2016–17 snooker season
The 2016–17 snooker season was a series of professional snooker tournaments played between 5 May 2016 and 1 May 2017.
Nations that hosted a World Snooker Tour event during the 2016/2017 season | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 5 May 2016 – 1 May 2017 |
| Tournaments | 37 (19 ranking events) |
| Triple Crown winners | |
| UK Championship | Mark Selby (ENG) |
| Masters | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) |
| World Championship | Mark Selby (ENG) |
← 2015–16 2017–18 → | |
The number of ranking events was increased in 2016/17, with a target of 20 ranking events for 2017/18. According to the World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn, total prize money for the World Snooker Tour in 2016/17 hit £10 million for the first time ever. The trophy for the Masters was renamed the Paul Hunter trophy in perpetuity, in memory of the three-time Masters champion who died in 2006.
The Snooker Shoot Out became a ranking event for the first time. The Australian Goldfields Open was cancelled.
The Players Championship featured the top-16 players on the one year ranking list, as the Players Tour Championship has been cancelled and no order of merit was issued.
The new Home Nations Series was introduced in this season with the English Open, Northern Ireland Open, Scottish Open and Welsh Open tournaments. The winner of all four tournaments could earn a massive £1 million bonus prize.
Mark Selby won five ranking events during the season with Anthony McGill and Judd Trump each winning twice. Trump appeared in five ranking event finals during the season.