The PBA opened the 2022 season, as it did in 2021, with the expanded
PBA Players Championship. Five Regional events (East, South, Midwest, Southwest and West) were hosted first, with each Region holding a televised stepladder final round on
FS1. The five Regional winners then competed in the tournament finals held in
Euless, Texas on January 29.
Storm Bowling sponsors four events in the 2022 season that make up the Storm Cup series: David Small's Best of the Best Championship (Feb. 7–9), David Small's PBA Kokomo Championship (Feb. 14–16), Lubbock Sports Open (Mar. 18–20) and Colorado Springs Open (Mar. 22–24). Each event awards a PBA title, $20,000 top prize, and Tier 3 Tour points. The top five players in points over the four events will share in a $25,000 bonus pool, with $10,000 going to the player (
Jason Belmonte) with the most points. All four events are live-streamed exclusively on the FloBowling Web channel. The PBA League returns July 6–10 after a one-year hiatus, and features ten teams. In a change from previous events, each player on a team bowls a full game in the division qualifying round. Teams are seeded for the division stepladder based on total team scores, and the six highest-scoring bowlers from each division are awarded spots in the Strike Derby, which takes place in the same location. The division stepladders and Elias Cup Finals will still use the traditional
Baker game format.
Season awards End-of-season awards announced on November 2–4, 2022: •
Chris Schenkel PBA Player of the Year: Jason Belmonte •
Harry Smith PBA Points Leader Award: Jason Belmonte •
Harry Golden PBA Rookie of the Year: Santtu Tahvanainen •
George Young High Average Award: E. J. Tackett •
PBA Steve Nagy Sportsmanship Award: Jake Peters •
PBA Tony Reyes Community Service Award: Ryan Shafer == Tournament summary ==