147 on the snooker

The commentator said he had the cue ball on a string, which is cheating imo.

Didn’t see it but glad for him. He fecked it up the other day after getting fifteen reds and blacks then snookering himself behind the blue. Said after the game a 147 break was a target he was aiming for. Well done that man.

Been discussed before but order of difficulty imo.

147 break
Nine darter.
Hole in one.

why do snooker fans pay 100 quid for a tkt to get a worse view than everyone watching at home and pay for an earpiece so they can listen to idiots like Taylor babbling away ?. at least there's an atmosphere at the darts  you cant even let one rip at the snooker

You could say the same for most sporting events. Racegoers pay to stand in a field watching television. Formula 1 fans see the cars for a few seconds each lap.

You pay to be part of the event.

147 has happened too many times now be much of an attraction or even achievement for me anyway , if i knew a player was on for a 147 i wouldn't switch channels but knowing a result depended on the pink & black i'd head for Eurosport.


Each to their own i suppose   

Atmosphere at darts

s.kenbo • January 18, 2025 4:03 PM GMT
Been discussed before but order of difficulty imo.

147 break
Nine darter.
Hole in one.

I've only managed one of the above.

9 darter for me, the 147 you can mishit 14 shots  and still get a pot to keep you going, give yourself 2 or 3 options on reds and no comparison to knocking last black in compared to the double and you could also miss half dozen shots in theory before you even  pot a red

Kyren.  3.0

Swifty was it pink or Brown hole

147 break
Nine darter.
Hole in one.

I've only managed one of the above.

ive also only achieved one of the above, but did it 3 times

28 handicappers can achieve a hole in one.
a very good pub player could achieve a 9 darter.
only a pro or top ranked amateur could achieve a 147.

Substitute a 59 for hole in one.

Now you're talking.

Robin Hood splitting the arrow of Philip Of Arras was all-time GOAT sporting perfomance

Has never been topped and will never be topped.

2.03 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qdItu7Z2Xc

good point about a 28 handicapper getting a hole in one.never thought of that before,the reason I always go for the 9 darter is evenif you get down to the last double your odds against hitting it as compared to a black 99.99999% of time in a 147 of its spot

Believe it was estimated a four thousand to 1 chance for a pro to hit a hole in 1 and a forty thousand to 1 for a amatuer. Not sure what standard of amatuer this was calculated with though.

There are people that have trouble walking and chewing gum at the same time, that have achieved a hole-in-one.

You can't just get lucky once - and achieve a 147 break or a 9-dart finish.

I'd say be a load people downed 2 of those, but none 3.

exactly , I'm sure a lot of pro darts players have played crazy golf, which is where I achieved my feat.

I'd say the 147 is also the most mentally demanding in terms of the pressure and level of concentration required.

hole in one is 1 shot.A 28 handicapper has a chance from 150 yards even if using a 3 wood.

9 darter is a 9 leg accumulator. Say Littler hits the required treble or double 50% of the time, its 511/1 each time he steps up to the oche.

147 is a 36 leg accumulator. Not only do have to pot the right ball, you have get position with the cue ball for the next pot.

As T.M. has already mentioned, literally anyone can get a hole in one.
I'm proof of that.

you don't, you can put the ball in the wrong position a dozen times and a good pot can get you out of trouble,with lots of reds  still on the table you can put cue ball in an area leaving you choice of 2,3,4 reds,either by design or by default

and you can miss 6 shots at a red before its even started and the other player can split open all the reds for you, 9 darter you've got to be perfect from 1st dart

Murphy on record saying he thinks he’s the only person ever to have achieved all three

1tp. everytime there is a 9 darter at a pro tournament send me a tenner. and everytime there is a 147 at a pro tournament i'll send you a tenner. i'll even send u a tenner for murphys 147 this week to get us started.

2 pub games,and a walk certainly built for it,

it was odds on a 9 darter at the world champs. what price was a 147 at the masters ?

someone on hear said a 147 is always on at world championship

BARROWBOY • January 19, 2025 1:24 PM GMT
Murphy on record saying he thinks he’s the only person ever to have achieved all three

have you seen him play darts?!

