What`s going on in September

As I said yesterday, I shall present you the main tournaments due to take place in September. And I also have some good news, regarding the fact that the Premier League (Sky Sports HD 3 and Sky Sports 3), Shanghai Masters (EuroSport) and World Open(EuroSport and BBC) tournaments will be televised (as usual) so our hunger for snooker will definitely be settle down....for the moment :))
But let’s take a look at what September has to offer us:




When?: September 2
Where?: Southampton, Southampton Guildhall
Defending champion: Shaun Murphy
Who’s playing?: Shaun Murphy v. Ding Junhui and Ronnie O`Sullivan v. Marco Fu
Prizes: winner(£30,000), runner-up (£15,000), losing semi-finalists (£5,000).
There will also be a bonus fund of £1,000 per frame won during the round-robin section; the £1,000 century bonus does not apply during the semi-finals or final. Also a £25,000 prize will be awarded to the players who hit the maximum break.




When?: 6-12 September
Where?: Shanghai, China
Defending champion: Ronnie O`Sullivan
Who’s playing?: click here for the draw.
Prizes: winner (£60,000), runner-up (£30,000), semi-finals (£15.000), quarter-finals
(£8,000), last 16 (£5,925), last 32 (£4,000), last 48 (£2,200) and the last 64 (£1,500 ).
There are also prizes for the highest break hit in stage 1 (£400) and the highest break hit in stage 2 (£2,000).
Ranking points: winner (7.000), runner-up (5.600), semi-finals (4.480), quarter-finals (3.500), last 16 (2.660), last 32 (1.960) - 980*, last 48 (1.610)-805*, last 64 (1.260)-630*, last 80 (910)-455* and the last 96 (560)-280*.
* seeded loser




When?: September 16
Where?: Plymouth, Plymouth Pavilions
Defending champion: Shaun Murphy
Who’s playing?: Mark Selby v. Mark Williams and Ronnie O`Sullivan v. Ding Junhui
Prizes: winner (£30,000), runner-up (£15,000), losing semi-finalists (£5,000).
There will also be a bonus fund of £1,000 per frame won during the round-robin section; the £1,000 century bonus does not apply during the semi-finals or final. Also a £25,000 prize will be awarded to the players who hit the maximum break.




When?: 18-26 September
Where?: SECC Glasgow, Scotland
Defending champion: Neil Robertson
Who’s playing?: click here for the draw.
Prizes: winner (£100,000), runner-up (£40,000), semi-finals (£20,000), quarter-finals (£12,500), last 16 (£7,500), last 32 (£5,500), last 64 (£2,500) and the last 96 (£1,500).
There are also prizes for the highest break hit in stage 1 (£500) and the highest break hit in stage 2 (£4,000).
Ranking points: winner (7.000), runner-up (5.600), semi-finals (4.480), quarter-finals (3.500), last 16 (2.660), last 32 (1.960), last 64 (1.610)-805*, last 96 (1.260)-630* and the last 128 (910)-455*.
* seeded loser




When?: September 30
Where?: Preston, Preston Guild Hall
Defending champion: Shaun Murphy
Who’s playing?: Marco Fu v. Shaun Murphy, Ding Junhui v. Mark Williams and Neil Robertson v. Mark Selby
Prizes: winner (£30,000), runner-up (£15,000), losing semi-finalists (£5,000).
There will also be a bonus fund of £1,000 per frame won during the round-robin section; the £1,000 century bonus does not apply during the semi-finals or final. Also a £25,000 prize will be awarded to the players who hit the maximum break.

For this article I`ve used info from worldsnooker.com and global-snooker.com