A brief update this evening to answer a question that many have been asking me recently concerning the race for main tour places this season…
The matter in question is should a player qualify through both the European and Asian Tour Orders of Merit, as Scott Donaldson may well do this season, how would World Snooker approach this?
My theory was that following the logic applied in last season’s tour criteria, any such player would qualify through the European Order of Merit, due to the fact that this occurs first chronologically. This would mean that there would effectively be an extra place available through the Asian Order of Merit as a result.
Having made enquiries with World Snooker, they have now confirmed to me that this will indeed be the case, so that is something else to bear in mind as the race unfolds over the next three days…