It began on January 14th with the Hall of Fame Classic in Arlington, Texas and concluded on October 12 with the PBA Tour Playoffs in Centreville, Virginia.
Due to cancellations, only fourteen title events (thirteen singles and one doubles) were held in 2020 (versus twenty-nine in 2019).
[4] CBS Sports Network covered the PBA Tour Finals in July, as it has since the tournament's inception in 2017.
The PBA World Championship concluded March 15, but the match play and final rounds of the animal pattern tournaments were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
[9] The PBA announced on June 11 that the PBA Tour Finals, which features the top eight Tour points leaders over the last two seasons in an elimination-style tournament, would be held July 18–19 in Jupiter, Florida, despite the fact that top points earner Jason Belmonte of Australia could not attend due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.
CBS Sports Network aired all rounds of the tournament (nine hours) in live broadcasts over the two days.
[13] On August 20, it was announced that the PBA League was changing its location for 2020 to Centreville, Virginia and will be held without fans in attendance.
[14] On September 25, the PBA announced that the PBA League will be immediately followed by the match play rounds and TV finals for the World Series of Bowling animal pattern tournaments (postponed from March and relocated to Centreville, VA), with the final rounds airing October 4 and 5.
[16] Note: The Harry Golden PBA Rookie of the Year Award was not given this season because of the abbreviated schedule.