2024-01-31 FrankReport
7-time World Championship champion O'Sullivan made no secret of his pursuit of more high prize money, and his career has already exceeded 10 million pounds in prize money (2018 2019 season), and he is obviously not satisfied with the total prize money (about 12 million pounds) currently provided by the World Taiwan Federation in a season, on January 24, when the World Taiwan Federation announced that it would cooperate with Saudi Arabia to conduct a "Golden Ball 167" in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia from March 4 to 6 this year At the invitational tournament, O'Sullivan, as an invited player, showed his longing.
What is "Golden Ball 167"? According to the rules of the Riyadh Invitational: if a player can hit 147 in the game, then there will be an extra 20-point ball on the table, which is called "Riyadh Season Ball" by the organizers, and if the player can hit 147 and then score this 20-point goal, the total score of the game will be 167 points, to highlight the difference between Riyadh Masters and all other invitational tournaments.
What else to say? This 20-point ball is definitely worth a lot of money", O'Sullivan said: "I am very interested in this idea, I can say that this game method will inspire more "pure ** gram players", and many players flock to it when faced with such an interesting game method".
I'm wondering now, what is the prize money that comes with 167 points? O'Sullivan continued: "I believe this is going to be a very big award, and I will definitely go to this invitational tournament, listen, the Saudi sponsors are so strong that they can actually sponsor most of the sports that they want to sponsor."
It is reported that the first Riyadh Masters will invite 10 top players, including O'Sullivan and Trump, to participate, and the list of other 8 players will be announced soon.
Murphy, who is currently ranked No. 6, has also shown interest in the invitational tournament, but Murphy has not yet been confirmed to be invited, Murphy said: "I think the fans should give this invitational tournament a chance, unless you have participated in this exhibition match, otherwise you can't speculate or even criticize the prospect of this gimmicky invitational tournament, the "167 Golden Ball" is obviously a new idea that the organizers of ** Croatia are trying, and it is clear that the Saudi organizers are actively trying to make their tournament look different and have more charm" It is worth mentioning that Murphy hit a difficult 147 in a single game limited time (10 minutes limit) that season, which was almost unprecedented in such a rushed environment.