Gives you an idea how tough it is to make it that far. People clicking the fastest should not get them into the open.
End of the US Open?
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It is possible that there is some informational session once you make it, I don't know.
They have been changing the process recently- making it a bit more like it used to be. In any event, the PGA tour has categories of status/priority. A couple of basic ones are players in the top 125 from the year before or winners of events in the prior 2 seasons. There are others. Several others. Some don’t have a very high priority. Think of it like an airline. There is a flight every week with a given number of seats- generally more than 125. Guys from q-school/ Korn Ferry are maybe in slots 126-175 or something. In a popular tournament before daylight saving time their status won’t get them in. Like flying standby. The players with higher status get seats if they want them. Like your first class passengers with priority boarding etc…. In weeks where many players with good status choose not to play, players with very little priority might get in. Like a guy in his ‘40’s who won twice in his career and the last win was 15 years ago. Not many rookies get to set their schedule as they like and some might not get as many starts as they need. Anyway, if pool has a major tournament every week with 128 spots such a priority system would make sense. Pool isn’t there yet.
If this logic worked, then there'd be no need for a wait list either.
Last year the entry was I think 700usd. If a top local shortstop wins a qualifier and lets assume the entry won't be $700, then I think the odds of them flipping their spot to make a handful of cash pretty good.
Yeah, I think they do an orientation for qualifiers, but it has nothing to do with how to play.
No, it means the people paying quickly don't fear the possibility of them not being able to sell the spot to someone else.
RKC, is that you
HelpMeScrubs0013
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It's all about the money....
Just curious: how many pool events a year do you travel to just to spectate?
Lou Figueroa
Pool is not golf and never will be.
Not pro tennis or any pro team sport either.
Think bowling.
Lou Figueroa
on a good day
I cannot imagine Matchroom allowing someone to sell their spot, if they go thru the bother and process of doing formal qualifiers...
I can't either, but then MR would have to manage all aspects of all qualifiers to ensure the next finisher in whatever qualifier has first dibs. I'm guessing slots will be granted to whatever "qualifying event" and they'll leave it to that organizer to deal with who's awarded the slot in the main draw
In the old system, a spot was paid for and anyone could show up and play in that spot.
Tadaimarlon
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For me, it's ok if there's somewhere near me to play this qualification. It has always been my dream to play in the US Open but I never had the money to do it, it is quite expensive to fly from Spain to the US and pay for the hotel etc. Now that I live in Japan I would have the money, but if I have to fly 6h+ to Thailand for a qualifier (as is the case with the UK Open), I will pass on it.
I also play quite sporty, with proper preparation I would probably have the chance to beat some people. One of my pool friends from Spain even won against Anton Raga last year, I could imagine with a bit of luck maybe beating someone too, that would be a nice memory.
I also play quite sporty, with proper preparation I would probably have the chance to beat some people. One of my pool friends from Spain even won against Anton Raga last year, I could imagine with a bit of luck maybe beating someone too, that would be a nice memory.
You are just another old timer stuck in the past. Times are changing for pool thanks to Matchroom. I’m thinking more like darts than bowling which ain’t a bad living at all.
Yep, a minimum Fargo#.
Best plan... however unless things have changed, the entry was/is 700usd. Assuming 10 qualifier tourneys then you'd be taking +12 from each event.
Making those assumptions. A 64 players field would require a minimum of a $130 entry fee.
i dont know how they would structure it but 100 bucks or some more isnt much nowadays for a qualifying entry.
without high entry fees you can not get the prize fund high enough to pay enough places to entice weaker players to attend so they can dream of getting in the money.
local tournaments okay but when you have travel expenses and such the prizes have to match the costs.
without high entry fees you can not get the prize fund high enough to pay enough places to entice weaker players to attend so they can dream of getting in the money.
local tournaments okay but when you have travel expenses and such the prizes have to match the costs.
No not at all. The trick is to not give players an option to cash. So they know if they play, the only option is a "qualifier spot" and if they don't take it then it goes to the next player without compensation to them.
That's the trick, and I'm not sure MR would want the drama of managing it.