As an amateur, O'Donnell played in all 12 of the Players Tour Championship events during the &lt;a href="2010%E2%80%9311%20snooker%20season"&gt;2010/2011 season&lt;/a&gt;. He reached the second round on three occasions, but could not progress any further, however, in Event 3 he defeated former world champion, Shaun Murphy 4–3.&lt;ref name="2010/11"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; O'Donnell finished 109th on the Order of Merit.