1997 Scottish Masters

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Scottish Masters
Tournament information
Dates30 September – 5 October 1997 (1997-09-30 1997-10-05)
Venue Motherwell Civic Centre
City Motherwell
CountryScotland
Organisation WPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund £180,000
Winner's share£60,000
Highest break Flag of Scotland.svg Alan McManus (140)
Final
Champion Flag of England.svg Nigel Bond
Runner-up Flag of Scotland.svg Alan McManus
Score9–8
1996
1998

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.

Contents

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

Main draw

[1]

Round 1
Best of 9 Frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 11 Frames
Semi-finals
Best of 11 Frames
Final
Best of 17 Frames
Flag of Scotland.svg Alan McManus 6
Flag of Scotland.svg Alan McManus 5 Flag of England.svg Peter Ebdon 3
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams 4 Flag of Scotland.svg Alan McManus 6
Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins 5
Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins 6
Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alain Robidoux 1 Flag of Scotland.svg Alan McManus 8
Flag of England.svg Nigel Bond 9
Flag of England.svg John Parrott 6
Flag of England.svg John Parrott 5 Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Hendry 5
Flag of England.svg Jimmy White 2 Flag of England.svg John Parrott 3
Flag of England.svg Nigel Bond 6
Flag of England.svg Nigel Bond 6
Flag of England.svg Nigel Bond 5 Flag of Ireland.svg Ken Doherty 5
Flag of England.svg Steve Davis 4

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames.
Motherwell Civic Centre, Motherwell, Scotland, 5 October 1997.
Alan McManus
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
8–9 Nigel Bond
Flag of England.svg  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
85Highest break126
0Century breaks1
850+ breaks5

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
Flag of Malta.svg Tony Drago 5
Ulster Banner.svg Dennis Taylor 5 Ulster Banner.svg Dennis Taylor 3
Flag of England.svg Anthony Hamilton 4 Flag of Malta.svg Tony Drago 2
Flag of Scotland.svg Alan McManus 5
Flag of Scotland.svg Alan McManus 5
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Darren Morgan 5 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Darren Morgan 1
Flag of Scotland.svg Billy Snaddon 0

Century breaks

[7]

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.