PBA Tour Finals Heads To Michigan This June
PBA Tour Finals Heads To Michigan This June
The PBA Tour Finals, featuring the tour’s top eight performers in competition points over a two-year-span, will return in June.
The PBA Tour Finals, featuring the tour’s top eight performers in competition points over a two-year-span, will return to CBS Sports Network (U.S.) and FloBowling (international) for an action-packed weekend filled with nine hours of live coverage on June 26-27 from Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, Michigan.
Defending champion Kyle Troup leads the field of eight major winners competing for a PBA Tour title in the fifth-annual event. Joining Troup are Anthony Simonsen, Kris Prather, EJ Tackett, Bill O’Neill, Jesper Svensson, Francois Lavoie and Chris Via.
Via, who who finished ninth in points, earned a spot in the Tour Finals due to Jason Belmonte opting not to participate, returning home to Australia for the birth of his fourth child.
CBS Sports Network will present nine total hours of coverage on June 26-27 starting with two back-to-back live shows on Saturday, June 26 at Noon Eastern, followed by five consecutive hours of coverage on Sunday, June 27 beginning at Noon Eastern. International fans can watch live on FloBowling.com.
- Saturday, June 26
- Noon – Group 1 Positioning Round: Troup, Tackett, O’Neill, Via
- 2 p.m. – Group 2 Positioning Round: Simonsen, Prather, Svensson, Lavoie
- Sunday, June 27
- Noon – Group 1 Stepladder Finals
- 2 p.m. – Group 2 Stepladder Finals
- 4 p.m. – Championship Match
The 2020-2021 PBA Tour Points standings are as follows:
- *Jason Belmonte, Australia, 39,470
- will not compete
- Kyle Troup, Taylorsville, NC, 32,605
- Anthony Simonsen, Las Vegas, 31,310
- Kristopher Prather, Plainfield, IL, 30,990
- EJ Tackett, Bluffton, Ind., 30,610
- Bill O'Neill, Langhorne, PA, 29,715
- Jesper Svensson, Sweden, 28,110
- Francois Lavoie, Canada, 27,542.5
- Chris Via, Springfield, OH, 24,426
- Moves up to take 8th position with Belmonte out