pba regional tour Southwest region

2026 PBA Southwest Starlite Lanes Open

Event dates
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Host center
Starlite Lanes

900 W Kansas Ave
McPherson, KS 67460
United States

Friday, February 27

Practice: 2 pm

Orientation Meeting: 3:45 p.m. (mandatory for all first-time participants)

Optional Sweeper: 4 pm (Contact Starlite Lanes to register)

Pro-Am: 7 pm

Saturday, February 28

A Squad (8 games; fresh): 8:30 a.m.

B Squad (8 games; fresh): 3 p.m.

Top 1/3 advance to Advancers Round

Sunday, March 1

Advancers Round (5 games; Fresh): 9 am

Cut to top 8

Round of 8 (Best-of-3): 12 p.m.

Round of 4 (Best-of-3): Immediately following round of 8

Finals (Best-of-3): Immediately following round of 4

Host(s): Beau Peterson

Field Capacity: 80

Eligibility:

Non-Members must meet the PBA minimum average requirements of 200 for 36 games in a USBC sanctioned league. 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 February 18th, 2026.

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

Payout Ratio

1:3

PBA Regional Players Invitational Presented by USBC

This event is a PBA SW Region event and will only count for points in the Southwest Region. Only Full PBA Members will be able to qualify for the year-end Finals. To qualify for the PBA RPI Presented by USBC you must bowl in 3 events within your region in the calendar year.

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 $2800

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

*All prize funds are projected off 80 entries*

Senior checks pay 1:5 outside the cut