Tournament Host Center

Steel City Bowl & Brews

1770 Stefko Blvd.

Bethlehem, PA 18017

(610) 867-0587

Eligibility

Top 8 in points from 2024 and 2025 (thru 2025 PBA Tournament of Champions)

Maximum Field

8

Format

Group seeding (Shows #1 - #2): All four players bowl two full games. Top two 2-game cumulative scores advance to one-game match for top seed (no carry-over pins in the final match). Second place finisher is No. 2 seed, finishers 3 and 4 from the two full games are Nos. 3 and 4.

Group stepladders (Shows #3 - #4): No. 4 vs. No. 3 (single game), winner vs. No. 2 (single game), winner vs. No. 1 (race to two). Winners advance to championship.

Championship (Show #5): Race to 2. Tiebreak in a single game: one-ball roll-off. Tiebreak in a 1-1 match: 9th/10th-frame roll-off.

Entry Fees

There is no entry fee required for the PBA Tour Finals.

Equipment notice

All bowling balls on the PBA National Tour (including PTQs) must be manufactured on or after 1/1/2023. Only registered equipment that has been cleared and listed on PBA.com will be allowed in any PBA Tour Event.

NOTE: For the PBA National Tour, any older second shot balls (spare balls) made of plastic or rubber may be approved for use at spares or as a fill ball by the Tournament Director or Director of Rules and Equipment on case by case basis.

OIL PATTERN INFO:

PBA Playoffs: 2025 Monacelli 40 / 2025 Petraglia 46