Doug Mountjoy Doug Mountjoy Doug Mountjoy (born 8 June 1942) is a retired Welsh snooker player. He was a mainstay of the world's top 16 during the late 1970s and 1980s, and won the Masters in 1977, the UK Championship in 1978 and the Irish Masters in 1979. He reached the 1981 World Championship final, where he lost to Steve Davis. Mountjoy enjoyed an Indian summer in his 40s, winning back-to-back ranking events (the UK Championship and The Classic) during the 1988/89 season. His world ranking peaked at #5 in the 1990/91 season. In later years he was the coach to the
2017 Welsh Open (snooker) Stuart Bingham won his first Welsh Open title and fourth ranking title overall, beating Judd Trump 9–8 in the final. The breakdown of prize money is shown below. The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £10,000. Total: 55 2017 Welsh Open (snooker) The 2017 Coral Welsh Open professional ranking snooker tournament took place at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff from 13 to 19 February 2017. It was the fourteenth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season. The 2017 Welsh Open was being held as part of a new Home Nations Series, introduced in the 2016/2017 season with the