2017 PBA Tour Season

2017 is the 58th season of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour.

Tournament schedule and recaps
For the second year in a row, the PBA is holding three consecutive major tournaments in "Big February": The Barbasol PBA Players Championship, Fire Lake PBA Tournament of Champions, and the USBC Masters. The season's other two majors (U.S. Open and PBA World Championship) have yet to be scheduled.

Also for a second straight year, the PBA will keep a rolling points list for all of the season's Xtra Frame tournaments (so designated because they are broadcast start-to-finish on the PBA's Xtra Frame subscription webcast service). Last season, a $10,000 winner-take-all bonus was awarded to the top points earner in the series. For 2017, the Xtra Frame series has been renamed the XF PBA Tour Storm Cup, with Storm Bowling sponsoring an expanded award platform. The top points earner in 2017 will win a $20,000 bonus, with additional payouts for second through fifth-place finishers ($10,000, $8,000, $7,000 and $5,000). Eight tour stops make up the Storm Cup series. Two additional tournaments (DHC PBA Japan Invitational and PBA-PWBA Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles) are also covered exclusively by Xtra Frame, but do not qualify for Xtra Frame series points.

Tournament summary
Below is a current schedule of events for the 2017 PBA Tour season. (Events after July 2 are still TBA.) Major tournaments are in bold. Career PBA title numbers for winners are shown in parenthesis (#).


 * C : broadcast on CBS Sports Network
 * E : broadcast on ESPN
 * X : broadcast on the PBA's Xtra Frame webcast service