1997 Scottish Masters

Scottish Masters

Tournament information
Dates	30 September – 5 October 1997 (1997-09-30 – 1997-10-05)
Venue	Motherwell Civic Centre
City	Motherwell
Country	Scotland
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£180,000
Winner's share	£60,000
Highest break	Alan McManus (140)
Final
Champion	Nigel Bond
Runner-up	Alan McManus
Score	9–8
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The 1997 Regal Scottish Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 30 September and 5 October 1997 at the Motherwell Civic Centre in Motherwell, Scotland.

Nigel Bond recovered from 6–8 down to defeat local favorite Alan McManus 9–8.

Main draw

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	Round 1 Best of 9 Frames					Quarter-finals Best of 11 Frames					Semi-finals Best of 11 Frames					Final Best of 17 Frames
						Alan McManus		6
	Alan McManus		5			Peter Ebdon		3
	Mark Williams		4								Alan McManus		6
											John Higgins		5
						John Higgins		6
	Ronnie O'Sullivan		5			Ronnie O'Sullivan		2
	Alain Robidoux		1													Alan McManus		8
																Nigel Bond		9
						John Parrott		6
	John Parrott		5			Stephen Hendry		5
	Jimmy White		2								John Parrott		3
											Nigel Bond		6
						Nigel Bond		6
	Nigel Bond		5			Ken Doherty		5
	Steve Davis		4

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Motherwell Civic Centre, Motherwell, Scotland, 5 October 1997.
Alan McManus   Scotland	8–9	Nigel Bond   England
64–26 (63), 102–17 (66), 4–99 (51), 74–5 (62), 53–84, 0–77 (55), 28–78 (66), 29–58, 0–128 (128), 93–24 (61) 69–44, 112–12 (63), 74–2 (74), 90–12 (85), 61(56)–67(67), 14–72, 30–67
85	Highest break	126
0	Century breaks	1
8	50+ breaks	5

Qualifying Event

Qualifying for the tournament took place amongst 6 players at the Spencer's Snooker Centre in Stirling from 9 to 11 September 1997. ^[2] In the first round, 1985 World Champion Dennis Taylor beat Anthony Hamilton 5–4, while former Irish Masters champion Darren Morgan whitewashed Billy Snaddon. ^[3] In the semi-finals, former Masters champion Alan McManus defeated Morgan 5–1, ^[4] while world number 11 Tony Drago won 5–3 over Taylor. ^[5] In the final McManus defeated Drago 5–2, making five half-century breaks in the match, to earn a place at the main draw. ^[6] All matches were played to the best-of-nine frames and players in bold indicate match winners.

	Round 1 Best of 9 frames				Semi-finals Best of 9 frames				Final Best of 9 frames
					Tony Drago	5
	Dennis Taylor	5			Dennis Taylor	3
	Anthony Hamilton	4							Tony Drago	2
									Alan McManus	5
					Alan McManus	5
	Darren Morgan	5			Darren Morgan	1
	Billy Snaddon	0

Century breaks

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• 140, 119 – Alan McManus
• 128 – Nigel Bond
• 120, 105 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 119 – John Parrott
• 114 – John Higgins
• 111 – Anthony Hamilton

References

1. "Regal Scottish Masters 1997". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
2. "Masters' ticket rush" . Lennox Herald. 15 August 1997. p. 26.
3. "Snooker" . Aberdeen Press and Journal. 10 September 1997. p. 28.
4. "Super McManus" . Evening Herald (Dublin). 11 September 1997. p. 77.
5. "Drago through". The Times . 11 September 1997. p. 20.
6. "Ronnie aims to be top of the pots" . Aberdeen Press and Journal. 12 September 1997. p. 40.
7. "1997 Scottish Masters". CueTracker: Snooker Results & Statistics database. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2013.