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While some locations have changed, the 2024 Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) Tour season matched the 2023 season with 12 title events scheduled in eight cities. [1] These include eight standard singles title events, three major title events, and one mixed doubles event.
The USBC Queens made its debut in 1961, as a companion to the Women's International Bowling Congress (WIBC) National Tournament. [2] It was known as the WIBC Queens from 1961–2004, until the WIBC became a part of the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) on January 1, 2005. The tournament is part of the World Bowling Tour, annually attracting ...
The PWBA hall of fame was founded in 1995 to recognize outstanding competitors on the professional women’s bowling tours and those who provided "outstanding support of professional women’s bowling off the lanes." [15] As of 2024, the hall of fame has a total of 49 members. There are four categories of inductees, one of which has closed:
The PWBA Tour Championship is one of the four major events on the PWBA (Professional Women's Bowling Association) Tour. The tournament has been the final event of the PWBA Tour season since the Tour's rebirth in 2015. It has been held in Arlington, Texas (2015), Midlothian, Virginia (2016) and Richmond, Virginia (2017 through 2019). [1]
The United States Women's Open, a.k.a. U.S. Women's Open or Women's U.S. Open, is an annual tournament for women, dedicated to ten-pin bowling in the United States.From its inception in 1949 until its cancellation in 2004, after the Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) folded, the event was held every year except for 1953, 1997 and 2002.
The United States Bowling Congress (USBC) is a sports membership organization dedicated to ten-pin bowling in the United States.It was formed in 2005 by a merger of the American Bowling Congress—the original codifier of all tenpin bowling standards, rules, and regulations from 1895 onwards; the Women's International Bowling Congress—founded in 1916, as the female bowlers' counterpart to ...
Shannon Pluhowsky (born August 8, 1982) is an American left-handed ten-pin bowler who competes in the Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) and internationally. Pluhowsky is a 22-time member of Team USA (2001–2021, 2024), [ 6 ] and a former four-time member of Junior Team USA (2000–2003).
The USBC Queens major was held at Sam's Town Bowling Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Tour's first stop at this venue since the 2000 season. Another 2023 highlight was the season-opening Stockton Open, which marked the PWBA Tour’s 100th event since its 2015 relaunch.