Colombian native Andres Gomez (pictured left), who has won titles around the world as a member of his national bowling team for more than a decade, will try to add a Professional Bowlers Association Tour title to his collection in the tape-delay TV finals of the PBA's Carmen Salvino Classic as part of the PBA Tour's final "doubleheader" weekend of the 2011-12 season.

The seventh of eight PBA World Series of Bowling finals, which was conducted in November 2011 at South Point Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas, will air Sunday at 1 p.m. ET on ESPN.

Also this weekend, the PBA Tour's competition points leaders will join the best players from the PBA's seven regional programs and the 2011 PBA Senior Tour points list for the Xtra Frame Tour Dick Weber PBA Playoffs presented by Hammer at Woodland Bowl in Indianapolis. The PBA Playoffs will be covered live, exclusively by PBA's online bowling channel, Xtra Frame, including all qualifying and elimination rounds Saturday and Sunday.

Gomez, a 38-year-old veteran of four seasons of PBA Tour competition, earned top qualifier honors for the Carmen Salvino Classic by averaging 249.44 over 16 games. He will face 2008-09 PBA Player of the Year Wes Malott (left) of Pflugerville, Texas; non-titlist Ronnie Russell (right) of Marion, Ind., and Australian two-handed star Jason Belmonte, who had at that time already won two World Series of Bowling titles, in the four-player "eliminator" format finals.

Gomez, who now lives in the Miami area, came closest to victory during the 2010 PBA World Series of Bowling when he finished second in the Pepsi Viper Championship, losing to Bill O'Neill of Southampton, Pa., 237-203, in the title match.

Sunday's ESPN eliminator-format finals will feature three one-game rounds. All four players bowl the opening game, with the lowest-scoring player after each game being eliminated. In the two rounds to follow, the same "low man out" format applies.

In the Salvino title match, the two surviving players will bowl for $15,000 and a PBA Tour title. Gomez, Russell and Malott also had a chance to earn a berth in the Round of 36 for the end-of-season PBA Tournament of Champions if they win (Belmonte has already qualified for the Round of 36 as title winners).

Gomez and Belmonte (left) tried to improve the international players' domination in the World Series to six titles in as many events events.

In the Dick Weber PBA Playoffs presented by Hammer, the winner (if he hasn't previously won a title during the 2011-12 season), also will earn a TOC Round of 36 berth along with $20,000 and a PBA Tour title. Dick Allen (right) of Columbia, S.C., is defending champion.

A Carmen Salvino Classic pre-event show will be webcast at no cost on pba.com's Xtra Frame online bowling channel starting Wednesday, with a follow-up post-game show immediately following Sunday's ESPN telecast.

 

2012 Xtra Frame Dick Weber PBA Playoffs presented by Hammer

Woodland Bowl, Indianapolis, March 30-April 1 (all times Eastern)

Friday, March 30, 2012
11 a.m. – A Squad (East, South, Central Region Groups) practice session
2 p.m. – B Squad (Midwest, Southwest, West/Northwest Groups) practice session
6 and 8:30 p.m. – Pro-am squads

Saturday, March 31
8 a.m. – Round One A Squad (East, South and Central Region groups of 25), 7 qualifying games
1 p.m. – Round One B Squad (Midwest, Southwest and West/Northwest groups of 25), 7 qualifying games
Top 9 players from each of six Regional Groups plus one Regional points leader, one Senior Tour points leader and one PBA Tour points leader per group advance to Round Two
6 p.m. – Round Two (six Regional Groups, 12 players each), 5 games
Top 7 players per Regional Group plus one PBA Tour points leader per group advance

Sunday, April 1
9 a.m. – Round Three (six Regional Groups, 8 players each), 5 games
Top 4 players per Regional Group advance
Noon – Round Four (six Regional Groups, 4 players each), 5 games
Top 2 players per Regional Group advance
3:30 p.m. – Regional Championships (two survivors from each Regional Group), 3 games, total pinfall
Winner of each Regional Championship advances
5 p.m. – Conference Championships (East Region champion vs. South Region champion, Central Region champion vs. Midwest Region champion, Southwest Region champion vs. West/Northwest Region champion), 3 games, total pinfall
Three winners advance to Semifinal Match
6:30 p.m. – Semifinal Match, three players, 3 games, total pinfall
Two players with highest pinfall totals advance to Championship Match
8 p.m. – Championship, 3 games, total pinfall (if tied, match will be decided in one-ball sudden-death roll-off).