October 22, 2026 Jill Winters

The PBA ELITE Regional Tour has three events coming your way this weekend from North Carolina, Illinois and Washington. The South Regional 2 will get underway first at Buffaloe Lanes North in Raleigh, NC. Previous ELITE Tour winners Connor Breaman, Tom Daugherty and Kip Roberts are looking to become the first two-time winners. Breaman will compete against Tim Foy Jr. and Austin Grammar, who each look to continue the positive momentum they had on the PBA Tour into this event. Matt Taylor and Shane Phelps each received their 2026 USBC Regular Division Team Eagles on Tuesday, hoping to add to their trophy collection in the same week.

The senior division also includes Brad Angelo, Darryl Bower, Mark E. Clark, Jon Rakoski, Randy Weiss and Rudy Kasimakis. The oil pattern is 48-feet. There are two squads with qualifying starting at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Eastern on Saturday. The top third of the field in the standard and senior divisions return at 9 a.m. ET Sunday for four games in the advancers round. The top 8 players in each division will then start round-robin match play at noon ET.

MIDWEST

Ryan Burton and Tom Hess are looking to become back-to-back champions in their divisions as the Midwest Regional 2 gets underway in Lockport, IL. Burton will be challenged by Trey Brand, who finished in second behind Burton, along with PBA stars Anthony Simonsen, Sean Rash, and Kevin McCune. McCune’s dad, Eugene, will be in the senior division against Hess, Tom Adcock, PBA and USBC Hall of Famer Pete Weber, Steve Jaros and Jeff Johnson. They will compete on 48-feet of oil.

Seven games of qualifying will begin at 9:30 a.m. ET on Saturday with the top third in each division returning at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday for four games in the advancers round. The top 8 in each division will bowl round-robin match play starting at 1:30 p.m. ET.

NORTHWEST

At the Northwest 2 Regional, the bowlers will compete in Arlington, WA. Previous ELITE Regional Tour champions Nick Freiberg, Dallas Leong, Wesley Low Jr. and Blaine Weninger will try to become two-time champions. The standard division also includes Justin Bohn and PJ Haggerty. Tim Cagle II has one of the most unique styles in the game and the youngest player in the field is 16-year-old Dohoon Kwon. He is a Washington native with a PBA regional title to go along with five Storm Youth Championship titles and a PBA Junior U18 Championship title.  

There are a couple of father-son duos ready to compete again. Rick and Deo Benard, along with Craig and Chris Tuholski will be supporting each other’s attempt to win. Also in the senior division is Senior Team USA member Steve Badovinac, Clay Rees, Kevin Croucher, and current senior points leader for the Northwest, Richard Corwin. The oil pattern is 43-feet.

This event also had two squads. Qualifying will start at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. ET on Saturday. The top third of the field in both divisions return at 11 a.m. ET on Sunday to bowl four games in the advancers round. The top 8 in the standard and senior divisions will start round-robin match play at 2 p.m. ET.  Follow the scores here.

The top 5 non-PBA Tour priority finishers in the standard division and top 2 in the senior division at every PBA ELITE Regional Tour event earn an automatic berth into the PBA Regional Players Invitation held in December. At that prestigious tournament, three priority status positions on the 2027 PBA Tour will be rewarded.

Coverage for all three regionals this weekend will only be available on BowlTV coming to you live from the USBC BowlTV Studio in Arlington, Texas with Dave Ryan, Jim Callahan and PBA50 bowler Tony Franklin on the call. To follow the continuous coverage of the PBA ELITE Regional Tour, click here.