The Players Tour Championship 2012/2013 – Event 3 was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 5–9 September 2012 at the South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester, England.

Rod Lawler won the first professional title of his 22-year career by defeating Marco Fu 4–2 in the final.

Prize fund and ranking points The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below: Prize fund Ranking points1 Winner £10,000 2,000 Runner-up £5,000 1,600 Semi-finalist £2,500 1,280 Quarter-finalist £1,500 1,000 Last 16 £1,000 760 Last 32 £600 560 Last 64 £200 360 Total £50,000 – 1 Only professional players can earn ranking points.

Main draw

Preliminary rounds

Round 1 Best of 7 frames

Darren Bond 4–1 Rees Carter Fraser Patrick 4–1 Kishan Hirani Ben Harrison 4–1 Hans Blanckaert Jordan Winbourne w/o–w/d Marc Robertson Brandon Sargeant 1–4 Eden Sharav Marc Davis 2–4 Oliver Lines Christopher Keogan 4–1 Wayne Townsend Sydney Wilson 3–4 Darrell Whitworth Kyren Wilson 4–0 David Singh Joe O'Connor 4–2 Franky McGovern George Marter 0–4 Shane Castle Liam Monk 4–2 Gary Steele Itaro Santos Williams Lemons

Dessie Sheehan 4–3 Robert Thickner Ricky Norris 4–0 Greg Davis Gareth Green 4–0 Craig Barber Scott Bell 4–1 Anthony Harris Edward Topharn 1–4 Andrew Marriott Oliver Brown 4–0 Lewis Frampton Joe Steele 0–4 Stuart Carrington Jake Nicholson 1–4 Ian Glover Henry Roper 3–4 Jamie Gibson Jack Bradford 0–4 Rhys Clark Gareth Allen 4–0 Elliot Slessor Marc Harman 4–3 Adam Edge Hassan Miah Callum Downing

Round 2 Best of 7 frames

Alex Taubman 4–3 Darren Bond Jamie Clarke 2–4 Fraser Patrick Ryan Mears 0–4 Ben Harrison Ben Fortey 4–2 Jordan Winbourne Daniel Ward 2–4 Eden Sharav Zak Surety 4–2 Steve Ventham Phil O'Kane 2–4 Oliver Lines Gavin Lewis 0–4 Mitchell Mann Andrew Milliard 4–0 Christopher Keogan Gareth Potts w/d–w/o Darrell Whitworth Adam Bobat 1–4 Kyren Wilson Reanne Evans 4–0 Joe O'Connor Harvey Chandler 4–2 Shane Castle Ryan Causton 4–2 Liam Monk Adam Wicheard Itaro Santos

Nico Elton 4–0 Dessie Sheehan Sachin Plaha 0–4 Matthew Day Chris Wakelin 3–4 Ricky Norris Tom Maxfield 2–4 Gareth Green Sam Harvey 4–1 Scott Bell Louis Heathcote 4–2 Andrew Marriott Sam Thistlewhite 4–2 Oliver Brown Nick Jennings 0–4 Stuart Carrington Chris Norbury 3–4 Ian Glover Hassan Abdalla w/d–w/o Jamie Gibson Sanderson Lam 4–0 Sean James Riach Ross Muir 1–4 Rhys Clark Richard Remelie 4–2 Gareth Allen Ben Jones 4–0 Marc Harman James Cahill Callum Downing

Main rounds

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Finals

Century breaks

139 Alfie Burden 138, 129, 102 Michael White 136 Stephen Lee 134 Alan McManus 130, 114, 114 Rod Lawler 130 Barry Hawkins 128 Ryan Day 124, 113 Michael Holt 124, 106, 105 Robert Milkins 123 Stuart Bingham 119, 116 Joe Swail 117, 116, 116, 114, 105, 102 Marco Fu 117 Mark Selby 115 Chen Zhe 113, 108, 103 Dominic Dale 112 Kyren Wilson

112 Mark Allen 108, 107, 105, 100 Fergal O'Brien 108 Passakorn Suwannawat 107, 100 Mark Joyce 107, 100 Jamie Cope 106 Liam Highfield 106 James Wattana 105 Luca Brecel 105 Jamie Jones 103 Matthew Stevens 102 Joe Perry 101 Mark Davis 101 Simon Bedford 100, 100 Ding Junhui 100 Judd Trump 100 Martin Gould

References

External links UKPTC3: Picture Perfect at Pro Snooker Blog