The third annual PBA World Series of Bowling is in the books and beginning Sunday, Dec. 4, ESPN will provide millions of bowling fans with nationally-televised coverage of the PBA Tour during the 2011-12 season.
The PBA Tour’s new television season, which includes 18 Sunday telecasts, will begin with a “doubleheader” on Dec. 4 with the men’s and women’s World Bowling Tour Finals presented by the PBA airing in back-to-back one-hour segments. The PBA-ESPN season will conclude with the live finals of the PBA Tournament of Champions from Red Rock Lanes in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 15.
Supplementing the ESPN telecasts, pba.com’s exclusive Xtra Frame online bowling channel will provide pre-and post-tournament coverage as well as start-to-finish coverage of four new Xtra Frame Tour tournaments during the season.
For Xtra Frame subscription information click on the Xtra Frame logo on the pba.com homepage.
2011-12 ESPN AND XTRA FRAME PBA TOUR SCHEDULE (all times Eastern)
Dec. 4, 1 p.m. – GEICO World Bowling Tour Finals presented by the PBA (men), Las Vegas.
Dec. 4, 2 p.m. – GEICO World Bowling Tour Finals presented by the PBA (women), Las Vegas.
Dec. 11, 1 p.m. – WSOB PBA World Championship, Carter Division, Las Vegas.
Dec. 18, 1 p.m. – WSOB PBA World Championship, Hardwick Division, Las Vegas.
Jan. 1, 1 p.m. – WSOB PBA World Championship, Petraglia Division, Las Vegas.
Jan. 8, 1 p.m. – WSOB PBA World Championship, Aulby Division, Las Vegas.
Jan. 15, 1 p.m. – WSOB PBA World Championship finals, Las Vegas.
Jan. 21-22 – Xtra Frame coverage of Cheetah Open presented by Ebonite, Fountain Valley, Calif.
Jan. 22, 3 p.m. – WSOB Bayer Viper Open, Las Vegas.
Jan. 29, 12:30 p.m. – USBC Masters, Las Vegas.
Feb. 5, 4 p.m. – Chris Paul PBA Celebrity Invitational, New Orleans.
Feb. 12, 3 p.m. – WSOB Chameleon Open, Las Vegas.
Feb. 18-19 – Xtra Frame coverage of Don Johnson Memorial Open presented by Columbia 300, Columbus, Ohio
Feb. 19, 3 p.m. – WSOB Scorpion Open, Las Vegas.
Feb. 26, 3 p.m. – 69th U.S. Open, North Brunswick, N.J.
March 4, 3 p.m. – WSOB GEICO Shark Open, Las Vegas.
March 10-11 – Xtra Frame coverage of Detroit Open presented by Track
March 25, 2:30 p.m. – WSOB Mark Roth-Marshall Holman PBA Doubles Championship, Las Vegas.
March 31-April 1 – Xtra Frame coverage of Dick Weber PBA Playoffs presented by Hammer, Indianapolis
April 1, 1 p.m. – WSOB Carmen Salvino Classic, Las Vegas.
April 8, 1 p.m. – WSOB Pepsi PBA Exempt Players Championship, Las Vegas.
April 15, 1 p.m. – PBA Tournament of Champions, Las Vegas.