WATERLOO, Iowa – After a week in Cleveland, the Professional Women’s Bowling Association Tour is now heading to Cadillac XBC in Waterloo, Iowa, for the PWBA Bowlers Journal Waterloo Open, which starts on Thursday.

Cadillac XBC previously hosted PWBA Tour Championship week in 2023 and is back for the second time in three years to host a national stop on the PWBA Tour.

Latvia’s Diana Zavjalova will seek a second straight win in Waterloo after winning the 2023 PWBA Waterloo Open. She also will look to continue her momentum after a runner-up finish at the PWBA Rock ‘n’ Roll Open in Cleveland on Monday.

The PWBA Bowlers Journal Waterloo Open will start with a pre-tournament qualifier Thursday at 11 a.m. Eastern, where 16 bowlers will advance to the tournament proper to finalize the full field of 85 athletes. After the PTQ, competitors will have their official practice session from 4 p.m.–5:30 p.m. Eastern before the Bowl with the Pros event gets underway at 7 p.m. Eastern.

Friday will see two six-game rounds of qualifying at 11 a.m. Eastern and 6 p.m. Eastern, where the top third of the field will advance. Those bowlers will return at 10 a.m. Eastern on Saturday morning for an additonal six-game qualifying block before the final cut to the top 12 for the fourth and final six-game block, which will start at 3 p.m. Eastern. The top five will head to the stepladder finals beginning at 7:30 p.m. Eastern on Saturday evening.

All rounds of competition will be livestreamed on BowlTV.

Through five events, Singapore’s New Hui Fen leads the way for the PWBA Player of the Year race with two wins and the most points (42,450). Last year’s Player of the Year, Malaysia’s Sin Li Jane, is close behind with 36,840 points, bolstered by her seventh-place finish at the PWBA BowlTV Open and ninth-place finish during the PWBA Rock ‘n’ Roll Open, along with her runner-up placement at the 2025 United States Bowling Congress Queens.

Sin is seeking to be the first back-to-back winner of the award since Shannon O’Keefe in 2018 and 2019, while New is trying to be the first Singaporean PWBA Player of the Year and third international player (Sin in 2024 and Australia’s Carol Gianotti in 1997) overall to win the award. Jordan Snodgrass of Adrain, Michigan, the 2023 Player of the Year, is third in the points race (33,925) after two straight championship-round appearances in Cleveland.

Malaysia’s Gillian Lim leads the Rookie of the Year race with 14,625 points while Singapore’s Arianne Tay is second with 13,080. Lim will have to advance out of the PTQ for the Bowlers Journal Waterloo Open to strengthen her case for the award.

With six events that count for points and two majors to go, it's still anyone’s game for the Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year awards. Last season, Sin did not clinch the Player of the Year award until after the final match-play round at the PWBA Tour Championship, and this year’s race looks to be just as close.

For more information on the PWBA Tour, visit PWBA.com/national-tour.