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Arizona Open 2026, Yuma, August 13-16

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jbart65 said:
You know why - marketing.

I think of majors as big events, 4 to 6 days, with large 256-player fields, or 96-128 of the the very top players. Prize funds of $250,000 or more.

The UK, European, Florida and US opens would qualify under this definition, along with the WPC. That's on the WNT/MR side.

On the WPA/Predator side, only the World 10-ball and World 8-ball championships meet the definition. The Las Vegas event of the past few years has been stacked with great players, but the prize fund was just $150,000 in January.

The Qatar Open would also meet my definition.

Under Garczar's definition, the major's list would consist only of the US Open, WPC. World 10-ball Championship and maybe the Qatar Open. That's fine, too.
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is the qatar open really happening this year?
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SightRight: Stunned by how good this is

Jude Rosenstock
july9x said:
No sir. Have you, what is that, video or in-person or virtual training?
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I've done virtual coaching with him for about six hours now. I'll meet with him in person next month. This is Ronnie O'Sullivan's coach. He's worked with a ton of great snooker players and some great pool players. I think you're overlooking the lion's share of what he's about.
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Arizona Open 2026, Yuma, August 13-16

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skogstokig said:
dunno. i think it's to differentiate from the smaller satellite events, but it makes little sense to me. this event is just 25k or 30k first prize? there should be a money limit for the term major, over 60k first prize or something like that
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I've been calling Arizona a major-lite. But if went by MR's Gold-Silver-Bronze calibration, which it only uses intermittently, the Arizona and Philippines opens would be Silver events.
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Arizona Open 2026, Yuma, August 13-16

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garczar said:
Why do they call all these events 'majors'? They're just WNT tour events. IMO a 'major' would be the US Open/World Championship/etc.
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You know why - marketing.

I think of majors as big events, 4 to 6 days, with large 256-player fields, or 96-128 of the the very top players. Prize funds of $250,000 or more.

The UK, European, Florida and US opens would qualify under this definition, along with the WPC. That's on the WNT/MR side.

On the WPA/Predator side, only the World 10-ball and World 8-ball championships meet the definition. The Las Vegas event of the past few years has been stacked with great players, but the prize fund was just $150,000 in January.

The Qatar Open would also meet my definition.

Under Garczar's definition, the major's list would consist only of the US Open, WPC. World 10-ball Championship and maybe the Qatar Open. That's fine, too.
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Arizona Open 2026, Yuma, August 13-16

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garczar said:
Why do they call all these events 'majors'? They're just WNT tour events. IMO a 'major' would be the US Open/World Championship/etc.
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dunno. i think it's to differentiate from the smaller satellite events, but it makes little sense to me. this event is just 25k or 30k first prize? there should be a money limit for the term major, over 60k first prize or something like that
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De Luna at it again

GideonF
Jude Rosenstock said:
I haven't found the language in WPA but it's in CSI (BCA league). This shot has never been considered worthwhile of a verbal call.
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I posted the CSI rule above.

I don’t think the WPA rules contain anything on this, because unlike CSI the don’t have a iron clad “you *must* call every bank, kick or combo, no matter how obvious” rule. The WPA rules are all about whether the shot is obvious and includes “should” re banks and combos.

WPA rule below.
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