PBA Bowling Tour: 2018 season
Event Airdate City Preliminary rounds Final round Oil pattern Winner Notes
DHC PBA Japan Invitational Jan 28 X Tokyo , Japan Jan 26-27 Live Dragon 45 Dominic Barrett , England ( 6 ) Invitational event . ¥ 5 million ( approx . $ 46,000 ) first prize
PBA Tournament of Champions Feb 11 E Fairlawn , OH Feb 5-10 Live Don Johnson 40 Matt O'Grady , USA ( 1 ) Invitational event . PBA major . $ 50,000 top prize
Go Bowling ! PBA 60th Anniversary Classic Feb 18 E Indianapolis Feb 13-17 Live Dick Weber 45 Jakob Butturff , USA ( 3 ) Open event . $ 30,000 top prize
Barbasol PBA Players Championship Feb 25 E Columbus , OH Feb 19-24 Live Carmen Salvino 44 Tom Smallwood , USA ( 3 ) Open members-only event . PBA major . $ 40,000 top prize
Mark Roth - Marshall Holman PBA Doubles Championship Mar 25 E Columbus , OH Feb 19-24 Feb 25 Carmen Salvino 44 Jason Belmonte , Australia ( 17 ) and Bill O'Neill , USA ( 9 ) Open event . $ 24,000 top prize
PBA-WBT Brunswick Euro Challenge N/A Munich , Germany Mar 10-17 Mar 18 Not reported Jenny Wegner , Sweden ( NQ ) PBA and WBT title event . € 11,500 ( $ 14,150 ) first prize
USBC Masters Apr 15 E Syracuse , NY Apr 8-14 Live USBC Masters ( custom ) Andrew Anderson , USA ( 1 ) Open event . PBA major . $ 30,000 top prize
PBA Xtra Frame Port Property Management Maine Shootout Apr 18 X Portland , ME Apr 16-18 Live Mark Roth 42 Dick Allen , USA ( 5 ) Open match play tournament limited to 64 entries . $ 10,000 top prize
OceanView at Falmouth PBA League Quarterfinal 1 : Apr 22 E Quarterfinal 2 : Apr 29 E Semifinals : May 6 E Finals : May 13 E Portland , ME Apr 19-21 Apr 22 Mark Roth 42 Go Bowling ! Silver Lake Atom Splitters ( Dick Allen , Chris Barnes , Tom Daugherty , A.J . Johnson , Jesper Svensson , Manager-Mark Baker ) Team event . $ 60,000 top prize
2018 PBA Tour Finals Position Rd . 1 : May 22 C Position Rd . 2 : May 29 C Grp1 Stepladder : Jun 5 C Grp2 Stepladder : Jun 12 C Finals : Jun 19 C Allen Park , MI May 4-5 May 6 Position rounds on Johnny Petraglia 36 , Don Carter 39 , Mark Roth 42 and Dick Weber 45 . Top seed chooses pattern afterward Jason Belmonte , Australia ( 18 ) Invitational event featuring top 8 in PBA Tour prize money , 2016 through April 18 , 2018 . $ 30,000 top prize
PBA Xtra Frame Wilmington Open May 20 X Wilmington , NC May 18-19 Live Viper 36 Cristian Azcona , Puerto Rico ( 1 ) Open event . $ 10,000 top prize
PBA-WBT Busan Cup N/A Busan , South Korea May 20-25 May 26 Not reported Annop Arromsaranon , Thailand ( 1 ) PBA and WBT title event . ₩ 30 million ( $ 27,875 ) top prize
PBA Xtra Frame Greater Jonesboro Open Jun 3 X Jonesboro , AR Jun 1-2 Live Don Johnson 40 Andrew Anderson , USA ( 2 ) Open event . $ 12,500 top prize
PBA Xtra Frame Lubbock Sports Open Jun 10 X Lubbock , TX Jun 8-9 Live Scorpion 42 Chris Barnes , USA ( 19 ) Open event . $ 13,000 top prize
PBA Xtra Frame Parkside Lanes Open Jul 2 X Aurora , IL Jun 29-Jul 1 Live Chameleon 39 , Bear 39 , Don Carter 39 ; top seed chooses stepladder finals pattern E. J. Tackett , USA ( 10 ) Open event . $ 10,000 top prize
Storm Xtra Frame PBA/PWBA Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles Jul 29 X Houston , TX Jul 26-28 Live Not reported E. J. Tackett , USA ( 11 ) and Liz Johnson , USA Open PBA and PWBA title event . $ 16,000 top prize
PBA Xtra Frame Gene Carter 's Pro Shop Classic Aug 19 X Middletown , DE Aug 17-18 Live Earl Anthony 42 Anthony Simonsen , USA ( 4 ) Open event . $ 15,000 top prize
PBA Xtra Frame Kenn-Feld Group Classic Aug 26 X Coldwater , OH Aug 24-25 Live Don Johnson 40 Jakob Butturff , USA ( 4 ) Open event . $ 10,000 top prize
PBA-WBT Storm Lucky Larsen Masters N/A Malmö , Sweden Sep 5-8 Sep 9 Not reported Kyle Troup , USA ( 3 ) PBA and WBT title event . $ 16,385 top prize
PBA International-WBT Thailand N/A Bangkok , Thailand Sep 22-27 Sep 28 Not reported Danielle McEwan , USA ( NQ ) PBA and WBT title event . ฿1,000,000 ( $ 31,908 ) top prize
Tournament summary
Major tournaments are in bold . Career PBA title numbers for winners are shown in parenthesis ( # ) . In late 2017 , the PBA released a list of 16 oil patterns that would debut with the 2017 PBA World Series of Bowling and continue into 2018 . The patterns now include both a name and number , with the number representing the oil length ( in feet ) . There are nine `` Animal '' oil patterns : Cheetah 33 , Wolf 33 , Viper 36 , Chameleon 39 , Bear 39 , Scorpion 42 , Shark 45 , Dragon 45 , and Badger 52 . ( The Badger 52 pattern will not be used in 2018 . ) There are also seven `` Legends '' patterns : Johnny Petraglia 36 , Don Carter 39 , Don Johnson 40 , Earl Anthony 42 , Mark Roth 42 , Carmen Salvino 44 , and Dick Weber 45 . [ 3 ]
The 2018 PBA Tour season, the 59th season of play of the U.S. Professional Bowlers Association's (PBA) ten-pin bowling tour, began on January 26, 2018. The season included 21 singles title events, two doubles title events, and a non-title team event (PBA League). The 2018 season was used to mark the PBA's 60th year of operations, which included a 148-player PBA 60th Anniversary Classic in Indianapolis, and the unveiling of the Tour's top 60 moments.