2017 Snooker Shoot Out

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.

Coral Snooker Shoot Out

Tournament information
Dates	23–26 February 2017
Venue	Watford Colosseum
City	Watford
Country	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£146,000
Winner's share	£32,000
Highest break	Graeme Dott (96)
Final
Champion	Anthony McGill
Runner-up	Xiao Guodong
Score	1–0 (67–19)
← 2016 2018 →

Robin Hull was the defending champion, but he lost 18–25 to Fergal O'Brien in the second round.[1]

Anthony McGill won his second ranking title, beating Xiao Guodong 1–0 in the final (67–19).[2]

This was the first time that no century break was made in the competition. The highest break was a 96 from Graeme Dott.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below.[3]

Winner: £32,000 Runner-up: £16,000 Semi-final: £8,000 Quarter-final: £4,000 Last 16: £2,000 Last 32: £1,000 Last 64: £500 Last 128: £250

Highest break: £2,000 Total: £146,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £15,000.

Format and rules

2017 rules.[4]

Draw

Matches and session times are listed below.[5][6] Matches began within approximately ten minutes intervals. Random draws were conducted prior to each round.

Round 1

Thursday, 23 February – 12:00

Mei Xiwen 40–74 Robin Hull Duane Jones 18–32 Sunny Akani Zhou Yuelong 22–74 Jack Lisowski Sanderson Lam 7–80 Bradley Jones Mark Joyce 61–41 Joe Perry Liam Highfield 60–4 Oliver Brown Ian Burns 39–42 Daniel Wells Igor Figueiredo 4–80 John Astley Nigel Bond 46–36 Mark Allen James Cahill 55–23 Robbie Williams Alex Borg 35–89 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Anthony McGill 43–22 Oliver Lines

Sean O'Sullivan 8–94 Dominic Dale Craig Steadman 16–52 Jak Jones Michael White 64–24 Alan McManus Boonyarit Keattikun 15–67 Steven Hallworth Darryl Hill 47–26 Kurt Maflin Scott Donaldson 52–43 Thor Chuan Leong Mark King 50–43 Adam Duffy Cao Yupeng 65–5 Marc J Davis Michael Holt 29–28 Joshua Thomond David John 84–0 Charlie Walters Eden Sharav 59–33 Gareth Allen Hatem Yassen 4–37 Barry Hawkins

Thursday, 23 February – 19:00

Louis Heathcote 1–78 Jimmy White Michael Collumb 6–54 Joe Swail Michael Wild 30–47 Daniel Womersley Jamie Curtis-Barrett 58–18 Sam Baird Zhao Xintong 47–43 Mark Davis Sam Craigie 68–14 Mike Dunn Adam Stefanow 37–68 Fang Xiongman Rod Lawler 4–30 Xiao Guodong

Dechawat Poomjaeng 22–56 Fraser Patrick Josh Boileau 11–58 Zhang Yong Yan Bingtao 19–56 Hossein Vafaei Sydney Wilson 4–92 Andy Hicks Matthew Selt 7–69 Jason Weston Itaro Santos 26–108 Chen Zhe Chris Wakelin 66–16 Tom Ford Graeme Dott 96–0 Mitchell Mann

Friday, 24 February – 12:00

Aditya Mehta 35–45 Ken Doherty Lee Walker 44–50 Luca Brecel Andrew Higginson 65–34 Ian Preece Rhys Clark 32–29 Rory McLeod Fergal O'Brien 79–0 Ryan Day Zhang Anda 39–67 Shaun Murphy Liang Wenbo 109–1 Matthew Stevens Alfie Burden 51–24 Ben Woollaston Zak Surety 13–57 Robert Milkins Ross Muir 39–32 Martin O'Donnell Kurt Dunham 32–64 Stuart Carrington David Gilbert 39–25 Wang Yuchen

Kyren Wilson 7–48 David Grace Tian Pengfei 43–20 Peter Lines Jimmy Robertson 94–17 Elliot Slessor Allan Taylor 64–22 Christopher Keogan Jamie Cope 16–68 Michael Georgiou Hammad Miah 27–67 Ricky Walden Ashley Hugill 66–32 Paul S Davison Li Hang 48–13 Brandon Sargeant Gary Wilson 8–61 Anthony Hamilton Noppon Saengkham 54–18 Martin Gould Hamza Akbar 53–48 Stuart Bingham Jamie Jones 9–62 Mark Williams

