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The first four tournaments of the 2012/13 season have been won by Stuart Bingham, Ricky Walden, Mark Davis and Barry Hawkins, whose world rankings at the start of the season were 16, 15, 19 & 22 respectively, one month into the eleven month season and these four players have all earned good money and look set for lucrative seasons.
Last season the top 18 players earned over 120k and 55k at least was earned down to 32nd in the rankings, even number 50 earned 25k. Barry Hearn has said players will keep seeing their earnings increase, we’ll see about that this time next year.
One thing that is clear is that it is much more competitive now there are so many players and so much competition to even reach the main tour, it’s not surprising that the top seeds aren’t winning as much as they used to when there were less players and less tournaments where they were seeded into the televised rounds – everyone has to work hard for it now.
This might be why players like Hendry and O’Sullivan packed it in and have opted for an easier life of exhibitions in China which will pay better as it beats living out of a suitcase all year and not winning many tournaments.
Either way, snooker is getting interesting again as far as I’m concerned and like the Worcester race boycott, the Australian Open this weekend that was boycotted by 7 of the top 16 hasn’t taken anything away from the game.
Snooker is in transition again and there are hundreds of hungry people waiting to have a go, if the established stars don’t put the effort in they’ll just get brushed aside, nobody minds new faces. Cao Yupeng could become the next chinese star this season. Barry Hawkins should go on from his first ranking win in Australia.
If you’re betting on snooker, ignore the obvious.
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