- Pat Holtz
Pat Holtz is a Scottish professional pool player.
Born in Hamilton, Scotland and comes from a family of 3 older brothers and 1 younger sister.
Pat has been playing pool for over 20 years and won many major honours in the game both at UK and American pool.
In UK pool he has been the No1 ranked played in Scotland and top 8 ranked player in the World (WEPF) rankings.
Since taking up American pool in January 2006 he has gone on to be Scottish 9 Ball Champion and No1 ranked player and continues to win many tournaments in this new sport of his.
During the
2006 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship he triumphed with 3 wins from 3 in the group stages, the round of 64 and the round of 32, but was eliminated in the round of 16 byWu Chia-ching , the defending champion. This performance secured him a spot in the 2007 edition of the tournament.In June 2007, he was one of 16 players invited by Matchroom Sport to compete in the World Pool Masters in Holland. He had a fine win over Li He-Wen (China) and followed that up with a convincing 8-5 victory over European No1 Neils Feijn (Holland) before bowing out the event 8-5 to Mosconi Cup player David Alcaide (Spain).
He was the PPPO World Eight-ball Champion in 1996.
External links
* [http://www.patholtz.com/honours.htm Pat Holtz list of Honours]
* [http://www.worldpoolmasters.com/staticPage.asp?strPageName=Pat%20Holtz World Pool Masters, profile of Pat Holtz]
* [http://www.worldpoolchampionship.com/players_detail.asp?player_id=2051 World 9 Ball Pool Championships, Pat Holtz profile]
* [http://www.worldcupofpool.com/scotland.asp World Cup of Pool, team Scotland profile]
* [http://www.im.scottishpool.com/2005ranks.htm Scottish Pool Association Rankings, No1 player Pat Holtz]
* [http://www.scottish9ball.com/tournament_charts/2007_08/provisional_rankings_2007_08.pdf Scottish American Pool Players Association Rankings, No1 player Pat Holtz]
* [http://www.irelands9balltour.com/profile.php?player=27 Ireland's 9 Ball Tour, Hall of Fame, Pat Holtz profile]
* [http://www.wepf.org/rankings.php?option=1 World Eightball Pool Federation (WEPF), player rankings, No6 Pat Holtz]
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