Tournament information | |
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Dates | 30 September – 5 October 1997 |
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 | ![]() |
Final | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
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.
Round 1 Best of 9 Frames | Quarter-finals Best of 11 Frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 Frames | Final Best of 17 Frames | ||||||||||||||||
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Final: Best of 17 frames. Motherwell Civic Centre, Motherwell, Scotland, 5 October 1997. | ||
Alan McManus ![]() | 8–9 | Nigel Bond ![]() |
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 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 | |||||||||
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