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9-473: The First Annual National Championship was the final event of the 1960 PBA Season . It is currently known as the PBA World Championship . 192 bowlers began the tournament. They would bowl 30 games of qualifying. The field was then cut to 12 bowlers who would bowl 30 games of match play. The bowler with the highest 60 game total would win the tournament. The PBA tour's final event of 1960,

18-700: A variety of formats. Currently, the PBA World Championship format is different from normal PBA Tour events. Since the 2009–10 season, the initial qualifying scores for the World Championship have come from other stand-alone tournaments at the PBA World Series of Bowling , which celebrated its 13th anniversary in 2022. Thus, the current tournament is open to any PBA member who also enters the World Series of Bowling. For

27-474: The $ 44,000 First Annual National Championship, was held at Imperial Lanes, in Memphis, Tennessee. The first day of PBA competition was November 25, 1960. The competition ran until November 28, 1960. 192 bowlers competed in this event. 48 bowlers cashed in this competition. It took a 208.63 average to make the cut to the finals. Don Carter, of St. Louis, MO, won this major, his second career PBA title, and took home

36-518: The 2009–10 season, the PBA World Championship was part of the World Series of Bowling held in Allen Park, Michigan , and was contested in a split format. The qualifying rounds of the tournament were contested August 31 – September 4, with the televised finals being broadcast live on ESPN December 13, 2009. The PBA's second World Series of Bowling in 2010 was contested in Las Vegas, Nevada , and

45-589: The 30 games of qualifying (10 games each) on three different animal oil patterns determine the top 30 for the cashers round of the PBA World Championship. These 30 players then bowl ten more games (two five-game blocks) on the Earl Anthony 43 oil pattern, which is named after the six-time winner of this event. The cashers field is subsequently cut to 16 players for two eight-game, roundrobin match play rounds. Total pinfall from all 56 qualifying games, including 30 bonus pins for head-to-head match play wins, determines

54-606: The first prize of $ 5,600. Don averaged 237.17 for 60 games, beating the 2nd place competitor by 10 pins a game. Rounding out the top 5 were Ronnie Gaudern, Harry Smith, Jack Biondolillo, and Fred Lening. PBA World Championship Prior to 2002, the tournament was called the PBA National Championship . The PBA National Championship was first contested on November 28, 1960, then called the First Annual National Championship;

63-486: The five players that advance to the televised finals. The Earl Anthony 43 oil pattern is also used for the match play and championship rounds. The 2024 PBA World Championship was contested April 6–20 at Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, Michigan , with a live televised stepladder final on April 21. The tournament had a $ 503,200 prize fund. The top 35 players cashed, with the champion earning $ 100,000. The number 4 seed E. J. Tackett defeated top seed Matt Russo 225–194 in

72-475: The winner was PBA Hall of Famer Don Carter . Tournament champions currently win the Earl Anthony Trophy , named in honor of the late PBA legend who won this title a record six times (1973–75 and 1981–83). The World Championship has occasionally offered a $ 100,000 top prize, and as much as $ 150,000 in 2020 . The National Championship and World Championship have been contested over the years using

81-440: Was again used as qualifying for the 2010–11 PBA World Championship. This time, the 60-game qualifying scores for the five "animal pattern" championships held at the World Series were used to determine the 8-bowler TV field for the PBA World Championship finals. The World Championship finals were televised live over three consecutive days (January 14–16, 2011), a PBA first. Currently (as of the 2021 WSOB XII ), combined scores from

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