The Scottish Open gets underway on Monday morning but it is unfortunately not in Scotland, but moves to a temporary home in Llandudno, Wales.
Contractual issues over the planned venue in Glasgow meant plans were changed and the event was switched to the scenic setting on the Welsh coastline.
Both Neil Robertson and Mark Williams pulled out of the event over the weekend, but there is still a star-studded line-up, including defending champion Mark Selby, Ronnie O’Sullivan, Judd Trump, John Higgins and Kyren Wilson.
Newly crowned UK champion Zhao Xintong lost his qualifying match so will not be here this week, although runner-up Luca Brecel is in second round action against Joe Perry.
When and where is the Scottish Open?
The event runs from 6-12 December at Venue Cymru in Lladudno, Wales.
The Scottish Open was due to be held in Scotland, obviously, but a contractual issue regarding sponsorship of the event caused the Emirates Arena in Glasgow to pull out and no suitable replacement was found in Scotland, so the competition was moved to Wales.
How to watch the Scottish Open
All four matches that are played in each session will be available to stream on Eurosport Player while selected matches will be shown on the Eurosport TV channel in the afternoon and evening sessions.
Scottish Open draw and schedule
Monday 06 December
10:00 James Cahill v Ben Woollaston
10:00 Barry Hawkins v Pang Junxu
10:00 Amaan Iqbal v Noppon Saengkham
10:00 Yan Bingtao v Zak Surety
13:00 Mark Selby v Sean Maddocks
13:00 Stephen Maguire v Yuan SiJun
13:00 Jack Lisowski v Stuart Carrington
13:00 Ding Junhui v Zhang Anda
14:00 Anthony McGill v Jamie Wilson
14:00 Ronnie O’Sullivan v Dominic Dale
14:00 Mark Allen v Martin O’Donnell
14:00 Michael Holt v Liam Graham
19:00 Kyren Wilson v Andy Hicks
19:00 Stuart Bingham v Andrew Higginson
19:00 Shaun Murphy v Ng On Yee
19:00 Judd Trump v Robert Milkins
20:00 Bai Langning v Ben Hancorn
20:00 John Higgins v Alfie Burden
20:00 Liang Wenbo v Allan Taylor
20:00 Sam Craigie v Zhao Jianbo
Tuesday 07 December
10:00 Xiao Guodong v Duane Jones
10:00 Mark Davis v Tom Ford
10:00 Sunny Akani v Maguire/Yuan
10:00 Robbie Williams v Lei Peifan
Wednesday 08 December
10:00 Xu Si v Ken Doherty
10:00 Mark King v Allen/O’Donnell
10:00 Hossein Vafaei v Wu Yize
10:00 Martin Gould v Jordan Brown
13:00 Ryan Day v Gao Yang
13:00 Chang Bingyu v David Gilbert
Mon: Round One (Last 128)
Tue: Round Two (Last 64)
Wed: Rounds Two & Three
Thu: Rounds Three & Four
Fri: Quarter-finals
Sat: Semi-finals
Sun: Final
Scottish Open prize money
Winner: £70,000
Runner-up: £30,000
Semi-final: £20,000
Quarter-final: £10,000
Last 16: £7,500
Last 32: £4,000
Last 64: £3,000
Highest break: £5,000
Scottish Open odds
Judd Trump 3/1
Ronnie O’Sullivan 11/2
Mark Selby 11/2
John Higgins 9/1
Kyren Wilson 11/1
Mark Allen 17/1
Shaun Murphy 20/1
Ding Junhui 22/1
Yan Bingtao 22/1
Barry Hawkins 25/1
Jack Lisowski 30/1
Luca Brecel 30/1
Stuart Bingham 30/1
David Gilbert 35/1
Tom Ford 40/1
Anthony McGill 45/1
Odds courtesy of Betfair pre-tournament
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