A strong PTQ field of more than 70 bowlers will kick off this week's Nationwide PWBA Columbus Open at Wayne Webb's Columbus Bowl in Columbus, Ohio.

Although the road to the PWBA Tour Championship may have had more bumps than planned in 2018 for Rocio Restrepo, she returned to form Saturday to win the BowlerX.com PWBA Twin Cities Open. 

Liz Kuhlkin has found her stride in the second half of the 2018 PWBA Tour season, and she continued her run Friday after leading qualifying at the BowlerX.com PWBA Twin Cities Open.

As a tour rookie, Mexico's Pamela Alvarez is enjoying the chance to learn more about herself and her game each week, and she's been able to turn those learning moments into success. For the second consecutive week, she qualified for a PWBA Tour Elite event through the pre-tournament qualifier (PTQ).

Although work obligations kept Elysia Current of Ephrata, Pennsylvania, from last week's PWBA Tour stop, she returned to the lanes Thursday and led the pre-tournament qualifier (PTQ) at the BowlerX.com PWBA Twin Cities Open.