In snooker (English billiards), almost all players are overwhelmed by a single shot of 147 points, and every professional player is proud to be able to play a single shot of 147 points. At the same time, both fans and opponents will give applause and congratulations to the players who played 147, the media will also widely report on this matter, in addition, the official event will generally set special rewards for players who play 147, so it can be seen that 147 is a particularly difficult thing for snooker sports, which is like the football industry will award the Puskas Prize every year to reward the best goal of the year. 147 is the equivalent of Puskas in snooker, and the meaning of this is self-evident. So, what exactly is a single shot 147, what is his significance, and why is it the object of all players' pursuit? Let's take a look at the following aspects.
1. What is single rod 147
147 points is the highest score in snooker sports, and it is also a perfect score. If players want to score 147 points, they must play a combination of 15 sets of red and black balls, and then score all the colored balls in order to complete a clearing. Each red ball is 1 point, each black ball is 7 points, and the other 5 color balls have a score of 2 to 6 points, and all the balls are played, adding up to a total of 15 + 7 * 15 + 27 = 147 points, which is the origin of the single par 147.
2. The difficulty of single pole 147
To play a single 147, the player must use the black ball to connect all the red balls, and then clean up all the color balls, the whole process needs to play 36 strokes, which has quite high requirements for the player's position, strength, angle, accuracy and K ball, and if you are not careful, you will give up your previous achievements, which is very difficult. Snooker has developed to this day, and the number of open matches is tens of millions, but since Thailand's Tachaia has just played 147 at the German Masters, the official record of 147 out of 171 times, that is, the probability of playing 147 is less than 0.02%, which is difficult to imagine.
3. Who has completed 147
Less than 50 players have completed the feat since 1982, when a generation of legendary Steve Davis first played a televised 174 in the Classic, and it's been exactly 39 years since Davis' first official 147 was produced. Until the 21st century, Billiards Emperor Hendry had been a regular at club 147, and he also played 147 at the age of 40, hitting a total of 11 strokes 147 in his career.
After the 21st century, Rocket O'Sullivan turned out to be the first in history to shoot a personal 12th shot of 147 in the final of the 2014 World Snooker Welsh Open. Currently, O'Sullivan is shooting a total of 15 strokes of 147, ranking first in the world in terms of full scores. In addition to the above two, Higgins, Bingham, Murphy, Selby and Trump have also completed 147, Ding Junhui's career total of 6 strokes 147, the absolute Asian brother, Liang Wenbo 3 times, Fu Jiajun 4 times. It can be seen that those who can complete 147 are the top snooker athletes in the world today, and it is difficult for ordinary enthusiasts or amateurs to play 147.
4. Regret of missing 147
In the history of snooker, countless excellent players have rubbed shoulders with 147 and regretted it for life. Former Ireland's Dahdi won the ranking tournament six times, and after retiring, he was elected president of the World Snooker Federation. At the 2000 World Snooker Wembley Masters, Dahdi tried 147 against Stevens, but the last black ball was accidentally lost, and Dahdi's shot stopped at 140 points, and the scene was full of regret, which was also the closest Dahdi was to the 147 club. Afterwards, Dahdi said more than once that missing this 147 was the biggest regret of his career.
5. What is the reward for playing a single stroke of 147
Recently, the International Taiwan Federation announced a plan, if you can play 147 full points at this year's World Championships, you will get a prize of 40,000 pounds, and a single maximum score of 15,000 pounds, that is, players playing a single stroke of 147, up to 55,000 pounds (about 600,000 yuan) of prize money. At the 2015 British Championships, the official prize money of 147 was £44,000.
In recent years, due to the decline of 147's prize money and unreasonable distribution, there has been a controversial scene in which Uncle Ma deliberately lost 147, but this does not affect the status of 147 in the hearts of everyone, and every organizer strives to stimulate the players' desire for 147 with prize money, of course, fans are also very happy to see 147's performance.
6, the significance of single rod 147
The single-shot 147 points, as the ceiling of snooker, has extraordinary significance for both the sport itself and the participants. The development of snooker is inseparable from the emergence of the single-shot 147, from the audience on the sidelines, to the event organizers, to the opponents, and even the referees, they all want to see the 147 with their own eyes, because this is a thing that can be encountered and not sought. For players, playing 147 can show their strength more, there are only a few people who can enter the 147 club, and only by playing a single 147 points can the player have the capital to be proud of.