Larger fields for most non-majors a highlight of 2026 PBA Tour formats
JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Wednesday, December 24, 2025 2:00 pm
Left to right, Jeff Mann, Matt Taylor, and Ryan Speer are the three regional players who earned priority status for the 2026 PBA Tour at the 2025 BowlTV PBA Regional Players Invitational in Reno. Photo by PBA.
Larger fields for many tournaments could provide more opportunity for players without priority status who will have to compete in PTQs.
The details of tournaments for the CW portion of the schedule have been posted at PBA.com, while format details on the CBS Sports portion that includes the World Series have yet to be posted.
As anyone who follows the PBA knows, there was no Tour Trials this year, but that isn’t as big a loss as it might appear.
The reason is that there are more players...