The 2017 Shoot Out (officially the 2017 Coral Snooker Shoot Out) was a professional ranking snooker tournament which took place at the Watford Colosseum in Watford from 23 to 26 February 2017.
Robin Hull was the defending champion, but he lost 18–25 to Fergal O'Brien in the second round.
[3] Anthony McGill won his second ranking title, beating Xiao Guodong 67–19 in the final.
The tournament was played using a variation of the traditional snooker rules.
Unlike traditional snooker, if a ball did not hit a cushion on every shot, it was a foul.