A first 147 at the 2023 Shoot Out

Monique Professional snooker, Professional snooker tournament

Shaun Murphy made the first maximum ever at the Shoot Out yesterday. Given the format, this is a very remarkable achievement. Here it is, shared by ES on their YouTube channel

As well as the reactions afterwards

On snooker.org we had a discussion about wether it would count as an “official” maximum or not.

I went to the first editions of the Shoot Out – that was more than ten years ago – and at the time there were discussions regarding the centuries made at the event. Phil Yates and Clive Everton were involved, and the opinion that prevailed at the time was that they shouldn’t “count”. There were two main reasons behind this opinion: the variant rules and the fact that such a century could possibly start with a “ball in hand”. It worth noting that when this debate took place, none of the centuries made at the event had actually been initiated by a “ball in hand” situation. WST position at the time was that shoot-out centuries would not count. I’m not sure if that’s still the case, and I’m sure this 147 WILL count … if only because it’s Murphy and he’s close to the authorities 😉. Seriously, it should count, it started completely normally and it was an extraordinary achievement.

All the results and the second round draw are on snooker.org.

3 thoughts on “A first 147 at the 2023 Shoot Out”

  1. Amusing that despite making it a ranking event, whose points count towards qualifying for important event and whose winner is referred to as a ranking titleholder, it doesn’t count towards head to heads or centuries. As if even those who wanted it to be a ranking event felt awkward about it. But yes, it should count towards Murphy’s maximums, as it was perfectly legit. But can it count towards his 147s but not his centuries? Because they certainly can’t count the century for Murphy only and not for the others. Oh, the beauty of it…😛

    • Csilla, as I tried to explain that discussion took place more than ten years ago and the decision regarding the centuries taken back then may have been “dropped” since. It would be totally illogical to count a 147, but not other centuries.

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