Saudi golden ball bonus not enough at $1 million, reckons Judd Trump
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Judd Trump will not be going all out to make the first ever 167 break in snooker history this week, saying the $1m bonus is not enough to focus on potting the golden ball. The Riyadh Season Snooker Championship starts on Wednesday with the novelty golden ball involved which is worth 20 points and can only be potted after a 147 break has been made.
This will allow the first player to make it to make history as the first to make a 167 and will win $1m (£786,650) for their efforts if they do so. Trump would obviously love to win the prize, but he is not going to be focusing on it, just wanting to get frames and the tournament won rather than take risks to make the historic break.
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‘No matter what the prize is, I think I’d much rather enjoy winning a tournament than that,’ Trump said ahead of the event in Saudi Arabia. ‘If it was $10million I’d go all out for it. $1million is a lot of money, but it wouldn’t really change my life at the moment. I’d enjoy the winning a lot more. Maybe there are some other players who will search for some more excitement more than me at the moment.
‘If it’s $10million bonus I’ll be smashing the balls up from the start trying to make it!’. A post shared by WST (@worldsnookertour). The world number one did admit that it would be a memorable achievement to be the first to make a 167 and it would come with a lot of attention.
