1982 Scottish Masters

1982 Scottish Masters

Tournament information
Dates	23–26 September 1982 (1982-09-23 – 1982-09-26)
Venue	Holiday Inn
City	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£23,000 [1]
Winner's share	£9,000 [2]
Highest break	Steve Davis  (ENG) (89) [2]
Final
Champion	Steve Davis  (ENG)
Runner-up	Alex Higgins  (NIR)
Score	9–4
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The 1982 Langs Supreme Scottish Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 23 and 26 September 1982 at the Holiday Inn in Glasgow, Scotland. ^{[1] [3]}

The field of 8 included Scot Eddie Sinclair who was beaten 1–5 in his opening match against Alex Higgins. ^[4]

Steve Davis won the tournament by defeating Alex Higgins 9–4 in the final, winning the first prize of £9,000. Davis led 6–1 after the afternoon session and extended his lead by winning the first frame of the evening session. Higgins won three of the next four frames before Davis won the match by taking the 13th frame. ^{[5] [6]}

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: ^[2]

• Winner: £9,000
• Runner-up: £4,500
• Semi-final: £2,250
• Quarter-final: £1,125
• Highest break: £500
• Total: £23,000 ^[1]

Tournament draw

^[6]

	Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames				Semi-finals Best of 11 frames				Final Best of 17 Frames
	Steve Davis  (ENG)	5
	Tony Knowles  (ENG)	4
					Steve Davis	6
					Dennis Taylor	1
	Dennis Taylor  (NIR)	5
	Jimmy White  (ENG)	4
									Steve Davis	9
									Alex Higgins	4
	Alex Higgins  (NIR)	5
	Eddie Sinclair  (SCO)	1
					Alex Higgins	6
					Terry Griffiths	5
	Terry Griffiths  (WAL)	5
	Ray Reardon  (WAL)	3

References

1. "Davis for Lang's after all". Snooker Scene. August 1982. p. 7.
2. "Davis supreme at Lang's Scottish Masters". Snooker Scene. October 1982. pp. 20–21.
3. "Scottish Masters". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 2012-02-16. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
4. "Higgins defeats Sinclair". The Glasgow Herald . 25 September 1982. p. 17.
5. "Master display by Steve Davis". The Glasgow Herald . 27 September 1982. p. 16.
6. Layton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 149.