2017 Snooker Shoot Out


The 2017 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 Snooker [Shoot Out#Format|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, 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, a lag 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 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

  • 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'''