1997 Scottish Masters
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.
| 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 |
← 1996 1998 → | |
Nigel Bond recovered from 6–8 down to defeat local favorite Alan McManus 9–8.
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.webp){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 |
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 | ||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){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 | ||||||||||
Century breaks
- 140, 119 – Alan McManus
- 128 – Nigel Bond
- 120, 105 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 119 – John Parrott
- 114 – John Higgins
- 111 – Anthony Hamilton
References
- "Regal Scottish Masters 1997". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- "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.
- "1997 Scottish Masters". CueTracker: Snooker Results & Statistics database. Retrieved 4 May 2013.