�The PBA Tour's signature event, the 2011 PBA Tournament of Champions, will feature a record $1 million prize fund and a $25,000 first prize, the richest in professional bowling history. Different eligibility rules will open the event to any PBA title winner, including players who have won National, Regional, Senior and Women's Series titles. The Tournament of Champions will air on ESPN on Jan. 23.
�Lumber Liquidators has affirmed its commitment as the PBA Tour's title sponsor through September 2011. Lumber Liquidators has been the title sponsor since the beginning of the 2008-09 PBA Tour season.
�The PBA World Series of Bowling will return, producing nine separate TV shows and culminating with the PBA World Championship. A United States vs. the World special competition also will emanate from the WSOB. Last year's inaugural PBA World Series of Bowling had participation from 700 different professionals from 14 nations.
�For the first time in PBA history, select events will feature three consecutive days of live television (Friday, Saturday, Sunday time slots on ESPN's family of networks). The PBA World Championship and the U.S. Open will both be telecast in this groundbreaking presentation. Previously, only the final championship round of any PBA Tour event has been telecast.
�The USBC Masters again will round out the list of four major championships and will be aired live from Reno's National Bowling Stadium.
�For the first time in PBA history, live telecasts will air on ESPN in high definition.
�A new PBA Playoffs will conclude the season with a six-week series of shows. The elimination series will have its own separate prize fund and be a key decider in the PBA Player of the Year race.
�A new "Xtra Frame Tour" will bring the PBA Tour players to at least five different locations across the nation for competitions that will be "broadcast" exclusively on pba.com's Xtra Frame video-streaming service, but will not air on network television.
