PWBA Tour set to kick off 10th anniversary season in Topeka
May 07, 2025
TOPEKA, Kan. – The 2025 Professional Women’s Bowling Association Tour season begins Thursday morning with the PWBA Go Bowling Topeka Open pre-tournament qualifier, which will be contested at West Ridge Lanes starting at 11 a.m. Eastern.
The PTQ will have 37 bowlers competing for 11 spots into the main field of 75. Those 75 athletes will bowl 12 games of qualifying on Friday, six games at 11 a.m. Eastern and six more at 6 p.m. Eastern, before a cut to the top third of the field for a third round of qualifying on Saturday. After 18 games, an additional cut to the top 12 will occur for the final six games of qualifying to determine the top five for the stepladder finals that evening.
All rounds of qualifying and the stepladder finals will be aired live on BowlTV, with the stepladder finals set to begin at 7:30 p.m. Eastern on Saturday night.
After Topeka, the tour heads to Las Vegas for the first of three majors on the 2025 PWBA schedule, the 2025 United States Bowling Congress Queens, which will take place from May 14-20 at Suncoast Hotel and Casino.
Once the Queens is over, Cleveland is the third stop of the year for the 2025 PWBA Summer Series from May 27 – June 2, where three separate events will be held in the span of one week.
Waterloo, Iowa, will play host to the 2025 PWBA Bowlers Journal Waterloo Open from June 5-7 before the tour heads to Sun Valley Lanes & Games in Lincoln, Nebraska, for the second major of the year, the 2025 U.S. Women’s Open
After a few weeks off, Green Bay, Wisconsin, will host an event for the second year in a row with the 2025 PWBA Anniversary Open taking place at The Ashwaubenon Bowling Alley from July 8-13.
From there, athletes will head to Houston for the annual Professional Bowlers Association/PWBA Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles, which will be contested from July 24-27.
The final stop of the year will be in Gates, New York, for 2025 PWBA Tour Championship Week. There, three events will play out, culminating in the final major of the year, the PWBA Tour Championship. Additionally, at the end of Championship Week, we also will know who earns 2025 PWBA Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year honors.
Demand for standard PWBA stops remained high as PTQs were added to the Topeka Open and Waterloo Open not long after registration opened.
All rounds of competition for each event will be aired live on BowlTV, with the stepladder finals for the major events (Queens, U.S. Women’s Open and Tour Championship) to be televised on CBS Sports Network, as well as an additional final on CBS Sports Network for the PWBA Anniversary Open, which will have its stepladder contested in an arena setting. This will coincide with the Opening Ceremony for the 2025 Junior Gold Championships, putting professional bowling in front of thousands who have a dream of reaching that stage of the sport.
Reigning PWBA Player of the Year Sin Li Jane from Malaysia and 2024 Rookie of the Year Crystal Elliott of Palm Bay, Florida, are set to try and add to their PWBA legacies in 2025. Sin won four titles, including two majors (U.S. Women’s Open and Tour Championship), in her return to the tour after a three-season hiatus, while Elliott made two stepladder appearances and cashed in every event in 2024.
For Sin, winning Player of the Year honors hasn’t changed how she prepares for the season, especially after winning a big event in April.
“My preparation is the same,” said Sin. “Winning the Malaysian International Open last month was a great boost to my confidence, and I am excited to get the ball rolling for this season!”
Sin is also looking forward to visiting Las Vegas, since that was where she had her best performance at the QuibcaAMF World Cup event in 2018, finishing as the runner-up; nevertheless, she enjoys going wherever the fans are during the season.
“Wherever there’s bowling fans, that’s where I’m looking forward to visiting,” said Sin.
The PTQ will have 37 bowlers competing for 11 spots into the main field of 75. Those 75 athletes will bowl 12 games of qualifying on Friday, six games at 11 a.m. Eastern and six more at 6 p.m. Eastern, before a cut to the top third of the field for a third round of qualifying on Saturday. After 18 games, an additional cut to the top 12 will occur for the final six games of qualifying to determine the top five for the stepladder finals that evening.
All rounds of qualifying and the stepladder finals will be aired live on BowlTV, with the stepladder finals set to begin at 7:30 p.m. Eastern on Saturday night.
After Topeka, the tour heads to Las Vegas for the first of three majors on the 2025 PWBA schedule, the 2025 United States Bowling Congress Queens, which will take place from May 14-20 at Suncoast Hotel and Casino.
Once the Queens is over, Cleveland is the third stop of the year for the 2025 PWBA Summer Series from May 27 – June 2, where three separate events will be held in the span of one week.
Waterloo, Iowa, will play host to the 2025 PWBA Bowlers Journal Waterloo Open from June 5-7 before the tour heads to Sun Valley Lanes & Games in Lincoln, Nebraska, for the second major of the year, the 2025 U.S. Women’s Open
After a few weeks off, Green Bay, Wisconsin, will host an event for the second year in a row with the 2025 PWBA Anniversary Open taking place at The Ashwaubenon Bowling Alley from July 8-13.
From there, athletes will head to Houston for the annual Professional Bowlers Association/PWBA Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles, which will be contested from July 24-27.
The final stop of the year will be in Gates, New York, for 2025 PWBA Tour Championship Week. There, three events will play out, culminating in the final major of the year, the PWBA Tour Championship. Additionally, at the end of Championship Week, we also will know who earns 2025 PWBA Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year honors.
Demand for standard PWBA stops remained high as PTQs were added to the Topeka Open and Waterloo Open not long after registration opened.
All rounds of competition for each event will be aired live on BowlTV, with the stepladder finals for the major events (Queens, U.S. Women’s Open and Tour Championship) to be televised on CBS Sports Network, as well as an additional final on CBS Sports Network for the PWBA Anniversary Open, which will have its stepladder contested in an arena setting. This will coincide with the Opening Ceremony for the 2025 Junior Gold Championships, putting professional bowling in front of thousands who have a dream of reaching that stage of the sport.
Reigning PWBA Player of the Year Sin Li Jane from Malaysia and 2024 Rookie of the Year Crystal Elliott of Palm Bay, Florida, are set to try and add to their PWBA legacies in 2025. Sin won four titles, including two majors (U.S. Women’s Open and Tour Championship), in her return to the tour after a three-season hiatus, while Elliott made two stepladder appearances and cashed in every event in 2024.
For Sin, winning Player of the Year honors hasn’t changed how she prepares for the season, especially after winning a big event in April.
“My preparation is the same,” said Sin. “Winning the Malaysian International Open last month was a great boost to my confidence, and I am excited to get the ball rolling for this season!”
Sin is also looking forward to visiting Las Vegas, since that was where she had her best performance at the QuibcaAMF World Cup event in 2018, finishing as the runner-up; nevertheless, she enjoys going wherever the fans are during the season.
“Wherever there’s bowling fans, that’s where I’m looking forward to visiting,” said Sin.