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2012–13 PBA Tour season

Field	Value
title	PBA Bowling Tour: 2012–13 Season
league	Professional Bowlers Association
sport	Ten-pin bowling
duration	October 23, 2012 – November 30, 2013
season	PBA Tour
MVP	Jason Belmonte
seasonslist	Professional Bowlers Association Seasons
seasonslistnames	PBA Tour
prevseason_link	PBA Bowling Tour: 2011–12 season
prevseason_year	2011–12
nextseason_link	PBA Bowling Tour: 2014 season
nextseason_year	2014

This is a recap of the 2012–13 season for the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. It was the tour's 54th season, and the fourth straight season in which all of the North American fall events are condensed into the PBA World Series of Bowling (WSOB). The season consisted of 34 individual title events, plus a "PBA League" team title event. The PBA billed 2012–13 as a "super season", running longer than one full year, in preparation for a return to a calendar-year season format for 2014.

This is also the first season since 2003–04 in which all events are open to any PBA member, as the Tour has abandoned the "exempt" tour format that began in the 2004–05 season. While "exempt" status for touring players has been dropped, the PBA Tour will still have a points system which affects a few events as well as "Touring 1" and "Touring 2" player statuses.

Tournament schedule and recaps

For the fourth season in a row, the PBA held the fall North American events in one location at the GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling (WSOB). Preliminary rounds of the televised tournaments were November 3–7, with television tapings on November 10–11. All of the events were held at the South Point Casino's bowling center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The season will run an unprecedented 14 months, concluding with a second PBA World Series of Bowling in the fall of 2013. This is in preparation for a move to a calendar year national tour format in 2014. In all, the 2012–13 season will have 40 title events, including 15 international tour stops. The international stops are part of the World Bowling Tour (WBT), but will award PBA titles to winners who are full-fledged PBA members at the time of the tournament (including members of international PBA organizations).

The World Series of Bowling for 2012 included four stand-alone title tournaments (Cheetah Championship, Viper Championship, Chameleon Championship and Scorpion Championship), plus the PBA World Championship major. The qualifying rounds of each stand-alone "animal pattern" event (8 games each for a total of 32 games) also served as the initial qualifying for the PBA World Championship. The PBA World Championship then held match-play for the top 24 bowlers on November 8–9. The WBT Men's and WBT Women's final rounds were also taped at the WSOB for a later TV broadcast. The WBT Men's final is now a PBA title event (it was not in 2011). All final rounds at the 2012 WSOB returned to a stepladder format, after an "eliminator" format was used for several events in 2011.

Following the WSOB, the Round1 Japan Cup invitational tournament (formerly Dydo Japan Cup) took place November 29 – December 2 in Japan. This tournament, which typically includes a number of PBA Tour players and is a PBA title event, was not held in 2011 due to the earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan.

After three more international tour stops, the "PBA Winter Swing" commenced in North America with four tournaments in Allen Park, Michigan held January 19–28, 2013. The "PBA Summer Swing" took place May 19 – June 2, with four full tournaments held in and around Milwaukee, Wisconsin, plus a made-for-TV "King of the Swing" stepladder final. The remaining three major tournaments are spread out through 2013 (USBC Masters in February, Barbasol PBA Tournament of Champions in March, and U.S. Open in July).

Tournament summary

Below is a schedule of events for the 2012–13 PBA Tour season. Major tournaments are in bold. Career PBA title numbers for winners are shown in parentheses (x).