Never heard that claim before. There seems to be a bit of doubt from people who’ve seen him throw a dart.

Apparently Gerwyn Price recently hit a 147 to go with his numerous nine darters. If I were him I’d get a thousand golf balls lined up at a par three one day!

Jan 19, 2025 -- 1:32PM, TameTheTiger wrote:

it was odds on a 9 darter at the world champs. what price was a 147 at the masters ?

2/1

Jan 19, 2025 -- 1:23PM, 1st time poster wrote:

and you can miss 6 shots at a red before its even started and the other player can split open all the reds for you, 9 darter you've got to be perfect from 1st dart

black can be tied up from your opponent's break off shot before you've even had a shot...isn't a like for like comparison

Willie Thorne was 'Mr Maximum' yet he won 1 ranking tournament.

Darts players are trying to throw 9-darters.

Golfers are not trying for holes-in-one but might get lucky as they fire the ball into the general area.

Snooker is more interesting in that there has been a change in style of play. In the 70s and 80s, players would reach for safety and a snooker at the first sign of trouble. Nowadays, there have been so many 147s that top players know it is possible and can be worth taking a risk for.

How the fck can anyone think getting a 9 dart finish is as good as getting a 147? Hilarious scenes...

Although both are difficult  Barry Hearn has made sure they are much easier these days.The reds split so much easier on these super fast cloths and have a look on Youtube in the Bristow era ,I swear the trebles were smaller , wires thicker.
147 more difficult for me , balls are never in the same position.Darts is identical every time , unless there is a breeze in the arena.

Although both are difficult  Barry Hearn has made sure they are much easier these days.The reds split so much easier on these super fast cloths and have a look on Youtube in the Bristow era ,I swear the trebles were smaller , wires thicker.
147 more difficult for me , balls are never in the same position.Darts is identical every time , unless there is a breeze in the arena.

I'm sure there have been technological changes in snooker, as frames (!!!) says. Not just cloths, the balls too, and presumably even the chalk as referees aren't having to clean the balls every second shot like they used to.

But the other big change in snooker may have been sociological. There was a big improvement in players after the Steve Davis era, but it seems to have peaked some time back so that today's top players almost qualify for free bus passes because they've not been pushed out by more young'uns. Only one of the world's top ten is under 30, and he's 29. The only young player in the top 20 is Si Jiahui at 22 years old.

A 59 in golf is far more difficult, and nowhere near being a perfect round

Kim Jong-il, the former leader of North Korea, claimed to have shot 38 under par in his first round of golf at the Pyongyang Golf Course in 1994. He also claimed to have had 11 holes-in-one. However, some say the story is a journalistic mistake or propaganda.

Idi Amin claimed to have hit a 9 darter , hole in one and a 147 break in a 20 minute spell on his 50th birthday whilst in the presence of 4 witnesses , anyone have news of this as it seems a remarkable achievement.

Unless anyone has evidence to the contrary I guess it must be true. If I lived in their countries I'd certainly believe it!

The greatest golfer in history is gone.

North Korean dictator/superstar golfer Kim Jong-Il has died at 69 -- a fitting age, because 69 is under par on every regulation golf course.

Kim Jong-Il never needed a swing coach to master the sport of golf.

Kim shot 38 under, including 11 holes-in-one, at the 7,700-yard championship course at Pyongyang in the VERY FIRST golf round of his life, according to North Korean state media. This was in 1994, when Kim was 52 years old. Even more impressive, Kim stood just 5-foot-3, yet he was able to overpower a course as long as any ever played in major championship history. Who knows how good Kim could have been if he had taken up the sport earlier? Who knows how many times he bested 38 under in the 17 years since his first round?

What we do know is that no matter how many more majors Tiger Woods does or doesn't win, the debate of Tiger vs. Jack is really an argument about who is the second-best golfer in history.

More than his undisputed greatness on the course, it's probably Kim's simple approach to the game that will be his enduring legacy. While other great golfers have written books full of tips, tricks and swing thoughts, Kim had the best approach to conquering the sport of golf: Have your national propaganda department lie for you.