According to WST official Steve Dawson, snooker will usher in a reform next season.
The format reforms are as follows;
The tournament will be played in a hierarchical confrontation, that is, the players ranked 32 will not have to play the qualifying round to advance directly to the main match. Players outside the 32nd rank play against each other. The format of the competition is the same as that of the World Championship Qualifiers. The winner will face off against the main player.
The first five races of the 2024-2025 season are the first to try to reform. The list of events is as follows;
English Open
Scottish Open
Northern Ireland Open
Welsh Open
German Masters
Bonus reform, overall increase.
The minimum prize fund for these events is £500,000. The total prize money for the season has been raised to £16 million. In the future, there will be more players like this year (Trump and O'Sullivan, who won more than 1 million bonuses at the same time in a single season).
reasons for restructuring;
1. The confrontation of players of the same level can effectively increase the bonus of low-ranking players.
2. In case the seeded players are upset out in advance, the game is more enjoyable.
Do you think this reform is positive for players or snooker itself, and for the promotion of snooker?