April 19, 2022 Jef Goodger

 

Bill O’Neill, Kyle Troup, Dom Barrett and Kris Prather attempt to advance to the semifinals

 

The quarterfinals of the 2022 Kia PBA Playoffs begin Sunday at noon ET on Fox Sports’ FS1. All three previous PBA Playoffs champions will compete, with 2021 champion Kyle Troup facing 2020 winner Bill O’Neill and 2019 champion Kris Prather taking on Dom Barrett.

All quarterfinals matches will be contested in the Race to 2 Points format, with one point going to the winner of each game. If the players are tied at one point apiece, the deciding point will be awarded to the winner of a 9th/10th-frame roll-off.

The quarterfinals conclude next Sunday, May 1, also on FS1, with the semifinals and finals moving to FOX Broadcast Channel on May 8 and 15.

No. 9 Kyle Troup vs. No. 16 Bill O’Neill
Two former champions open the Kia PBA Playoffs quarterfinals with defending champion Troup taking on O’Neill, the man who won the event the year before. Troup advanced to the quarterfinals by bowling a pair of 266 games to sweep Sean Rash, 2-0, in the Round of 16. O’Neill took out No. 1 seed Jason Belmonte in a roll-off after the two split the first two games.

No. 4 Dom Barrett vs. No. 5 Kris Prather
With so many lower seeds winning matches in the Round of 16, this is the only one of the four quarterfinals matches to feature the two higher seeds advancing to face each other. Two-time 2022 champion Dom Barrett goes against 2019 PBA Playoffs winner Kris Prather. Fourth-seeded Barrett eliminated Packy Hanrahan in a roll-off in the opening round and No. 5 seed Prather swept Brad Miller.

The winners of these two matches will meet May 8 in the semifinals, live on FOX Broadcast Channel.

The winner of the Kia PBA Playoffs, which conclude May 15 on FOX Broadcast Channel, will earn $100,000 and a Guaranteed Rate PBA Tour title.

Kia PBA Playoffs Remaining Television Schedule

Sunday, Apr. 24 at noon ET on FS1 – Quarterfinals
No. 16 Bill O’Neill vs. No. 9 Kyle Troup
No. 4 Dom Barrett vs. No. 5 Kris Prather

Sunday, May 1 at noon ET on FS1 – Quarterfinals
No. 15 Shawn Maldonado vs. No. 10 AJ Johnson
No. 14 Jesper Svensson vs. No. 6 Tommy Jones

Sunday, May 8 at 1 p.m. ET on FOX – Semifinals
Remaining four bowlers

Sunday, May 15 at 2 p.m. ET on FOX – Championship
Remaining two bowlers

Kia PBA Playoffs Champions Since 2019

2019 – Kris Prather
2020 – Bill O’Neill
2021 – Kyle Troup

About the PBA

The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) is the world’s preeminent organization dedicated to the sport of bowling and its professional competition, with thousands of members and millions of fans throughout the world. The PBA plays host to bowling’s biggest tournaments from the PBA Tour, PBA Regional Tour, and PBA50 Tour. In 2020, the PBA launched PBA Jr., a club for elite youth bowlers under the age of 17 and the PBA Pinsiders, a membership for fans of the sport. For more information, please visit PBA.com.