Ronnie O’Sullivan to play for incredible prize money as Saudi Arabia Masters reveal reward. Enthusiasts Say It’s Outrageous!
Ronnie O’Sullivan is one of the snooker stars set to battle it out for the mega prize.
Ronnie O’Sullivan will be among the snooker stars fighting it out for a bumper prize at the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters in Riyadh later this month.
The week-long tournament will see a whopping 144 players go head-to-head, with the winner set to be crowned in the Saudi capital on September 7.
The tournament has rightly commanded plenty of attention, especially from players
Given the winning prize matches the one handed out at the World Snooker Championship.
For the second time this year, O’Sullivan and co. will have the chance to pocket an eye-catching £500,000, with the runner-up taking home a healthy £200,000 for their week’s work.
The complete purse for the Saudi event weighs in at £2,302,000, which is just below the total prize fund on offer at this year’s World Championship (£2,395,000) in Sheffield.
The disparity is mainly because less money is on offer in the earlier stages
However, the disparity is mainly because less money is on offer in the earlier stages, with first-round losers taking home £2,000 for their troubles.
It could prove the start of a lucrative relationship between snooker and Saudi Arabia, with some predicting the sport’s future might lie in the Middle Eastern nation.
Talk about moving the World Championship away from the Crucible to Saudi Arabia dominated the April event, with promoter Eddie Hearn refusing to rule out a potential switch.
