The 2021 PBA Tour season featured a record-breaking year in earnings by Kyle Troup and had five players earn their first PBA Tour titles. Now, it’s time for a new season, and it begins with a major challenge.

One of the most important stretches of the PBA Tour season will take place starting Sunday when the 2021 PBA World Series of Bowling gets underway.

In what will be a can’t-miss event for bowling fans, the five players in the finals of the 2021 PBA Players Championship will bowl an incredibly important seeding round Saturday.

JUPITER, Fla. – In what he called one of the best television performances in his career, Dick Allen ran the ladder to win the South Region at the 2021 PBA Players Championship.

Match: No. 4 Anthony Simonsen vs. No. 20 Dick AllenRound: Round of 16Broadcast Info: Saturday, Oct. 17, 6 p.m. Eastern on FOX (U.S.) and FloBowling (international)Other Matches On This Show: No. 1 Jason Belmonte vs. No. 17 Jakob Butturff; No. 8 Sean Rash vs. No. 9 Francois Lavoie; No. 5 Kris Prather vs. No. 12 Marshall Kent

Match: No. 13 Dom Barrett vs. No. 20 Dick AllenRound: Round of 24Broadcast Info: Saturday, Oct. 10, 8 p.m. Eastern on FOX (U.S.) and FloBowling (international)Other Matches On This Show: No. 16 Tommy Jones vs. No. 17 Jakob Butturff; No. 9 Francois Lavoie Vs. No. 24 Norm Duke; No. 12 Marshall Kent vs. No. 21 Chris Via

Career Titles: 7Age: 412019 Earnings: $77,805 (rank: 11)2019 Points: 16,445 (rank: 15)2019 Peak Ranking: 112019 Low Ranking: Unranked

Dick Allen, who has bowled on the PBA Tour for 20 years and won two titles this season, has signed a five-year contract extension with MOTIV.