Texas State Women's Champsionship!

Music to my ears, and some of the greatest words in one sentence:  "Texas State Women's Championship!"

The OB Cues Ladies Tour will be hosting a Texas State Women's Championship!  Either for first time ever, or for first time in a long time!  Woo-Hoo

It will be held at Casper's Billiards in San Leon, Texas the weekend of April 16th!

A State Championship, sanctioned by the WPBA, requires a few, crucial pieces to fall in place for one to come to fruition:

• Tournament must be played on 9 foot tables.
• All levels of pros are allowed to play in State Championships.
• The pool room is supposed to pay a $500 membership (vs the $100 membership they were required to pay in order to have a regular qualifier before).
• Minimum added money for a State Championship is $1,000.

The OB Cues Ladies Tour guarantees $2,000-added, so the $1,000 added was not a problem. 

Why the excitement, then?  Well, it's been tough to meet all the qualifications.  Nine-foot table pool rooms are few and far between in Texas, and the pool room is already adding $2,000 so the extra $500 was not an easy sell.  Magoo's in Tulsa, Oklahoma held an Oklahoma State Championship through the OB Cues Ladies Tour for years, but it was always very tough to get one in Texas, that's why we hadn't had one in a very long time.

Further, all State Championships are qualifiers for the Women's US Open!  And technically, the only means to have a qualifier for the US Open.  And as you can imagine, there are a limited number of qualifier spots available for the US Open.  This event will be a qualifier for the 2011 US Open! 

This is a huge score for Texas, the ladies, the fans, the WPBA, and especially the OB Cues Ladies Tour!

Don't be confused about the Texas Open - yes, it's a state tourney, but the women's division was never WPBA-sanctioned by the pool room owners (we tried!), so it was never an official Texas State Championship like this one will be.

Pros are not eligible to play on the OB Cues Ladies Tour, but one of the rules of the WPBA-sanctioned State Championship is pros are allowed to play in them.  So, get your game on pros - get your butts to Texas and compete on one of the strongest tours in the country!  We aint scared of ya!