2024 USBC Masters Preview

S. Samek

Another PBA major tournament is upon us this week, the USBC Masters. Let’s preview the 2024 version of the event.

The PBA is back after a brief break for the all-star weekend and the last tournament was the Delaware Classic, which was won by David “Boog” Krol for first career title. Krol is looking to win his first major title and advance up the points lust where he is currently ranked sixth.

The defending champion in the event is actually a two-time defending champion in Anthony Simonsen, who looks to three peat for his fourth Masters title.

Jason Belmonte is another strong contender to win the Masters, as he has already done so four times. However, he hasn’t won this event sense 2017. A win this week would give him major title number 16.

EJ Tackett, Dom Barrett and Chris Barnes are looking to win the Master this week in order to complete the Grand Slam. Tacket has reached the championship finals of every event sense the US Open, but has come up title less, in his quest to repeat as PBA player of the year.

Qualifying for the event starts Monday March 25th, 2024, and runs until Wednesday March 27th, 2024. Afterwards the top 63 as well as Simonsen will be placed in a bracket for double elimination match play. The stepladder finals then take place on Sunday Match 31, 2024.