah, Chameleon, Scorpion and Shark), each of which are standalone PBA title events while collectively serving as initial qualifying for the PBA World Championship. The 40 games of animal pattern qualifying (10 games per tournament) determine the 40 bowlers for the Cashers Round of the World Championship. Cashers will then bowl 20 more games on the World Championship oil pattern to determine the top five for the November 19 live stepladder finals.
Also for a second straight year, the PBA will keep a rolling points list for all of the season's Xtra Frame tournaments (so designated because they are broadcast start-to-finish on the PBA's Xtra Frame subscription webcast service). Last season, a $10,000 winner-take-all bonus was awarded to the top points earner in the series. For 2017, the Xtra Frame series has been renamed the XF PBA Tour Storm Cup, with Storm Bowling sponsoring an expanded award platform. The top points earner in 2017 will win a $20,000 bonus, with additional payouts for second through fifth-place finishers ($10,000, $8,000, $7,000 and $5,000). Eight tour stops make up the Storm Cup series. Two additional tournaments (DHC PBA Japan Invitational and PBA-PWBA Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles) are also covered exclusively by Xtra Frame, but do not qualify for Xtra Frame series points.
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Tournament summary
Below is a current schedule of events for the 2017 PBA Tour season. Major tournaments are in bold. Career PBA title numbers for winners are shown in parenthesis.
- C: broadcast on CBS Sports Network
- E: broadcast on ESPN
- X: broadcast on the PBA's Xtra Frame webcast service
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