Scottish Open draw, schedule, qualifiers, prize money and TV channel

30/10/2023 11:40

The main stages of the Scottish Open do not get going until December, but the qualifiers get underway this week in the not-so-Scottish location of Leicester.

The world’s top 16 head straight to the venue in Edinburgh on 11 December for their opening round matches, but everyone else must come through a qualifier to earn the trip to Scotland.

The qualifiers are all shown live on Discovery+ in the UK and run from 30 October to 2 November, the main stages, shown on Eurosport and Discovery+ are from 11-17 December.

Last year’s Scottish Open produced a surprise final between Gary Wilson and Joe O’Connor, with Wilson emerging as the champion to win his first ranking title.

It has not been a good season so far for underdogs, with Judd Trump winning the last three ranking events, while the likes of Ronnie O’Sullivan, Mark Williams, Shaun Murphy and Barry Hawkins have also won titles, but there could be another surprise sprung in Scotland in December.

Scottish Open Qualifiers Draw and Schedule

Monday 30 October
10am
Fan Zhengyi vs Sanderson Lam
Cao Yupeng vs David Lilley
Xiao Guodong vs Jamie Clarke
1pm
Zhou Yuelong vs Anthony Hamilton
Si Jiahui vs Tian Pengfei
Noppon Saengkham vs Rebecca Kenna
4pm
Chris Wakelin vs Mark Joyce
Oliver Lines vs John Astley
Ian Burns vs Alfie Burden
7pm
Ashley Carty vs Andres Petrov
Anthony McGill vs Ryan Thomerson
Matt Selt vs Dylan Emery