During the last couple of days a few of you out there have been asking me about the number of points that will be coming off the rankings at the third cut-off point following next year’s Welsh Open tournament. Presumably it is just the points from the 2009 Welsh Open that will be coming off, with the China Open and World Championship points from that year to come off at the end of the season and on that basis I have now put together a draft table to demonstrate what will be coming off which you can find here.
Of those players there with a number of points to defend, Anthony Hamilton, David Gilbert and in particular Joe Swail look to have the most to do in order to maintain their current positions in the rankings. The likes of Mark Williams, Ken Doherty, Peter Ebdon and Stephen Hendry however have little to defend and will be looking to improve their positions…