The month of February was grueling and after a week’s rest, the PBA players will be in Las Vegas starting this weekend to kick off the 2020 PBA World Series of Bowling XI.

A full field of 120 players will compete starting Sunday live on FloBowling at the South Point Bowling Plaza as four PBA Tour titles are on the line.

If a player went the distance and made every show, theoretically they could bowl more than 100 games over the course of the event. It will be a tough stretch with a ton on the line.

Here’s a quick look at each of the events:

PBA Cheetah Championship

The players will face shortest pattern of the event by far to kick things off as they look to tame the 33-foot Cheetah pattern.

Last year, it was Dick Allen who emerged as the winner in the Cheetah Championship, defeating Kyle Sherman, 234-195, to take his seventh career title. Rhino Page finished third, while Matt McNiel was fourth.

Qualifying for the Cheetah will take place Sunday with the first round at 3 p.m. Eastern and the second round at 8:30 p.m. Each round consists of five games and the top 16 players after 10 games advance to best-of-five match play on March 14.

Match play will consist of a Round of 16 at 3 p.m. Eastern on March 14 and a Round of 8 at 6 p.m. The four remaining players advance to the televised finals at 1:30 p.m. on March 15.

PBA Chameleon Championship

The second event in Vegas will feature the 39-foot Chameleon pattern and last year it was the eventual PBA Player of the Year who took home the title.

Jason Belmonte defeated Andres Gomez, 236-194, to win what was his 20^th career title at the time. AJ Chapman finished third, while Ronnie Russell took fourth.

The format for the Chameleon is identical to the Cheetah (and the Scorpion) as the first of five games of qualifying gets underway at 3 p.m. Eastern on Monday. The second round of qualifying will take place at 8:30 p.m.

The top 16 players will bowl the best-of-five match play on March 16 at Noon Eastern and the Round of 8 will occur at 3 p.m. The televised championship round begins at 8 p.m.

PBA Scorpion Championship

For the first time in his career, Kris Prather will enter an event as the defending champion after winning his first title last year in the PBA Scorpion Championship.

Prather knocked off BJ Moore, 200-190, to win the title, while Bill O’Neill took third and Kyle Troup was fourth.

The Scorpion pattern is 42 feet long and continues the progression of the patterns getting longer each day when the first round of qualifying begins Tuesday at 3 p.m. Eastern. The second round is at 8:30 p.m.

Just like the Cheetah and Chameleon, the top 16 Scorpion players will bowl best-of-five matches starting at Noon on March 17. The Round of 8 begins at 3 p.m. and the championship round is at 8 p.m.

PBA World Championship

In order to have a shot at the PBA World Championship, the season’s fourth major, players must perform well on the Cheetah, Chameleon and Scorpion patterns leading up to 10 final games of qualifying on the 43-foot Earl Anthony pattern.

All games carry forward from the animal pattern qualifying and combine with two five-game rounds on March 11 to complete 40 games of qualifying for the PBA World Championship.

The work only gets tougher after that for the 16 players who advance into round-robin match play after qualifying. On March 12, they will bowl two eight-game rounds starting at 3 p.m. Eastern and 8:30 p.m. to determine the five players who will bowl for the title on March 18 at 8 p.m.

In 2019, Belmonte became the first player in PBA history to win 11 majors when he claimed the title with a 236-227 win over Jakob Butturff. McNiel was third, O’Neill was fourth and Moore finished fifth.

USA vs. The World

The final event of the week, which is actually taped before the PBA World Championship show airs live, is the USA vs. The World match, which airs on March 19 at 8 p.m. Eastern.

Players will qualify for the made-for-television event by their 30-game qualifying totals on the three animal patterns. The top players from the United States will join forces to take on the top international players in a best-of-three Baker competition.

How to watch

All rounds of qualifying and match play throughout the two-week stretch at the World Series of Bowling will be broadcast exclusively on FloBowling.

Starting March 15 and continuing through March 19, bowling fans in the United States will be able to watch five consecutive days of finals on FS1. All five broadcasts will also be carried at the same time by FloBowling for international audiences.

What the schedule looks like

Here’s the schedule for this event. All times listed are Eastern.

Sunday, March 8
3 p.m. – Cheetah Qualifying Round 1 (five games)
8:30 p.m. – Cheetah Qualifying Round 2 (five games)

Monday, March 9
3 p.m. – Chameleon Qualifying Round 1 (five games)
8:30 p.m. – Chameleon Qualifying Round 2 (five games)

Tuesday, March 10
3 p.m. – Scorpion Qualifying Round 1 (five games)
8:30 p.m. – Scorpion Qualifying Round 2 (five games)

Wednesday, March 11
3 p.m. – World Championship Cashers Qualifying Round 1 (five games)
8:30 p.m. – World Championship Cashers Qualifying Round 2 (five games)

Thursday, March 12
3 p.m. – World Championship Round Robin Match Play Round 1 (eight games)
8:30 p.m. – World Championship Round Robin Match Play Round 2 (eight games)

Saturday, March 14
3 p.m. – Cheetah Round of 16 (best of five)
6 p.m. – Cheetah Round of 8 (best of five)

Sunday, March 15
1:30 p.m. – Cheetah Championship Round*

Monday, March 16
Noon – Chameleon Round of 16 (best of five)
3 p.m. – Chameleon Round of 8 (best of five)
8 p.m. – Chameleon Championship Round*

Tuesday, March 17
Noon – Scorpion Round of 16 (best of five)
3 p.m. – Scorpion Round of 8 (best of five)
8 p.m. – Scorpion Championship Round*

Wednesday, March 18
8 p.m. – World Championship Stepladder Finals*

Thursday, March 19
8 p.m. – USA vs. The World* (taped March 18 at 1 p.m. PT)

* - FloBowling live broadcast only for audiences outside the United States. The archive of the finals will be available for all audiences seven days after it airs live.