One of the biggest tournaments in women’s pool takes place from June 5-8 as the prestigious Soaring Eagle Masters is held at the Soaring Eagle Resort and Casino in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.
Taiwan’s Chou Chieh-Yu will be defending her title after winning nine matches on the one-loss side prior to a 10-7 victory over Kristina Tkach in last year’s final, securing the $16,000 top prize.
WPA women’s number one Tkach headlines the 64-player field alongside the likes of four-time champion Jasmin Ouschan, Kelly Fisher, South Korea’s Seo Seoa, Margarita Fefilova and Pia Filler.
American teenagers Sofia Mast and Savannah Easton are also involved, as are players such as Bojana Sarac, Wei Tzu-Chien, Eylul Kibaroglu, Indonesia’s Silviana Lu, Argentina’s Soledad Ayala and Japan’s Chihiro Kawahara and Yuki Hiraguchi.
The tournament will boast a $72,000 prize fund, with the winner receiving $16,000 and the runner-up getting a $10,000 share, and it will be double elimination and race-to-eight racks throughout until the race-to-ten finals on Sunday evening.
Coverage will be broadcast via the Women’s Professional Billiards Association YouTube channel and Billiard TV as well as Amazon Prime Video in an historic move, while results can be followed via the Digital Pool website.