Event	Airdate	City	Preliminary rounds	Final round	Oil pattern	Winner	Notes
Australian Masters	N/A	Sydney, Australia	Oct 23-26, 2012	Oct 27, 2012		Jason Belmonte (5)	WBT and PBA title event. $25,000 first prize.
Bayer Advanced Aspirin
World Bowling Tour Men's Final	Dec 9, 2012 E	Las Vegas, NV	Multiple dates	Nov 10, 2012		Chris Barnes	Not a PBA title event. $20,000 first prize.
Bayer Advanced Aspirin
World Bowling Tour Women's Final	Dec 9, 2012 E	Las Vegas, NV	Multiple dates	Nov 10, 2012		Missy Parkin	Not a PBA title event. $20,000 first prize.
Alka Seltzer Plus Cold Medicine
Cheetah Championship	Dec 16, 2012 E	Las Vegas, NV	Nov 3–7, 2012	Nov 10, 2012	Cheetah	Bill O'Neill (4)	Open event. $20,000 first prize.
PBA Viper Championship	Dec 23, 2012 E	Las Vegas, NV	Nov 3–7, 2012	Nov 10, 2012	Viper	Brad Angelo (2)	Open event. $20,000 first prize.
PBA Chameleon Championship	Dec 30, 2012 E	Las Vegas, NV	Nov 3–7, 2012	Nov 11, 2012	Chameleon	Scott Norton (2)	Open event. $20,000 first prize.
Bowlers Journal Scorpion Championship	Jan 6, 2013 E	Las Vegas, NV	Nov 3–7, 2012	Nov 11, 2012	Scorpion	Tom Daugherty (1)	Open event. $20,000 first prize.
PBA World Championship 2012	Jan 13, 2013 E	Las Vegas, NV	Nov 3–9, 2012	Nov 11, 2012	World Championship	Parker Bohn III (33)	Open event for WSOB entrants. $50,000 first prize.
Round1 Japan Cup 2012	Jan 20, 2013 E	Japan	Nov 29 – Dec 1, 2012	Dec 2, 2012		Mika Koivuniemi (10)	Invitational for JPBA and PBA members. $71,700 top prize.
WBT Qatar Open		Doha, Qatar	Dec 9–14, 2012	Dec 15, 2012		Mika Koivuniemi (11)	Open WBT and PBA title event. $39,480 top prize.
WBT Brunswick BallMaster Open		Helsinki, Finland	Jan 4–12	Jan 13		Jesper Svensson, Sweden (amateur)	Open WBT and PBA title event. €12,000 top prize.
WBT International Bowling Championship		Inazawa, Japan	Jan 15–18	Jan 19		Tommy Jones (14)	Open WBT and PBA title event. $75,000 top prize.
PBA League	Jan 27, 2013 E	Allen Park, MI	Jan 19–25	Live
(Round 1 only)		Team event.
Chris Paul PBA League All-Stars	Feb 3, 2013 E	Los Angeles, CA	n/a	Jan 7		Chris Barnes and
Chris Hardwick	Invitational charity pro-am event.
Carmen Salvino Classic
PBA League Round 2	Feb 10, 2013 E	Allen Park, MI	Jan 19–25	Jan 26	Carmen Salvino	Andres Gomez (2)	Open event. $15,000 top prize.
Mark Roth Classic
PBA League Round 3	Feb 17, 2013 E	Allen Park, MI	Jan 19–25	Jan 26	Mark Roth	Michael Haugen Jr. (3)	Open event. $15,000 top prize.
USBC Masters	Feb 24, 2014 E	North Brunswick, NJ	Feb 18–23	Live	Custom	Jason Belmonte (6)	Open to PBA and qualifying USBC members. $50,000 top prize.
Don Carter Classic
PBA League Round 4	Mar 3, 2013 E	Allen Park, MI	Jan 19–25	Jan 26	Don Carter	Jason Sterner (1)	Open event. $15,000 top prize.
Earl Anthony PBA Players Championship
PBA League Round 5	Mar 24, 2013 E	Allen Park, MI	Jan 19–25	Jan 27	Earl Anthony	Scott Norton (3)	Open event. $25,000 top prize.
WBT Bahrain Open		Bahrain	Mar 3–8	Mar 9		Osku Palermaa (3)	Open WBT and PBA title event.
WBT Kuwait Open		Kuwait City, Kuwait	Mar 13–16	Mar 17		Sean Rash (6)	Open WBT and PBA title event.
WBT Brunswick EuroChallenge		Munich, Germany	Mar 15–23	Mar 24		Ronnie Russell (1)	Open WBT and PBA title event. €15,000 top prize.
Barbasol PBA Tournament of Champions	Mar 31, 2013 E	Indianapolis, IN	Mar 26–30	Live	ToC (custom)	Pete Weber (37)	Invitational. Most recent 48 PBA Tour champions and past
ToC winners only. $50,000 top prize.
PBA League Finals	Apr 7, 2013 E	Indianapolis, IN	Jan 19–27	Mar 31		NYC WTT KingPins
