In 2016, Craigie managed to receive a two-year tour card for the &lt;a href="2016%E2%80%9317%20snooker%20season"&gt;2016/2017&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="2017%E2%80%9318%20snooker%20season"&gt;2017/2018&lt;/a&gt; seasons after successfully qualifying through the EBSA Play-Offs in Sheffield, beating Adam Duffy 4–3 in the last round of the event. He qualified for the World Open with a 5–3 victory over 1997 world champion Ken Doherty and won his first match in a main draw of a ranking event by beating Marco Fu 5–3 in the opening round. Craigie was then edged out 5–4 by Matthew Selt. Craigie made a century and two fifty plus breaks to whitewash Jamie Jones 4–0 at the Northern Ireland Open, before John Higgins made a 147, 137 and 130 in a second round 4–1 defeat.