PBA Bowling Tour: 2015 season
Tournament summary

PBA Bowling Tour: 2015 season

Section Title: Tournament summary
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Event	Airdate	City	Preliminary rounds	Final round	Oil pattern	Winner	Notes

PBA-WBT Brunswick Ballmaster Open	N/A	Helsinki, Finland	Jan 2–10	Jan 11	Paul Moor, England (1)	WBT and PBA title event. $15,325 first prize.

DHC PBA Japan Invitational 2015	Jan 17 X	Tokyo	Jan 14–17	Live	Chris Barnes, USA (18)	Invitational event. ¥5 million ($43,032) first prize. [+]

PBA Players Championship	Feb 22 E	Wauwatosa, WI	Jan 26–30	Feb 15 (Indianapolis)	Parker Bohn III, USA (34)	Open event. $25,000 first prize.

Mark Roth/Marshall Holman PBA Doubles Championship	Mar 1 E	Wauwatosa, WI	Jan 26–30	Feb 15 (Indianapolis)	Norm Duke, USA (38) and Wes Malott, USA (10)	Open event. $22,000 first prize.

USBC Masters	Feb 8 E	Green Bay, WI	Feb 1–7	Live	USBC Custom	Jason Belmonte, Australia (11)	Open event. PBA major. $50,000 first prize.

50th Barbasol PBA Tournament of Champions	Feb 15 E	Indianapolis, IN	Feb 10–14	Live	TOC Custom	Jason Belmonte, Australia (12)	Invitational event. PBA major. $50,000 first prize.

PBA-WBT H.H. Emir Cup	N/A	Doha, Qatar	Feb 24–26	Feb 27	Tannya Roumimper, Indonesia [F]	WBT and PBA title event. $25,000 first prize.

PBA-WBT Kingdom of Bahrain Open	N/A	Bahrain	Mar 3–6	Mar 7	Jesper Svensson, Sweden (1)	WBT and PBA title event. $25,000 first prize.

12th Kuwait International Open	N/A	Kuwait City	Mar 10–13	Mar 14	Brad Angelo, USA	Non-title event. $25,000 first prize.

PBA-WBT Brunswick Euro Challenge	N/A	Munich, Germany	Mar 15–21	Mar 22	Josh Blanchard, USA (1)	WBT and PBA title event. $12,000 first prize.

PBA League Elias Cup	Quarters: Mar 29 E Quarters: Apr 5 E Semis: Apr 12 E Finals: Apr 19 E	Portland, ME	Mar 28–29	Mar 30	Multiple	Bass Pro Shops Silver Lake Atom Splitters (Chris Barnes, Mika Koivuniemi, Dick Allen, Tom Daugherty, Craig Nidiffer; Coach: Mark Baker)	Non-title team event. $50,000 first prize.

PBA Xtra Frame Maine Shootout	Mar 31 X	Portland, ME	Mar 30	Live	Josh Blanchard, USA (2)	Open event. $10,000 first prize.

PBA Wolf Open	May 26 C	Shawnee, OK	May 11, 14	May 16	Wolf	Kyle Troup, USA (1)	Open event. $10,000 first prize.

PBA Bear Open	Jun 2 C	Shawnee, OK	May 12, 14	May 16	Bear	Tommy Jones, USA (16)	Open event. $10,000 first prize.

PBA Badger Open	Jun 9 C	Shawnee, OK	May 13, 14	May 16	Badger	Ronnie Russell, USA (3)	Open event. $10,000 first prize.

PBA Oklahoma Open	Jun 16 C	Shawnee, OK	May 11–15	May 17	Top seed Bill O'Neill chose Bear	Bill O'Neill, USA (6)	Top 18 from pattern events qualify. Top 5 after additional match play games advance to TV. $18,000 first prize.

Oklahoma's Grand Casino Resort "King of the Swing"	Jun 23 C	Shawnee, OK	May 11–17	May 17	Wolf (left lane), Badger (right lane)	Bill O'Neill, USA	Non-title stepladder final; four Summer Swing title winners plus "wild card" player (most event points among non-winners) compete for an additional $10,000.

