- Source: 2017 Snooker Shoot Out
The 2017 Shoot Out (officially the 2017 Coral Snooker Shoot Out) was a professional ranking snooker tournament which took place at the Watford Colosseum in Watford from 23 to 26 February 2017. It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker. In 2017 it was extended from 64 to 128 players, and became a ranking tournament for the first time in its history. It was the 15th ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.
Robin Hull was the defending champion, but he lost 18–25 to Fergal O'Brien in the second round.
Anthony McGill won his second ranking title, beating Xiao Guodong 67–19 in the final.
This was the first time that no century break was made in the competition. The highest break was a 96 from Graeme Dott.
This was the 300th ranking event to be staged in snooker.
Tournament format
The tournament was played using a variation of the traditional snooker rules. The draw was randomised before each round. All matches were played over a single frame, each of which lasted up to 10 minutes. The event featured a variable shot clock; shots played in the first five minutes were allowed 15 seconds while the final five had a 10-second timer. All foul shots awarded the opponent a ball in hand. Unlike traditional snooker, if a ball did not hit a cushion on every shot, it was a foul. Rather than a coin toss, a lag was used to choose which player breaks. In the event of a draw, each player received a shot at the blue ball this is known as a "blue ball shootout". The player who potted the ball with the cue ball from inside the D and the blue ball on its spot with the opponent missing won the match.
= Prize fund
=The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below.
Total: £146,000
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £15,000.
Tournament draw
All times in Greenwich Mean Time. Times for quarter-finals, semi-finals and final are approximate. Players in bold denote match winners.
= Round 1
=23 February – 12:00
23 February – 19:00
24 February – 12:00
= Round 2
=24 February – 19:00
25 February – 19:00
= Round 3
=26 February – 12:00
= Round 4
=26 February – 18:00
= Quarter-finals
=26 February – 20:00
= Semi-finals
=26 February – 21:15
Xiao Guodong (CHN) 73–0 Andy Hicks (ENG)
Shaun Murphy (ENG) 41–64 Anthony McGill (SCO)
= Final
=References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- 2017 Snooker Shoot Out
- Snooker Shoot Out
- 2020 Snooker Shoot Out
- Xiao Guodong
- 2018 Snooker Shoot Out
- 2019 Snooker Shoot Out
- 2016 Snooker Shoot-Out
- Michael Holt (snooker player)
- James Cahill (snooker player)
- List of snooker ranking tournaments
