SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED TO ALL MONTHLY STEPLADDER WINNERS. PRE-REGISTERED ENTRIES ARE $28.00 PER TOURNAMENT PAYABLE THE DAY OF THE TOURNAMENT. PRE-REGISTERED ENTRIES ARE MADE VIA THE WEBSITE AT  www.kansascityopen.com BY MIDNIGHT OF THE MONDAY PRIOR TO THE NEXT TOURNAMENT OR THE DAY OF A TOURNAMENT FOR ANY OR ALL SUBSEQUENT TOURNAMENTS. NO PHONE ENTRIES ARE ALLOWED. LATE REGISTRATION IS POSSIBLE THE DAY OF THE TOURNAMENT IF OPENINGS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE SQUAD YOU WISH TO BOWL IN. LATE REGISTRATION FEE WILL BE $33.00. WHEN POSSIBLE, KCO WILL SPONSOR JUNIOR GOLD QUALIFYING DURING POINT TOURNAMENTS

Youth/Adult Tournaments Fees are $56 dollars per team payable the day of the tournament.

Yearly Membership Fee $5.00 - Payable first tournament of season in which bowler participates.

Point Tournament:  Open to all current USBC Youth members. Each participant may enter only once.

Invitational Scholarship Tournament:  To qualify, you must bowl five point tournaments or four point tournaments and one youth/adult tournament. If more than one youth/adult tournament is held during the season, only one will count toward qualifying for the scholarship tournament.

Season Point Winners:  The high point winner in each division will receive a scholarship award at the end of the season

Season Perfect Attendance:  Everyone participating in all point tournaments will receive a scholarship award at the end of the season

BOWLING FORMAT – POINT TOURNAMENTS

 "A” SQUAD BOWLS FIRST BLOCK AT 9:00 / check in at 8:00
 “B” SQUAD BOWLS FIRST BLOCK AT 10:30 / check in at 9:30

SECOND BLOCK CHECK IN FOR BOTH SQUADS WILL BE DETERMINED THE DAY OF THE TOURNAMENT

STEPLADDER FINALS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING QUALIFYING

All bowlers will bowl two (2) three-game blocks.  Position standings will be posted after the completion of each squad.  Each 3-game block will be bowled on a different pair of lanes.

After the two qualifying blocks, the field will be cut to the top five bowlers in each division for the stepladder finals. Check-in time for the finals will be immediately following the posting of final qualifying scores. The stepladder finals will begin immediately following check-in. A 9th and 10th frame roll-off will determine ties between the top five finishers.  If a qualifying bowler is not present at check-in or a qualifying bowler withdraws prior to the beginning of match play, the alternate will become the 5^th position qualifier. All qualifiers originally ranked lower than the absent bowler will then advance one position. Once the alternate has been added to the top 5, there will be no changes to the finals line up.  If match play has begun and a qualifier withdraws prior to his/her match, that bowler will forfeit his/her match and be placed in the lower of the 2 positions he/she would have competed for.  If a bowler must withdraw for any reason during match play, the remainder of the game in progress will be forfeited.  The winner of the forfeited match will advance to the next match, if applicable.  If a bowler must withdraw after completion of a match for any reason, their opponent will advance to the next match, regardless of match outcome.  In stepladder finals, the highest qualifier chooses whether he/she will finish first or last.  The bowler finishing last bowls first on the odd lane.  Each qualifier will be allowed two practice balls on each lane.

When possible, The Kansas City Open will sponsor Junior Gold (JG) qualifying at each point tournament. Entries will only be accepted the day of the tournament.  Bowlers must show current JG membership card before each tournament.  If a bowler does not have their current JG membership card, they can purchase a new one or renew their existing card through the KCO the day of the tournament but unless a valid card is displayed prior to each tournament, that bowler will not be allowed to bowl JG qualifying in that KCO point tournament.  Fees and number of spots awarded will be determined the day of the tournament.  To participate in JG qualifying, bowlers must be at least 13 years of age, a female bowler’s average must be 165 or higher and a male bowler 175 or higher.  Junior Gold is a scratch tournament and each bowler must bowl six games.  Junior Gold qualifying will not be held during the Youth/Adult tournaments and the Invitational Scholarship tournament.

DIVISIONS:
1 - 200 and Over - SCRATCH
2 - 180 to 199 - HANDICAP
3 - 160 to 179 - HANDICAP
4 - 140 to 159 - HANDICAP
5 - 139 and Below - HANDICAP