Koivuniemi defeated Tom Daugherty in the semifinals, 299–100. The TOC is the only PBA major that all-time titles leader Walter Ray Williams Jr. has never won. The 2010–11 Tournament of Champions took place January 16–22, 2011, and featured a $1 million purse and $250,000 first prize, making it the richest PBA tournament ever. The tournament had an all-new format that included a "Champions Field" and an "Elite Field." The Champions Field (maximum of 180 bowlers) included any past PBA champions with four or fewer titles, plus titlists on the PBA Regional Tour, PBA Women's Series tour, PBA Senior Tour and PBA Senior Regional Tour who were PBA members at the time of the titles. The Top 90 finishers after 14 qualifying games advanced to bowl against the Elite Field. The Elite Field included all 2010–11 exempt PBA players, any PBA Hall of Famer, any player listed in 2008 as one of the "50 Greatest PBA Players of the Last 50 Years," any PBA player with five or more PBA Tour titles or at least one PBA major title, plus the winners of the 2010 USBC Senior Masters, 2010 PBA Senior U.S. Open, 2010 Regional Players Invitational and 2010 Regional Players Championship. All entrants had to be full-fledged PBA members as of October 1, 2010. Tournament Winners 2022 Event The 2022 PBA Tournament of Champions was held February 22–27 at Riviera Lanes in Fairlawn, Ohio, with a pre-tournament qualifier (PTQ) on February 21. The starting field of 66 players included 58 past PBA Tour champions and eight PBA Regional Tour champions who were added out of the PTQ. The total prize fund was $322,000, with a $100,000 winner's share. The televised final on February 27 used a five-player stepladder format. England's Dominic Barrett won from the #2 seed position to take his ninth PBA Tour title and third major championship, defeating top seed Kristopher Prather in the final match. Having previously won the PBA World Championship (2013) and U.S. Open (2018), Barrett became the eighth triple crown winner in PBA history. Prize Pool: 1. Dominic Barrett (Great Bentley, England) – $100,000 2. Kristopher Prather (Plainfield, Illinois) – $55,000 3. Shawn Maldonado (Sugar Land, Texas) – $30,000 4. Sean Rash (Montgomery, Illinois) – $20,000 5. Tommy Jones (Simpsonville, South Carolina) – $15,000 Past winners Jason Thomas' "Top 10 Moments in T of C History" In 2010, PBA.com writer Jason Thomas listed his