2026 PBA Tour season
The 2026 PBA Tour season, the 67th season of play for the U.S. Professional Bowlers Association's ten-pin bowling tour, begins on February 16 with the pre-tournament qualifier for the PBA Players Championship. The season currently includes 16 singles title events, two doubles title events, and two non-title team events.
After the end of the 2025 regular season came news that the PBA and Fox Broadcasting had terminated their television contract. On April 30, 2025, the PBA announced that The CW had acquired the television rights to air ten live PBA Tour final rounds on consecutive Sunday afternoons, beginning February 22, 2026.
The PBA then announced on May 29 that all events of the 2026 and 2027 PBA World Series of Bowling will be covered on CBS stations. CBS Sports Network will have live coverage of four animal pattern events, while CBS terrestrial stations will host live coverage of the PBA World Championship finals. CBS broadcasts will also be live streamed on Paramount+. The May 9–12 telecasts for the four animal pattern events of WSOB XVII will include the semifinal and final rounds of the PBA event, plus the final round of a concurrent PBA50 World Series of Bowling event, marking the first PBA50 Tour television broadcasts since 2009.
The PBA Tour Finals, a postseason event which has aired on CBS Sports Network since the 2017 season, is being replaced with the PBA Norm Duke Open, in which eight finalists from qualifying will compete in five hours of live coverage.
Season overview
There are currently 18 telecasts totaling 55 hours over the 2026 PBA Tour season. The CW will air ten title events. CBS and CBS Sports will air six title events, plus two special non-title events.As in 2025, the final rounds of all five major events will be broadcast live on over-the-air network television. These include the finals of the PBA Players Championship on February 22, the U.S. Open on March 8, the USBC Masters on March 29, the PBA Tournament of Champions on April 26, and the PBA World Championship on June 13.
Tournament summary
The announced events to be held during the 2026 PBA Tour season are shown below. Major tournaments are in bold. Career PBA title numbers for winners are shown in parentheses. Winner's share prize money is shown in US dollars, except where indicated. The number shown with oil pattern names is the oil length in feet.Tour points are awarded for most events. Besides the season-ending Harry Smith PBA Points Winner award, points are one consideration for Player of the Year voting and some postseason events.
- Tier 3: PBA short format or limited field tournaments
- Tier 2: PBA standard tournaments with an open field
- Tier 1: PBA major tournaments
| Event | Airdate | City | Preliminary rounds | Final round | Oil pattern | Winner | Notes |
| PBA Players Championship | Feb 22 CW | Euless, TX Arlington, TX | Feb 17–20 | Live | Viper 37 & Badger 50 | PBA members-only event. PBA major. $100,000 top prize. | |
| Legendz PBA Pete Weber Missouri Classic | Mar 1 CW | St. Peters, MO | Feb 25–27 | Live | Dick Weber 45 | Open event. $30,000 top prize. | |
| U.S. Open | Mar 8 CW | Indianapolis, IN | Mar 3–7 | Live | Four custom patterns. Pattern 4 used for match play & finals. | Open event. PBA major. | |
| Groupon PBA Illinois Classic | Mar 15 CW | Decatur, IL | Mar 10–13 | Live | Carmen Salvino 43 | Open event. $30,000 top prize. | |
| PBA Indiana Classic | Mar 22 CW | Fort Wayne, IN | Mar 18–20 | Live | Mike Aulby 39 | Open event. $30,000 top prize. | |
| USBC Masters | Mar 29 CW | Allen Park, MI | Mar 24–28 | Live | USBC Custom | Open event. PBA major. | |
| USA vs. The World | Apr 4 CBS+ | Columbus, OH | - | Live | Non-title event. The top US and international players of the last 25 seasons draft and captain teams of five players. | ||
| Pilgrim's PBA Ohio Classic | Apr 5 CW | Columbus, OH | Mar 31–Apr 2 | Live | Dragon 47 | Open event. $30,000 top prize. | |
| PBA New York Classic | Apr 12 CW | Rochester, NY | Apr 7–10 | Live | Bear 38 | Open event. $30,000 top prize. | |
| Owen's Craft Mixers PBA Roth-Holman Doubles Championship | Apr 19 CW | Portland, ME | Apr 15–17 | Live | Mark Roth 43 Marshall Holman 38 | Open event. $50,000 top prize. | |
| PBA Tournament of Champions | Apr 26 CW | Fairlawn, OH | Apr 22–24 | Live | Don Johnson 40 | Invitational event. PBA major. $100,000 top prize. | |
| PBA WSOB Animal Championship 1 | May 9 CBS Sports* | Brooklyn Park, MN | Apr 30–May 1, May 9 | Live | Open event. | ||
| PBA WSOB Animal Championship 2 | May 10 CBS Sports* | Brooklyn Park, MN | May 2–3, May 10 | Live | Open event. | ||
| PBA WSOB Animal Championship 3 | May 11 CBS Sports* | Brooklyn Park, MN | May 4–5, May 11 | Live | Open event. | ||
| PBA WSOB Animal Championship 4 | May 12 CBS Sports* | Brooklyn Park, MN | May 6–7, May 12 | Live | Open event. | ||
| PBA World Championship | Jun 13 semifinals CBS Sports Jun 13 finals CBS+ | Brooklyn Park, MN Allen Park, MI | Apr 30–May 7, Jun 12 | Live | 4 animal patterns Earl Anthony 43 | Open event for WSOB entrants. PBA major. | |
| PBA Elite League Battle of the Brands | June 20 CBS Sports | Bethlehem, PA | 2026 season singles events | Live | Non-title team event. Six bowling ball manufacturer teams earn points during the 14 season singles events to determine seeding. | ||
| PBA Norm Duke Open | June 21 CBS Sports | Sinking Spring, PA Bethlehem, PA | Jun 15–19 | Live | Open event. Top eight from qualifying are seeded for quarterfinal round. Quarterfinals, semifinals and finals all televised. | ||
| PBA-PWBA Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles | Aug 2 BowlTV | Houston, TX | Jul 30–Aug 1 | Live | Custom Kegel pattern | Open PBA and PWBA event. | |
| Storm Lucky Larsen Masters | Aug 31 | Helsingborg, Sweden | Aug 21–30 | Live | Not announced |
- ''* = Broadcast will also include a PBA50 World Series of Bowling final round.''