In the qualifying competition for the 1980 World Snooker Championship, Hood defeated John Dunning 9–7. He then played Ray Edmonds, a rival from their amateur playing days in Grimsby and was eliminated 6–9. Hood participated in three tournaments during the 1980–81 snooker season but achieved only one match win, and in the following season he lost in his first match in both tournaments that he entered. He also played in the 1980 UK Professional English billiards championship, losing 1,029–1,670 to Steve Davis. In 1983, Hood resigned his membership of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.