(Owner: Billie Jean King.
Team: Pete Weber,
Tommy Jones,
Scott Norton,
Jack Jurek,
John Szczerbinski,
Kelly Kulick-alt)	Team event. $75,000 top prize.
Lucas Oil PBA Badger Open	Jun 11, 2013 C	Waukesha, WI	May 19–21	Jun 1	Badger	Jake Peters (1)	Open event.
Lucas Oil PBA Wolf Open	Jun 18, 2013 C	Milwaukee, WI	May 22–24	Jun 1	Wolf	Chris Loschetter (1)	Open event.
Lucas Oil PBA Bear Open	Jun 25, 2013 C	Wauwatosa, WI	May 26–28	Jun 1	Bear	Jason Belmonte (7)	Open event.
Lucas Oil PBA Milwaukee Open	Jul 2, 2013 C	Milwaukee, WI	May 19–30	Jun 2	Top seed
chooses (Badger)	Chris Barnes (15)	Starting field includes 28 players with the highest total pinfalls
from Badger, Wolf and Bear open qualifying.
GEICO PBA Summer "King of the Swing"	Jul 9, 2013 C	Milwaukee, WI	May 19–30	Jun 2	Top seed
chooses (Badger)	Norm Duke	Non-title event stepladder final only.
Includes winners of Badger, Wolf, Bear and Milwaukee Opens,
plus one non-winner with the highest qualifying pinfall.
Lipton U.S. Open	Jul 27, 2013 E	Columbus, OH	Jul 21–26	Live	U.S. Open
(custom)	Wes Malott (8)	Open event. $50,000 first prize.
WTBA World Championships		Henderson, NV	Aug 17–30	Aug 31		Cho Young-Seon (Korea)	Open event for WBT members.
WBT Vienna Open		Vienna, Austria	Oct 1–5	Oct 6		Mika Koivuniemi (12)	Open WBT and PBA title event.
WBT Thailand Open		Bangkok, Thailand	Oct 14–20	Oct 21		Sean Rash (7)	Open WBT and PBA title event.
WSOB Cheetah Championship	Dec 1, 2013 E	Las Vegas, NV	Oct 25–26	Nov 2	Cheetah	Wes Malott (9)	Open event. $20,000 first prize.
WSOB Viper Championship	Dec 8, 2013 E	Las Vegas, NV	Oct 25, 27	Nov 2	Viper	Chris Barnes (16)	Open event. $20,000 first prize.
WSOB Chameleon Championship	Dec 15, 2013 E	Las Vegas, NV	Oct 25, 28	Nov 2	Chameleon	Ryan Ciminelli (2)	Open event. $20,000 first prize.
WSOB Scorpion Championship	Dec 22, 2013 E	Las Vegas, NV	Oct 25, 29	Nov 3	Scorpion	Tom Smallwood (2)	Open event. $20,000 top prize.
PBA World Championship 2013	Dec 29, 2013 E	Las Vegas, NV	Oct 25–31	Nov 3	Top seed
chooses	Dom Barrett (2)	Open event for WSOB entrants. $50,000 first prize.
World Bowling Tour Women's Final	Jan 5, 2014 E	Las Vegas, NV	Multiple dates	Nov 3		Kelly Kulick	Non-title event. $20,000 top prize.
World Bowling Tour Men's Final	Jan 5, 2014 E	Las Vegas, NV	Multiple dates	Nov 3		Sean Rash	Non-title event. $20,000 first prize.
Round1 Japan Cup 2013	Jan 19, 2014 E	Japan	Nov 27–29	Nov 30		Yuya Katoh	Invitational for JPBA and PBA members.
Abu Dhabi WBT	N/A	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Dec 1-5	Dec 6		Thomas Larsen (1)	Open WBT and PBA title event. $30,000 (U.S.) top prize.
7th Kingdom International Open	N/A	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Dec 11-15	Dec 16		Tommy Jones (15)	Open WBT and PBA title event. $25,000 (U.S.) top prize.

C: broadcast on CBS Sports Network
E: broadcast on ESPN

References

Vint, Bill. (February 9, 2012). "2012 PBA World Series of Bowling Returns to South Point in Las Vegas Nov. 2–11". PBA.
Vint, Bill. (November 10, 2011). "PBA to Return to Non-Exempt Tour for 2012–13 Season". PBA.
"PBA super-sizes 2012–13 season". bowl.com.
Dougherty, Pete. (June 26, 2012). "PBA returning to calendar season in 2014". [[Times Union (Albany).
Vint, Bill. (January 20, 2012). "Resumption of Japan Cup Adds Incentive to 2011–12 PBA Tour Season; Top 16 Points Leaders will be Invited". PBA.

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