Professional Bowlers Association

The Professional Bowlers Association, usually shortened to the PBA, is the main sanctioning body for professional ten-pin bowling in the United States. It is headquartered in Mechanicsville, Virginia, and has been owned by the Lucky Strike Entertainment Corporation since 2019. Its membership is counted in the thousands worldwide and is made up mostly of bowlers who compete at several levels, from the PBA Regional Tour through the PBA Tour and the PBA50 Tour to its international tours, with some pro shop owners, shop workers and teaching professionals also among the members. The association is led by a chief executive and a commissioner, who at the time of the source were Peter Murray and Tom Clark. It is the body that organises the circuit on which most of the sport's best-known American professionals have built their careers.