Worldsnooker is yet to publish the draw and format of the English Open 2017 but they have announced the schedule for the top players involved.

Thursday 5 Oct 2017 05:19PM

Snooker kings including Ronnie O’Sullivan, Judd Trump, Mark Selby and defending champion Liang Wenbo have already had their first round matches scheduled for this month’s English Open at the Barnsley Metrodome.

The world ranking event will feature 128 players in the flat draw, and the complete draw and format will not be available until after the seeding cut off falls at the end of this week’s European Masters.

But the following matches have already been scheduled, to give fans the chance to buy tickets to see their heroes:

Monday 16th 10am:
Barry Hawkins

Monday 16th 1pm
Judd Trump

Followed by
Liang Wenbo

Monday 16th 7pm
Ronnie O’Sullivan

Not before 8pm
Shaun Murphy

Tuesday 17th 10am
Marco Fu

Tuesday 17th 1pm
Mark Selby

Followed by
Ding Junhui

Tuesday 17th 7pm
John Higgins

Not before 8pm
Neil Robertson

Tickets are on sale now and there’s an amazing Barmy Barnsley offer currently running with all-day tickets available from Monday October 16 to Thursday October 19 for just £5! It’s an incredible chance to see many of your favourite players for the price of a single ticket, especially with action on seven tables in the early stages.

For ticket details CLICK HERE

The English Open runs from October 16 to 22 and it’s the first of the season’s Home Nations series.

On the other hand they still haven’t published the draw and format for the Shanghai Masters Qualifiers that run next week! But Ronnie (apparently sat in a train) was again on a roll on twitter and, amongst many other things (nutrition, running, his books, another hustle, tour structure) posted this:

So that’s good news.