PBA Bowling Tour: 2011–12 season
Event Airdate City Preliminary rounds Final round Oil pattern Winner Notes
PBA BowlersDeals.com All-In Showdown Nov 4* Las Vegas , NV Nov 4 Live * Tommy Jones Optional $ 5,000 buy-in WSOB event . Not a PBA title event . $ 45,000 top prize
GEICO World Bowling Tour Men 's Final Dec 4 Las Vegas , NV Multiple dates Nov 18 Mika Koivuniemi ( Finland ) WBT qualifiers only . Not a PBA title event
GEICO World Bowling Tour Women 's Final Dec 4 Las Vegas , NV Multiple dates Nov 18 Carolyn Dorin-Ballard ( USA ) WBT qualifiers only . Not a PBA title event
PBA World Championship Dec 11 , 18 and Jan 1 , 8 , 15 Las Vegas , NV Nov 5-9 Nov 17-18 Top seed chooses pattern Osku Palermaa ( 2 ) Open event . $ 50,000 top prize
WSOB Bayer Viper Open Jan 22 Las Vegas , NV Nov 5 Nov 18 Viper Stuart Williams ( 1 ) Open event . $ 15,000 top prize
Cheetah Open Jan 22* Fountain Valley , CA Jan 20-21 Live * Cheetah Eugene McCune ( 3 ) Open event . $ 10,000 top prize
Alka-Seltzer Plus Liquid Gels USBC Masters Jan 29 Henderson , NV Jan 23-28 Live Custom Mike Fagan ( 3 ) Open to PBA and qualifying USBC members . $ 50,000 top prize
Chris Paul PBA-Celebrity Invitational Feb 5 Los Angeles , CA n/a Jan 12 Pete Weber , Blake Griffin and Jerry Ferrara Invitational charity event
WSOB Chameleon Open Feb 12 Las Vegas , NV Nov 6 Nov 19 Chameleon Jason Belmonte ( 2 ) Open event . $ 15,000 top prize
WSOB Scorpion Open Feb 19 Las Vegas , NV Nov 7 Nov 19 Scorpion Dom Barrett ( 1 ) Open event . $ 15,000 top prize
Ricart Ford Open Feb 19* Columbus , OH Feb 17-18 Live * Scott Newell ( 1 ) Open event . $ 10,000 top prize
69th U.S. Open Feb 26 North Brunswick , NJ Feb 20-25 Live U.S. Open ( custom ) Pete Weber ( 36 ) Open event . $ 60,000 top prize and automatic berth in the Round of 36 at the PBA Tournament of Champions
WSOB GEICO Shark Open Mar 4 Las Vegas , NV Nov 8 Nov 19 Shark Jason Belmonte ( 3 ) Open event . $ 15,000 top prize
Detroit Open Mar 11* Allen Park , MI Mar 9-10 Live * Norm Duke ( 35 ) Open event . $ 10,000 top prize
Lumber Liquidators Mark Roth - Marshall Holman PBA Exempt Players Doubles Championship Mar 25 Las Vegas , NV Nov 14-16 Nov 20 Norm Duke ( 36 ) and Wes Malott ( 7 ) Exempt event . $ 15,000 top prize
Carmen Salvino Classic Apr 1 Las Vegas , NV Nov 14 Nov 20 Earl Andres Gomez ( 1 ) Exempt event with TQR . $ 15,000 top prize
PBA Dick Weber Playoffs Apr 1* Indianapolis , IN Mar 30-31 Live * Dick Weber Norm Duke ( 37 ) PBA Tour and PBA Regional members only . $ 20,000 top prize
Pepsi PBA Elite Players Championship Apr 8 Las Vegas , NV Nov 14-16 Nov 20 Jason Belmonte ( 4 ) Exempt event . $ 35,000 top prize and automatic berth in the Round of 36 at the PBA Tournament of Champions
PBA Tournament of Champions Apr 15 Las Vegas , NV Apr 8-14 Live ToC ( custom ) Sean Rash ( 5 ) Past PBA Tour , PBA Regional and PBA Senior Tour champions only . $ 80,000 top prize
Tournament schedule and recaps -- Tournament summary
Below is a summary of the 2011–12 season . Total career PBA Tour titles for winners are shown in parenthesis .
This is a recap of the 2011-12 season for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. It is the tour's 53rd season, and the third straight season in which all of the first half events were condensed into the PBA World Series of Bowling (WSOB). The season consisted of 15 title events. This is also the final season in which the PBA is using an exempt player list. The exempt status for touring players will not be carried into the 2012-13 season.