Agent Ong Open

🎳 DON'T JUST WATCH THE ACTION....WIN WHILE YOU WATCH. 🎳

The Southwest Swing kicks off this weekend with the Cactus Classic, streamed LIVE on Inside Bowling's YouTube Channel.
We're giving away prizes throughout the weekend and drawing winners LIVE during the broadcast!

HOW TO ENTER:
✅ Follow the Agent Ong Open page
✅ Visit www.AgentOngOpen.com
✅ Click the floating Cactus Classic Giveaway button
✅ Complete the free entry form
✅ Tune in live starting Friday

That's it!

🌵 Cactus Classic
📺 Live on Inside Bowling
🎰 Part of the Southwest Swing

We'll be selecting winners throughout the weekend, so make sure you're watching when your name is called. The more you watch, the better your chances of catching a live drawing and celebrating with us!

PARTICIPATING BOWLERS ARE ELIGIBLE TOO!!!!

No purchase necessary. Open to legal U.S. residents age 18 or older. Void where prohibited. Official rules available at www.AgentOngOpen.com.

🎳 Watch. Win. Bowl.

Treat the Southwest Swing as three separate tournaments and you're leaving money on the table.

The Points Race rewards the bowler who shows up. All season. Every weekend.

Cactus Classic — June 19-21, 2026
Desert Heat Doubles — July 25-26, 2026
Agent Ong Open IV "All In" — October 15-18, 2026

Three stops. One season champion. Extra cash on the line beyond every event's prize fund.

Swipe through. We're breaking down three ways the Points Race changes how you bowl this season:

🎳 Why every event counts equally
🎳 How the Vegas finale doubles the stakes
🎳 Why consistency beats one hot weekend

The leader controls their own destiny. The chaser needs a deep Vegas run. Where are you sitting after Cactus?

Who's bowling all three?

For the bowlers. By the bowlers.

There isn't a more deserving person to have a Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) tournament named after them in their honor.

Congrats to the incredible Norm Duke! Enjoy your moment my friend.

Best of luck to all of the participants!

The Duke is up for grabs 🤩

The 5th Annual Cactus Classic starts this Friday. The first stop on the Southwest Swing! 🎳

The lanes get stripped, the pattern goes down, and the 2026 Points Race officially begins. Every frame this weekend counts toward season-long standings, and the race to the top of the Southwest Swing leaderboard starts with squad one.

Mike Flanagan and Inside Bowling will be on site covering the action, so if you can't make the trip, you'll still catch the competition as it unfolds.

Five years in, the Cactus Classic has built its reputation on real competition, tough lane conditions, and payouts that show up. No projected prize funds. No guesswork. Just bowling.

LOCATION: LAKEVIEW LANES | SUN CITY, AZ

SEVEN GAMES QUALIFYING
24 BOWLERS ADVANCE TO SUNDAY FINALS
FIRST ENTRY: $280 | RE-ENTRY: $175

SQUAD TIMES:
FRIDAY: 11AM (A) | "PRO AM": 5PM
SATURDAY: 7AM (B) | 12PM (C) | 5PM (D)
DESPERADO: FOLLOWING 5PM SQUAD
SUNDAY BRACKET FINALS: 8AM

CASH RATIO - 1:4 UNIQUE ENTRIES

Registration is still open. Walk-ins welcome. The Southwest Swing starts Friday. 🎳

Four months from today, the lanes are stripped and the first squad of the Agent Ong Open IV begins at South Point.

If you are planning to compete for the guaranteed $10,000 first-place prize fund in Las Vegas this October, now is the time to finalize your travel. Our official hotel room block at South Point Hotel and Casino is open, but the discounted tournament rates are strictly limited.

We see it every year. Bowlers wait until the final weeks to secure their spot and end up paying double for rooms or staying miles away from the tournament venue. When you are bowling multiple squads, chasing brackets, and grinding through tough oil patterns, the last thing you want is a thirty minute commute to the lanes.

Booking your room now locks in the exclusive tournament rate and keeps you right above the paddock. No long drives, no parking stress, just elevator rides straight to the approach. You can focus entirely on making your spares and reading the lane transition.

Squad entries are filling up fast. Head over to our website to secure your squad times and lock in your South Point room before the block closes and rates increase.

Register Today: www.agentongopen.com 🎳
Room Reservation: https://bit.ly/AOOSouthPoint

What a show and huge congrats to EJ Tackett!

EJ Tackett just hambone'd the World Championship 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆

Tackett became the first player in PBA history to win the same title event in four consecutive years.

Thursday squad or weekend squad?

This is the debate happening in every bowler group chat right now.

Thursday entry saves you $50. But it costs you a PTO day (or two) and a Wednesday flight.

Weekend entry runs higher and fits the work schedule. Fly in Friday morning, bowl all weekend, fly home Sunday night with a check (hopefully).

Either way, you're bowling for the same $10,000 guaranteed first place at South Point Bowling Plaza.

📅 October 15-18, 2026
📍 South Point Bowling Plaza | Las Vegas
💰 $10,000 Guaranteed First Place

So tell us in the comments. Thursday or Weekend? And what's the deciding factor for you — the entry savings or the work calendar?

Register: www.agentongopen.com

Step ladder finals or bracket madness. Which finish gets your blood pumping? 🎳

Two formats. Two very different kinds of pressure.

The step ladder is old-school theater. You climb the ladder one match at a time, knowing the next bowler up has been watching every shot you've thrown. One bad frame and the dream is over.

Bracket madness is chaos by design. Multiple rounds, fresh opponents, no time to settle in. You win, you advance. You lose, you pack up. The cream rises, but only if it can survive the grind.

At the Agent Ong Open IV - "All In," you don't have to pick a side. The Cashers Round runs the bracket gauntlet to cut the field to the top 24. From there, it's a true step ladder for the final 4 with $10,000 guaranteed to first.

So tell us. Are you a step ladder traditionalist or a bracket madness believer? Maybe a mix of both? Drop your answer below. 👇

📅 October 15-18, 2026
📍 South Point Bowling Plaza, Las Vegas

Register today: www.agentongopen.com

THE CITY LOOKS DIFFERENT IN GREEN.

This October, the Strip changes color.

The lights shift. The skyline tilts. The Agent Ong Open rolls into town and Las Vegas knows it.

This isn't a stop on the schedule. It's an arrival.

South Point Bowling Plaza turns into the loudest room in the sport. The Southwest Swing funnels here. The Friday Night Action Match lights up. Inside Bowling goes live. And one bowler walks out with the championship belt draped over their shoulder.

Not a plaque. Not a $40 trophy. A belt with metallic plates that reads Agent Ong Open Bowling Tournament Champion.

📅 October 15–18, 2026
📍 South Point Bowling Plaza, Las Vegas
💰 $10,000 Guaranteed First Place
🏆 Championship Belt to the Winner

The neon is waiting. The lanes are waiting. The belt is waiting.

Register today: www.agentongopen.com

B Squad just completed.

Your pair is open. Your name is up on the scoreboard. Your squad is next.

This is the moment nobody posts about. No camera angle catches it. Just you, the ball, and the approach you've walked a thousand times in your head this week.

Every tournament starts here. Game 1, frame 1, shot 1. The oil is fresh, the lane is honest, and the only thing standing between you and the casher round is the next six hours of ex*****on.

That belt doesn't get handed out. It gets earned one shot at a time, starting with this one.

Agent Ong Open IV - "All In"
🎳 October 15-18, 2026
📍 South Point Bowling Plaza, Las Vegas
💰 $10,000 Guaranteed First Place

Register: www.agentongopen.com