The PBA Regional Tour has two major functions. It provides a means for high caliber
bowlers, including Denny’s PBA Tour stars, to sharpen their skills before competing
on the Denny’s PBA Tour and allows competitors with full-time jobs the opportunity
to compete at the professional level in weekend events.
Approximately 200 of these professionally operated weekend tournaments span the U.S.
offering a cash ratio of 1:3 and a minimum $400 for the last place cash spot.
We also provide tournament players with credible lane conditions allowing them to use
all their bowling skills, which include physical and mental challenges such as accuracy,
reading and adjusting to various lane conditions and spare shooting to name a few.
Simply put, we offer athletes who embrace challenge the real sport of bowling, referred
to by the United States Bowling Congress as
The PBA Experience.
Besides an optimal weekend bowling tournament environment, the PBA Regional Tour program
provides major championships for PBA members who are not exempt for the Denny’s PBA Tour.
Players winning these majors, which include the Regional Players Championship and Regional
Players Invitational, receive berths into the coveted Denny’s PBA Tour Tournament of
Champions.
All PBA members, regardless of their membership classification, are eligible for the other
three “Majors” of bowling: the Denny’s World Championship, the U.S. Open and the USBC
Masters. Bowling in these prestigious events, alongside players like Walter Ray Williams Jr,
Pete Weber, Chris Barnes, Norm Duke, Tommy Jones, Doug Kent, Mika “Major Mika” Koivuniemi
and other greats of the game is the ultimate experience in professional bowling. To take
part in the Majors that Anthony, Weber, Carter and other bowling legends of the 20th Century
coveted is to touch, feel and be a part of bowling history.
If that isn’t enough, the top 25 players in each region (based on the RPI point lists) will
be eligible to bowl the Regional Players Invitational at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno,
Nev., where eight Denny's PBA Tour exemptions will be up for grabs. The winner will receive
$7500 and a berth into the PBA Tournament of Champions. All entrants are guaranteed at least
$400 in prize money. Additionally, the top five RPI point leaders from each region will
receive airfare to Reno, hotel accommodations at the Sands Regency Casino Hotel, take
part in a winner-take-all team event worth $2500 and receive an opportunity to bowl for
the Denny’s PBA Tour exemptions at no additional charge. Those players will still have to
pay the traditional $150 entry fee. The next 20 players on each regions RPI point list can
enter the tournament for $500. For an additional $750 (optional entry fee) they also can
become eligible to compete for the Denny’s PBA Tour exemptions.
Click here to see more PBA member
benefits like bowling equipment discounts, TQR’s, special PBA practice rates and more.
Senior PBA members receive all the benefits above, plus special regional events held
for those who have reached their 50th birthday. Major events for seniors include the
PBA Senior U.S. Open and the USBC Senior Masters. There are also “super senior” cash
spots for those who have reached their 60th birthday. Champions of the PBA Senior U.S.
Open and USBC Senior Masters also earn their spot in the PBA Tournament of Champions.
Non-members can bowl too!
Although you’ll forfeit benefits that PBA members receive, you can still bowl in PBA
Regional events as a non-member and you can try winning a spot in a Denny’s PBA Tour
event through our TQR rounds. TQR rounds precede each of the Denny’s PBA Tour events
that are limited to 64 bowlers.
First,
choose your tournament.
To enter as a non-member
click here
and follow the directions.
It’s that simple!
Do you have more questions?
Check out the frequently asked
questions area.
Or, you can contact any of the PBA Regional Managers for information by clicking on the
region you are interested in:
Do you want to become a Denny’s PBA Tour exempt player?
Here’s where exemptions will come from:
- Up to 16 Denny’s PBA Tour standard event champions
- Up to four Denny’s PBA Tour “major” event champions
- One special, Denny’s PBA Tour “open event” champion
- Up to 40 from the PBA World Point Rankings and those
receiving multi-season exemptions from Denny’s PBA Tour major events
- Up to eight will be awarded at the Regional Players Invitational
- One non-exempt PBA member from the PBA World Point Rankings
- The remaining exemptions, up to 10, will be awarded at the
Denny’s PBA Tour Trials
- Weekly exemptions will be based on the Denny’s PBA Tour Qualifying
Round (a minimum four PBA members and one amateur)
Whether you are interested in the PBA Regional Tour weekend bowling events or have
aspirations to be one of the elite players on the Denny’s PBA Tour, you owe it
yourself as a competitive athlete to be part of the PBA Experience!
