Heh, yeah. As far as I can tell he's currently on £85,750 for next year's Ally Pally cutoff date. Top 32 this year is at least £134,250, and likely to be higher again next time. (I'm assuming there are prize money increases coming on the tour for next season, as there weren't any this year.) Unless he does a lot more of the tour or has at least one really major TV run - SF at the worlds, or a final at one of the other events - he's going to fall short. And as for those other TV events, he's of course not actually qualified for anything outside the UK Open.thegentle wrote:Unless he does start to play more on the tour, he might have to bring that retirement date forward lol. Unless he goes on a run over Christmas, he'll be in the lower reaches of the top 32 at the start of the year and will need to make sure of qualifying for the Matchplay and the Grand Prix
An Ally Pally QF may be keeping him close enough to the top 16 that he could make it into the Matchplay with relatively little further effort.