The 2017 Shoot Out (officially the 2017 Coral Snooker Shoot Out) was a professional ranking
snooker
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tournament which took place at the
Watford Colosseum
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in
Watford
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Initially a smal ...
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
Fergal O'Brien (born 8 March 1972) is an Irish retired professional snooker player who competed on the World Snooker Tour from 1991 to 2024. He won one ranking title during his career, defeating Anthony Hamilton 9–7 in the final of the 1999 ...
in the second round.
Anthony McGill
Anthony McGill (born 5 February 1991) is a Scottish professional snooker player. He is a practice partner of retired snooker player Alan McManus.
McGill turned professional in 2010, after finishing fourth in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings. He ...
won his second ranking title, beating
Xiao Guodong
Xiao Guodong (; born 10 February 1989) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2007 after winning the Asian Under-21 Championships. He won his first ranking event 17 years after first turning professional at the 202 ...
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
Graeme Dott (born 12 May 1977) is a Scottish professional snooker player and snooker coach from Larkhall. He turned professional in 1994 and first entered the top 16 in 2001. He has won two ranking titles, the 2006 World Snooker Championship ...
.
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 , each of which lasted up to 10 minutes. The event featured a variable ; shots played in the first five minutes were allowed 15 seconds while the final five had a 10-second timer. All awarded the opponent a . Unlike traditional snooker, if a ball did not hit a on every shot, it was a foul. Rather than a
coin toss
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, a
lag
Lag, or similar, may refer to:
Lag
* Łąg, Poland
* Lag (company), a French guitar maker
* Lag (cue sports), a brief pre-game competition to determine which player will go first
* Latency (engineering), a slower response time in computing, co ...
was used to choose which player . In the event of a draw, each player received a shot at the this is known as a "blue ball shootout". The player who the ball with the from inside the 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.
*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
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stood at £15,000.
Tournament draw
All times in
Greenwich Mean Time
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. Times for quarter-finals, semi-finals and final are approximate. Players in bold denote match winners.
Round 1
23 February – 12:00
* 40–74
* 18–32
* 22–74
* 7–80
* 61–41
* 60–4
* 39–42
* 4–80
* 46–36
* 55–23
* 35–89
* 43–22
* 8–94
* 16–52
* 64–24
* 15–67
* 47–26
* 52–43
* 50–43
* 65–5
* 29–28
* 84–0
* 59–33
* 4–37
23 February – 19:00
* 1–78
* 6–54
* 30–47
* 58–18
* 47–43
* 68–14
* 37–68
* 4–30
* 22–56
* 11–58
* 19–56
* 4–92
* 7–69
* 26–108
* 66–16
* 96–0
24 February – 12:00
* 35–45
* 44–50
* 65–34
* 32–29
* 79–0
* 39–67
* 109–1
* 51–24
* 13–57
* 39–32
* 32–64
* 39–25
* 7–48
* 43–20
* 94–17
* 64–22
* 16–68
* 27–67
* 66–32
* 48–13
* 8–61
* 54–18
* 53–48
* 9–62
Round 2
24 February – 19:00
* 56–8
* 40–69
* 13–50
* 19–60
* 40–6
* 1–72
* 52–23
* 8–30
* 45–44
* 33–53
* 12–30
* 23–32
* 42–32
* 56–42
* 78–24
* 18–25
25 February – 19:00
* 25–61
* 0–115
* 32–66
* 62–8
* 73–1
* 8–77
* 56–16
* 32–16
* 34–17
* 58–1
* 35–54
* 3–50
* 34–27
* 56–39
* 35–55
* 58–35
Round 3
26 February – 12:00
* 15–58
* 26–40
* 1–63
* 37–61
* 85–10
* 54–11
* 61–46
* 0–98
* 57–28
* 6–41
* 25–21
* 60–22
* 13–60
* 12–50
* 24–48
* 71–0
Round 4
26 February – 18:00
* 71–5
* 38–15
* 73–29
* 0–78
* 68–9
* 14–58
* 1–79
* 30–50
Quarter-finals
26 February – 20:00
* 23–14
* 19–36
* 76–14
* 24–17
Semi-finals
26 February – 21:15
* 73–0
* 41–64
Final
References
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