Pat Holtz

{{Short description|Scottish pool player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox pool player | name = Pat Holtz | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|11|27|df=yes}} | birth_place = Hamilton, Scotland | death_date =  | death_place = | sport_country = {{SCO}} | nickname = | professional = | game = 9-Ball, Blackball | best_finish = Last 16 2006 WPA World Nine-ball Championship | major_wins = | minor_wins = Scottish 9-ball Championship | other_wins = | world_champ = | website =  | medaltemplates = }}

'''Pat Holtz''' (born 27 November 1968) is a Scottish professional pool player.

==Career== ===Early life=== He was born in Hamilton, Scotland and comes from a family of three older brothers and one younger sister, and has one daughter. Holtz has been playing pool for over twenty years and won many major honours in the game both at UK and American pool.

===Playing career=== In UK pool he has been the number one ranked played in Scotland and top eight ranked player in the World (WEPF) rankings.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} Since taking up American pool in January 2006 he has gone on to be Scottish 9-Ball champion.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}

During the 2006 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship he won his group with three wins from three in the group stages, the round of 64 and the round of 32, but was eliminated in the round of 16 by Wu Jia-qing, the defending champion.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} This performance secured him a spot in the 2007 edition of the tournament, but he declined his invite.

In June 2007, he was one of 16 players invited by Matchroom Sport to compete in the World Pool Masters in the Netherlands. He won games over Li He-Wen (China) and later an 8–5 victory over European top seed Niels Feijen (the Netherlands) 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== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070413070953/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] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071217031635/http://www.worldpoolchampionship.com/players_detail.asp?player_id=2051 World 9 Ball Pool Championships, Pat Holtz profile] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070522081319/http://www.worldcupofpool.com/scotland.asp World Cup of Pool, team Scotland profile] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930031508/http://www.im.scottishpool.com/2005ranks.htm Scottish Pool Association Rankings, No. 1 player Pat Holtz] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927182251/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] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100503182108/http://www.wepf.org/rankings.php?option=1 World Eightball Pool Federation (WEPF), player rankings, No. 6 Pat Holtz]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Holtz, Pat}} Category:Scottish pool players Category:Living people Category:World champions in pool Category:Sportspeople from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire Category:1968 births