PBA50

PBA50 Morgantown Classic

Event dates
-
Host center
Suburban Lanes

Morgantown, WV
United States

Monday, July 8
A & B Squads Practice Session: 2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

A re-oil of ½ the lanes in use will take place at 4 p.m.
Pro-Am Squad: 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, July 9
A Squad: 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.

No Re-oil

B Squad: 1:30 p.m. – 6 p.m.
(7 games of qualifying)

Wednesday, July 10
B Squad: 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.

No Re-oil

A Squad: 1:30 p.m. – 6 p.m.
(7 games of qualifying)

Top 1/3 advance

All pins carry forward

 Thursday, July 11

Advancers Round: 9 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

(5 games)

Top 24 advance to bracket match play rounds

(All bracket match play rounds are best of three games)

Drop all pins

Re-oil 

Round of 24 (Qualifiers 9-24): 12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

Re-oil

Round of 16 (Winners + Qualifiers 1-8): 2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Re-oil

Round of 8 (Winners): 5 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.

Winners advance to the stepladder. Positions 1-4 will be determined according to their bracket seed number. The highest seed losing in the Round of 8 will also qualify in the 5th position of the stepladder.

Top 5 Stepladder Practice: 7:10 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Top 5 Player Stepladder: 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Tournament Hosts:

Jerry Lorenze, Justin Malik

Tournament Host Center

Suburban Lanes

735 Chestnut Ridge Rd.

Morgantown, WV 26505

(304) 599-3522

Eligibility

Participant must be at least 50 years of age to enter a PBA50 Tour event.

Non-members:

A mandatory meeting for all non-members will be held 30 minutes prior to the first practice session. Non-members are welcome and encouraged to experience PBA50 Tour events providing they average 200 in their most recent league season with at least 36 games bowled.

Maximum Field

96

Point Values

Tier 2 Points

Priority Entries

Priority entries open Thursday, February 1. Entry priority will be given in the following order, provided players regardless of their status, have entered by the entry deadline date, which is 14 days prior to the official start date (practice day) of each PBA50 Tour event.

  • PBA Tour and PBA50 Tour Title Holders
  • Top 50 2023 PBA50 Tour Point Leaders
  • Eligible PBA Members
  • Eligible PBA Guests

NOTE: Entrants will be placed into the tournament based on priority succession, plus date and time the entry was received online. If the tournament fills by the deadline entry date, remaining entrants will be placed on standby and notified if spots come available.

Anyone needing instructions on how to enter online can contact membership services at (206) 332-9688.

Entry Fees

PBA50 Members: $495

PBA50 Non-members: $545

OIL PATTERN INFO:

Bat 37

2024 PBA Approved Equipment

The 2024 list of acceptable Urethane and Urethane-Like equipment made at 78.0HD+ is available on the schedule page under “quick links”.

PROJECTED PRIZE FUND BASED ON 96 ENTRIES

1st Place - $7,500

2nd Place - $4,000

3rd Place - $2,600

4th Place - $2,200

5th Place - $1,900

6th Place - $1,625

7th Place - $1,625

8th Place - $1,625

9th Place - $1,400

10th Place - $1,400

11th Place - $1,400

12th Place - $1,400

13th Place - $1,400

14th Place - $1,400

15th Place - $1,400

16th Place - $1,400

17th Place - $1,200

18th Place - $1,200

19th Place - $1,200

20th Place - $1,200

21st Place – $1,200

22nd Place - $1,200

23rd Place - $1,200

24th Place - $1,200

25th Place - $1,100

26th Place - $1,100

27th Place - $1,100

28th Place - $1,100

29th Place - $1,100

30th Place - $1,100

31st Place - $1,100

32nd Place - $1,100

PBA60 #1 - $1,000

PBA60 #2 - $1,000

PBA60 #3 - $1,000

PBA60 #4 - $1,000

PBA60 #5 - $1,000

PBA60 #6 - $1,000

PBA60 #7 - $1,000

PBA70 #1 - $500

PBA70 #2 - $500