PBA Xtra Frame Pensacola South Open	Jun 21 X	Pensacola, FL	Jun 19–20	Live	Bear	Andres Gomez, Colombia (3)	Open event. $10,000 first prize.

PBA Xtra Frame Lubbock Southwest Open	Jun 28 X	Lubbock, TX	Jun 26–27	Live	E. J. Tackett, USA (1)	Open event. $15,000 first prize.

WBT Bowling World Open	N/A	Tokyo	Jul 9–11	Jul 12	Osku Palermaa, Finland (5)	WBT and PBA title event. $81,000 first prize.

PBA Xtra Frame Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles	Aug 2 X	Houston, TX	Jul 31 – Aug 1	Live	Bill O'Neill (7) and Shannon O'Keefe, USA	Open event. $15,000 first prize.

PBA/PBA50 Xtra Frame South Shore Doubles	Aug 8 X	Hammond, IN	Aug 6–7	Live	D. J. Archer (2) and Bob Learn, Jr., USA	Open event. $20,000 top prize.

PBA Xtra Frame Gene Carter's Pro Shop East Classic	Aug 23 X	Middletown, DE	Aug 21–22	Live	Ryan Shafer, USA (5)	Open event. $15,000 top prize.

PBA Xtra Frame Iowa Midwest Open	Oct 11 X	Council Bluffs, IA	Oct 9–10	Live	Sean Rash, USA (9)	Open event. $10,000 first prize.

PBA Xtra Frame South Point Las Vegas Open	Oct 22 X	Las Vegas, NV	Oct 20–21	Live	Ryan Ciminelli, USA (3)	Open event. $10,000 first prize.

PBA Team Challenge	Oct 25 X	Las Vegas, NV	Oct 23–24	Live	Dead Money (Danielle McEwan, Alex Cavagnaro, Anthony Pepe, Matt McNeil, Matt O'Grady)	Non-title team event. $40,000 first prize.

Bowlmor AMF U.S. Open	Nov 8 C	Garland, TX	Nov 2–7	Live	U.S. Open Custom	Ryan Ciminelli, USA (4)	Open event. PBA major. $50,000 first prize.

PBA-WBT Qatar Open	N/A	Doha, Qatar	Nov 26 – Dec 1	Dec 2	Cameron Weier, USA (1)	WBT and PBA title event. $40,000 first prize.

PBA-WBT 9th Kingdom International Open	N/A	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Dec 3 – Dec 6	Dec 7	Francois Louw, South Africa	WBT and PBA title event. $25,000 first prize.

Rolltech PBA World Championship	Dec 17 E	Reno, NV	Dec 8-13	Live	Custom	Gary Faulkner Jr., USA (1)	Open event for WSOB entrants. PBA major. $60,000 first prize.

PBA Cheetah Championship	Dec 20 E	Reno, NV	Dec 8, 14	Dec 18	Cheetah	Parker Bohn III, USA (35)	Open event. $20,000 first prize.

GoBowling.com PBA Viper Championship	Dec 27 E	Reno, NV	Dec 9, 14	Dec 18	Viper	Ryan Ciminelli, USA (5)	Open event. $20,000 first prize.

PBA Chameleon Championship	Jan 3 E	Reno, NV	Dec 10, 15	Dec 18	Chameleon	Jesper Svensson, Sweden (2)	Open event. $20,000 first prize.

PBA Scorpion Championship	Jan 10 E	Reno, NV	Dec 11, 15	Dec 18	Scorpion	Jon Van Hees, USA (1)	Open event. $20,000 first prize.

Sentence(s)

In PBA Bowling Tour: 2015 season, Chris Barnes won ¥5 million ($43,032).

final_sentence: In PBA Bowling Tour: 2015 season, Chris Barnes won ¥5 million ($43,032).