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Snooker Shoot Out becomes ranking event

Xinhua, May 11, 2016 Adjust font size:

Snooker's Shoot Out tournament will be a world ranking event for the first time in the coming season, World Snooker said on Wednesday.

The one frame knockout event with a shot clock is known for producing quick-fire action and dramatic finishes. All matches are played over one frame lasting a maximum of 10 minutes.

The tournament, which was first staged in 2011, has been won by Nigel Bond, Barry Hawkins, Martin Gould, Dominic Dale, Michael White and most recently Finland's Robin Hull, who beat Luca Brecel in the final in Reading in February.

During the 2016/17 season, money earned at the Shoot Out will count into the money rankings list for the first time. The tournament will be open to all 128 World Snooker Tour players, rather than the top 64 seeds who enter, as has been the case in previous years.

The 2017 event will run from February 24 to 26, with the venue yet to be announced. Endit