Round 2

Friday, 24 February – 19:00

Shaun Murphy 56–8 John Astley Jason Weston 40–69 Alfie Burden David John 13–50 Liam Highfield Zhao Xintong 19–60 Ken Doherty David Gilbert 40–6 Sunny Akani Rhys Clark 1–72 Jimmy Robertson Mark King 52–23 Andrew Higginson Michael Holt 8–30 Ross Muir

Jimmy White 45–44 Chen Zhe Chris Wakelin 33–53 Jack Lisowski Jamie Curtis-Barrett 12–30 Anthony McGill Mark Joyce 23–32 Sam Craigie Cao Yupeng 42–32 Liang Wenbo Daniel Wells 56–42 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Dominic Dale 78–24 Hossein Vafaei Robin Hull 18–25 Fergal O'Brien

Saturday, 25 February – 19:00

Barry Hawkins 25–61 Eden Sharav Fang Xiongman 0–115 Anthony Hamilton Nigel Bond 32–66 Zhang Yong Ashley Hugill 62–8 Stuart Carrington Michael Georgiou 73–1 Ricky Walden Hamza Akbar 8–77 Xiao Guodong Joe Swail 56–16 Allan Taylor Li Hang 32–16 Graeme Dott

Luca Brecel 34–17 Scott Donaldson Steven Hallworth 58–1 Michael White Noppon Saengkham 35–54 James Cahill Fraser Patrick 3–50 Jak Jones Darryl Hill 34–27 Bradley Jones Daniel Womersley 56–39 Robert Milkins Tian Pengfei 35–55 David Grace Andy Hicks 58–35 Mark Williams

Round 3

Sunday, 26 February – 12:00

Zhang Yong 15–58 Andy Hicks Joe Swail 26–40 Jak Jones James Cahill 1–63 Ken Doherty Sam Craigie 37–61 Shaun Murphy Cao Yupeng 85–10 Jimmy Robertson David Grace 54–11 Dominic Dale Fergal O'Brien 61–46 Liam Highfield Luca Brecel 0–98 Anthony Hamilton

Anthony McGill 57–28 Mark King Ashley Hugill 6–41 Michael Georgiou Xiao Guodong 25–21 Daniel Womersley Jack Lisowski 60–22 Eden Sharav Darryl Hill 13–60 Li Hang Alfie Burden 12–50 David Gilbert Daniel Wells 24–48 Steven Hallworth Ross Muir 71–0 Jimmy White

Round 4

Sunday, 26 February – 18:00

Anthony Hamilton 71–5 Ross Muir Andy Hicks 38–15 Michael Georgiou Shaun Murphy 73–29 Jak Jones Jack Lisowski 0–78 Anthony McGill

Xiao Guodong 68–9 Ken Doherty Cao Yupeng 14–58 David Grace Fergal O'Brien 1–79 David Gilbert Li Hang 30–50 Steven Hallworth

Quarter-finals

Sunday, 26 February – 20:00

Xiao Guodong 23–14 David Gilbert Anthony Hamilton 19–36 Anthony McGill

Shaun Murphy 76–14 David Grace Andy Hicks 24–17 Steven Hallworth

Semi-finals

Sunday, 26 February – 21:15

• Xiao Guodong 73–0 Andy Hicks
• Shaun Murphy 41–64 Anthony McGill

Final

Sunday, 26 February – 21:45

• Xiao Guodong 19–67 Anthony McGill

References

1. "Coral Shoot Out Day Two Round Up - World Snooker". Worldsnooker.com. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
2. "Calendar 2017/2018 - World Snooker Live Scores". Livescores.worldsnookerdata.com. Archived from the original on 7 May 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. "Snooker Shoot Out 2017 : Competition Rules (Variations to the 'Rules of Snooker')" (PDF). Worldsnooker.com. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
5. "Calendar 2017/2018 - World Snooker Live Scores". livescores.worldsnookerdata.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
6. "CORAL SHOOT OUT 2017 : Watford Colosseum, 23 – 26 February 2017" (PDF). Worldsnooker.com. Retrieved 21 October 2017.