Sonny wrote:Given there are officially 133 players in the rankings, who are the absentees? There must be 10.
Off the top of my head:
Stephen Hendry
Stephen Lee
Steve Davis
Passakorn Suwannawat
Igor from Brazil
who else?
Hossein Ayouri, Iranian pro who got qualified last year and still doesn't have his visa.
Jin Long and Shi Hanqing, Chinese pros who only seem to enter APTCs for some reason, maybe visas?
Khalid Beleid, Libyan pro who got his card confirmed after the deadline for the UK I think. May also have visa problems.
Mohammed Khairy who hasn't entered the few events I think. Maybe he's given up, because, no offense to him, he's hopelessly outclassed by just about everyone on tour and most of the better amateurs as well.
Ben Judge who's definitely given up on his tour card.