1997 Scottish Masters
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| 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 |  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.
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.[1] In the first round, 1985 World Champion Dennis Taylor beat Anthony Hamilton 5–4, while former Irish Masters champion Darren Morgan whitewashed Billy Snaddon.[2] In the semi-finals, former Masters champion Alan McManus defeated Morgan 5–1,[3] while world number 11 Tony Drago won 5–3 over Taylor.[4] In the final McManus defeated Drago 5–2, making five half-century breaks in the match, to earn a place at the main draw.[5] 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 | ||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} 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 | ||||||||||
Main draw
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} 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 |
Century breaks
- 140, 119 – Alan McManus
- 128 – Nigel Bond
- 120, 105 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 119 – John Parrott
- 114 – John Higgins
- 111 – Anthony Hamilton
References
- ↑ "Masters' ticket rush". Lennox Herald. 15 August 1997. p. 26.
- ↑ "Snooker". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 10 September 1997. p. 28.
- ↑ "Super McManus". Evening Herald (Dublin). 11 September 1997. p. 77.
- ↑ "Drago through". The Times. 11 September 1997. p. 20.
- ↑ "Ronnie aims to be top of the pots". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 12 September 1997. p. 40.
- ↑ "Regal Scottish Masters 1997". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ↑ "1997 Scottish Masters". CueTracker: Snooker Results & Statistics database. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2013.