pba regional tour Southwest region

2026 KR Strikeforce PBA Northrock Open

Event dates
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Host center
Bowlero Northrock

3232 N ROCK RD
WICHITA, KS 67226
United States

Friday, May 29

Practice: 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Orientation Meeting: 5:15 p.m. (Mandatory for all first-time participants)

Optional Sweeper (Hosted by Bowlero Northrock) (fresh tournament pattern); 6:00 pm

Saturday, May 30

Roll Call 30 minutes prior to all squads

Qualifying (8 games; fresh): 9:00 am

Top 1/3 will cash

Top 32 players advance to bracket

Seeds 1 – 8 receive 2 round byes

Seeds 9 -16 receive 1 round bye

Round of 32 (Players seeded 17-32; best of 3; fresh): 5:00 p.m.

Sunday, May 31

Round 24 (winners and seeds 9-16 (best of 3; fresh): 9 a.m.

Round of 16 (winners and seeds 1-8 (best of 3; fresh): Immediately following prior round

Round of 8 (best of 3; fresh): Immediately following prior round

Semi Finals (best of 3; fresh): Immediately following prior round

Championship (best of 3; fresh): Immediately following prior round

Host(s): Jeremy Lawless, Tiffany Clemens

Field Capacity: 115

Eligibility:

Participants must be a USBC Member in good standing. Non-Members must meet the PBA minimum average requirements of 200 for 36 games in a USBC sanctioned league. Entries made by someone who does not meet the eligibility criteria will be removed from the event. PBA Members have priority over any Non-Member up to 7 days before the event starts.

Entry Fee:

PBA Members: $245

Non-Members: $310

Entry Deadline:

Online entries for members and non-members close at midnight on Wednesday, May 21, 2026.

After the deadline, entries must be made directly with the Regional Director.

Payout Ratio

1:3

PBA Regional Players Invitational Presented by USBC

This event is a PBA Southwest Region event and will only count toward points in the Southwest Region. Only Full PBA Members will be able to qualify for the PBA Regional Players Invitational Presented by USBC. To qualify for the RPI, you must bowl in three events from November 14, 2025, through November 13, 2026.

Lane Pattern:

TBD

2026 PBA Approved Equipment

The 2026 list of acceptable Urethane and Urethane-Like equipment made at 78.0HD+ is available on the schedule page under “quick links”.

PBA Registered Products

PRIZE FUND (BASED ON ENTRIES):

1st Place is projected to pay $3000

32nd Place is projected to pay $470

Final cash spot is guaranteed to pay a minimum of $400

*All prize funds are projected off 115 entries*