Updates from the PBA50 World Series of Bowling IV

The PBA50 World Series of Bowling is underway at AMF Southtown Lanes in Minneapolis.

The event features four PBA50 Tour title events, including a major in the PBA50 World Championship.

The format is the same for each of the three legend pattern championships. Players will bowl 10 games of qualifying with the top six players advancing to match play. The winners of each best-of-five-games match will advance to the televised championship round, airing May 9-11 on CBS Sports Network.

The PBA50 World Championship includes qualifying games from the Ballard, Monacelli and Petraglia Championships. The top three players following those 30 games of qualifying plus 22 games of advancer and match play rounds will advance to the televised championship round, airing May 12 on CBS Sports Network.

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This story will be updated throughout the PBA50 WSOB.

PBA50 Ballard Championship

Schedule
Qualifying: Sunday, May 3 
Finals: Saturday, May 9

Defending champion Jason Couch, who shot 300 during the third game of qualifying, qualified second for match play. He defeated Bill Fabian to advance to the stepladder finals, where he will be the No. 1 seed.

Couch will face the victor of Canadian Bill Rowe and two-time reigning PBA50 Player of the Year John Janawicz in the stepladder finals.

Read more: Couch, Rowe and Janawicz Make PBA50 Ballard Championship Finals

PBA50 Monacelli Championship

Schedule
Qualifying: Monday, May 4 
Finals: Sunday, May 10

Janawicz, the defending champion, withdrew from the PBA50 WSOB ahead of Monacelli Championship qualifying. Despite his strong performance in the Ballard Championship, the nine-time champion could not continue due to a finger injury. He plans to return for the Ballard Championship finals, but otherwise his World Series is complete.

Match play begins at 9 p.m. CT (10 p.m. ET) on Monday, May 4 to determine the Monacelli Championship finalists.

PBA50 Petraglia Championship

Schedule
Qualifying: Tuesday, May 5 
Finals: Monday, May 11

Finnish star Mika Koivuniemi is the defending champion. Koivuniemi led qualifying in the Ballard Championship, but fell to Janawicz in match play.

Qualifying in the WSOB’s third title event takes place on Tuesday with rounds at 9 a.m CT (10 a.m. ET) and 4 p.m. CT (5 p.m. ET).

Match play begins at 9 p.m. CT (10 p.m. ET) to determine the Petraglia Championship finalists.

PBA50 World Championship

Schedule
Qualifying: May 3-5
Match Play: May 6-7
Finals: Tuesday, May 12

The top 40 players after 30 games on the three legend oil patterns will advance to a six-game advancer round on Wednesday. Those six games will determine the 16-player field for round-robin match play.

Match play will be held on Thursday with the top three finishers after all 52 games will advance to the World Championship finals.

The championship round will take place Tuesday, May 12 at 5 p.m. CT (6 p.m. ET) on CBS Sports Network.

PBA50 WSOB Schedule

Sunday, May 3 — PBA50 Ballard Championship (BowlTV)
9 a.m. CT (10 a.m. ET) — Qualifying Round 1 (five games)
4 p.m. CT (5 p.m. ET) — Qualifying Round 2 (five games)
Top six players advance
9 p.m. CT (10 p.m. ET) — Elimination Match Play (best-of-five games)
Three winners advance to stepladder finals on Saturday, May 9

Monday, May 4 — PBA50 Monacelli Championship (BowlTV)
9 a.m. CT (10 a.m. ET) — Qualifying Round 1 (five games)
4 p.m. CT (5 p.m. ET) — Qualifying Round 2 (five games)
Top six players advance
9 p.m. CT (10 p.m. ET) — Elimination Match Play (best-of-five games)
Three winners advance to stepladder finals on Sunday, May 10

Tuesday, May 5 — PBA50 Petraglia Championship (BowlTV)
9 a.m. CT (10 a.m. ET) — Qualifying Round 1 (five games)
4 p.m. CT (5 p.m. ET) — Qualifying Round 2 (five games)
Top six players advance; top 40 players overall advance in PBA50 World Championship
9 p.m. CT (10 p.m. ET) — Elimination Match Play (best-of-five games)
Three winners advance to stepladder finals on Monday, May 11

Wednesday, May 6 — PBA50 World Championship (BowlTV)
9 a.m. CT (10 a.m. ET) — Practice Session
5 p.m. CT (6 p.m. ET) — Advancers Round (six games)
Top 16 players advance to round-robin match play

Thursday, May 7 — PBA50 World Championship (BowlTV)
11 a.m. CT (12 p.m. ET) — Match Play Round 1 (eight games)
5 p.m. CT (6 p.m. ET) — Match Play Round 1 (eight games)
Top three players advance to stepladder finals on Tuesday, May 12

Saturday, May 9 — PBA50 Ballard Championship (CBS Sports Network)
2 p.m. CT (3 p.m. ET) — Stepladder Finals

Sunday, May 10 — PBA50 Monacelli Championship (CBS Sports Network)
2 p.m. CT (3 p.m. ET) — Stepladder Finals

Monday, May 11 — PBA50 Monacelli Championship (CBS Sports Network)
5 p.m. CT (6 p.m. ET) — Stepladder Finals

Tuesday, May 12 — PBA50 World Championship (CBS Sports Network)
5 p.m. CT (6 p.m. ET) — Stepladder Finals