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Chapters: Pba Tour, Professional Bowlers Tour, Pba Regional Tour, Sport Bowling. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour is the major professional tour for ten-pin bowling, operated by the Professional Bowlers Association. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the PBA Tour consists of "exempt" bowlers who are a part of the almost 4,300 members worldwide. From September to April of each year, the PBA Tour puts on a series of events for exempt members, as well as other PBA members who are able to qualify for the remaining spots in a given event. The events are held across the United States. In addition, the PBA Tour co-hosts the Dydo Japan Cup, along with the Japan Professional Bowling Association (JPBA). And, select American members compete against their European counterparts in the Weber Cup. From the PBA Tour's inception through the 2003-04 season, most national PBA events were open to the entire PBA membership. Starting in October 2004, the PBA adopted an all-exempt national tour format. In this format, only 64 bowlers compete each week. Bowlers can earn exemptions by winning a tournament during the previous season, winning one of the four major tournaments (thus gaining a multi-year exemption), placing among the top finishers in points, leading a region on the PBA Regional Tour, or finishing in a high position at the PBA Tour Trials. Under this new format, bona fide status as a touring professional is not a guarantee; it must be earned. The 2005 Tournament of Champions was pivotal, as Randy Pedersen was facing the loss of his tour card in the semi-final match against Norm Duke. On his final shot, Pedersen left a ringing 10-pin and immediately singled out the sidelines, accusing a spectator of distracting him as he ma...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=617329