The 2005 (May) Betfred Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 6 January to 8 May 2005. This was the first Premier League event to use the shot clock.

Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 6–0 against Mark Williams.

Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Winner: £50,000 Runner-up: £25,000 Semi-final: £12,500 Frame-win: £1,000 Century break: £1,000 Total: £250,000

League phase

Ranking FU HEN OSU WIL WHI DAV HUN FrameW-L MatchW-D-L Pld Pts 1 Marco Fu x 2 3 5 4 5 3 22–14 3–2–1 6 8 2 Stephen Hendry 4 x 2 3 3 4 5 21–15 3–2–1 6 8 3 Ronnie O'Sullivan 3 4 x 4 2 3 4 20–16 3–2–1 6 8 4 Mark Williams 1 3 2 x 4 4 5 19–17 3–1–2 6 7 5 Jimmy White 2 3 4 2 x 3 3 17–19 1–3–2 6 5 6 Steve Davis 1 2 3 2 3 x 4 15–21 1–2–3 6 4 7 Paul Hunter 3 1 2 1 3 2 x 12–24 0–2–4 6 2

Top four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 3–3 then the player who got to three first was higher. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses), century breaks shown in bold.)

6 January – Sands Centre, Carlisle, England Jimmy White 3–3 Stephen Hendry → 34–75, (50) 52–28, 70–25, (58) 67–9, 0–77 (76), 22–94 Steve Davis 1–5 Marco Fu → 14–97, 27–75, 10–63, 14–66 (58), (76)–30, 47–71 (64) 13 January – Charter Hall, Colchester, England Mark Williams 5–1 Paul Hunter → 74–17, 40–85, (111)–14, 70–32, (104)–0, (106) 122–0 Ronnie O'Sullivan 2–4 Jimmy White → 60–52, 0–71 (62), 1–(73), 6–(77), 35–78, (77)–41 27 January – Rothes Hall, Glenrothes, Scotland Stephen Hendry 4–2 Marco Fu → 7–114 (102), 80–19, (72) 73–5, (93) 94–0, (112) 124–13, 55–71 (51) Mark Williams 4–2 Steve Davis → (61) 76–0, 59–29, 15–64, 40–55, (58) 63–0, (62) 105–0 10 February – Glades Arena, Kidderminster, England Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–2 Paul Hunter → 50–69, 70–38, (83) 101–3, (83)–0, 51–68, 63–49 Jimmy White 2–4 Marco Fu → 7–59, 10–112 (93), 26–64 (63), (68) 81–0, 11–60, 72–37 24 February – The Anvil, Basingstoke, England Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Steve Davis → 0–108 (76), (67) 80–32, 91–32, 8–68, 72–(63), 13–(123) Stephen Hendry 5–1 Paul Hunter → 72–60 (52), (66) 70–(59), (60)–68 (62), 78–25, 71–70, (130)–0 3 March – Assembly Rooms, Derby, England Mark Williams 4–2 Jimmy White → 7–(118), 66–33, 74–7, 24–73 (70), (73) 110–0, (97)–8 Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–2 Stephen Hendry → 0–(80), 86–4, (95)–1, 2–82, (67) 72–1, 73–32 17 March – King's Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, England Jimmy White 3–3 Steve Davis → 0–121 (93), (105)–4, 18–61, (82) 90–4, 54–63, (92)–0 Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Marco Fu → 0–90 (84), 78–25, 75–56, 4–100 (92), 77–64 (59), 4–128 (110) 24 March – Magnum Centre, Irvine, Scotland Mark Williams 3–3 Stephen Hendry → 0–(88), (52) 62–34, (108) 139–5, 24–93, (73)–(64), 14–59 Paul Hunter 2–4 Steve Davis → (60) 67–74, 38–77 (51), 13–95 (50), 58–67, 66–45, (88)–6 7 April – Corn Exchange, Ipswich, England Mark Williams 1–5 Marco Fu → 16–74 (62), 53–(65), 29–68 (64), (103)–25, 56–67, 0–(133) Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–2 Mark Williams → (78)–4, 0–76, (63) 78–37, 60–25, 30–(108), (132)–0 14 April – The Dome, Doncaster, England Paul Hunter 3–3 Jimmy White → 34–66, 6–70, 44–79, 67–52, (50) 72–1, 61–46 Stephen Hendry 4–2 Steve Davis → 10–99 (85), 37–70, (55) 68–24, (66) 86–35, (76)–1, 71–43 Paul Hunter 3–3 Marco Fu → 4–80 (63), (106) 110–5, 13–78, 64–33, 65–59, 15–62

Play-offs 7–8 May – G-Mex, Manchester, England

* 34–71 (55), 0–68, 0–134 (124), 15–61, 9–(73) ** 36–61, 38–85 (78), 6–74, 8–(121), 33–81 *** 52–70, 19–(75), 0–(134), 1–(71), 34–60, 0–(95)

Century breaks Each century break was worth a £1,000 per break.

134, 132, 121 Ronnie O'Sullivan 133, 110, 102 Marco Fu 130, 112 Stephen Hendry 124, 111, 108, 108, 106, 104, 103 Mark Williams 123 Steve Davis 118, 105 Jimmy White 106 Paul Hunter

References