The 2026 PBA Tour powered by Go Bowling rolls into Decatur, Illinois this week for the Groupon PBA Illinois Classic. The fourth title event of the season is underway at David Small’s Victory Lanes, where Squad A has completed the opening eight-game qualifying round.
David Krol leads the tournament after the first block with 2,008 over eight games for a 251 average, including a perfect game.
Defending champion Santtu Tahvanainen from Finland is currently in second place with 1,940. Michael Davidson holds third at 1,900, followed by Zach Wilkins in fourth with 1,873. Deo Benard rounds out the top five at 1,872.
Mitch Hupé and Alec Keplinger are tied for sixth at 1,858. Ryan Barnes stands eighth with 1,841, while Bill O’Neill and Jake Peters share ninth place with 1,831.
Squad B will take the lanes at 6 p.m. CST to bowl their eight-game session and complete the first half of qualifying.
Each player will compete in 16 total qualifying games across Tuesday and Wednesday on the 43-foot Carmen Salvino pattern.
Once qualifying concludes, only the top third of the field will move forward to an additional six-game round on Thursday morning. Those scores will determine the 24 players who advance to elimination match play.
Match play continues Friday with two sessions scheduled. From there, bracket winners, along with one additional player based on seeding, will advance to Sunday’s televised stepladder finals on The CW.
