The statement went on to announce the entry deadline for next year's championship, which has been brought forward, without warning, to the end of next month.

All direct acceptance players at the time of the entry deadline who do not play an event receive a 0-pointer for that event.

Additionally, commitment players will no longer need to enter the 500 events 12 weeks in advance but instead go back the normal 6-week entry deadline.

While the entry deadline was supposed to coincide with the conclusion of the 2011 tournament, organizers were flooded with so many entries that their website servers crashed.