1997–98 snooker season

Date[n 1]			Rank	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score[1][2]	Reference
08–14	08–16	CHN	NR	Superstar International	Guangdong Hotel	Guangzhou	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Jimmy White	5–3	[3]
09–17	09–20	CHN	NR	China International		Beijing	Steve Davis	Jimmy White	7–4	[4]
09–30	10–05	SCO	NR	Scottish Masters	Civic Centre	Motherwell	Nigel Bond	Alan McManus	9–8	[5]
10–14	10–26	ENG	WR	Grand Prix	Bournemouth International Centre	Bournemouth	Dominic Dale	John Higgins	9–6	[6]
10–27	11–08	ENG	NR	Benson & Hedges Championship	Willie Thorne Snooker Centre	Malvern	Andy Hicks	Paul Davies	9–6	[7]
10–30	11–02	MLT	NR	Malta Grand Prix	Jerma Palace Hotel	Marsaskala	Ken Doherty	John Higgins	7–5	[8][9]
11–12	11–30	ENG	WR	UK Championship	Guild Hall	Preston	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Stephen Hendry	10–6	[10]
12–08	12–14	GER	WR	German Open	Atlantis Rheinhotel	Bingen am Rhein	John Higgins	John Parrott	9–4	[11]
01–16	01–25	WAL	WR	Welsh Open	Newport Leisure Centre	Newport	Paul Hunter	John Higgins	9–5	[12][13]
02–01	02–08	ENG	NR	The Masters	Wembley Conference Centre	London	Mark Williams	Stephen Hendry	10–9	[14][15]
02–12	02–22	SCO	WR	Scottish Open	A.E.C.C.	Aberdeen	Ronnie O'Sullivan	John Higgins	9–5	[16][17]
02–26	03–01	ENG	NR	Charity Challenge	Assembly Rooms	Derby	John Higgins	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9–8	[18][19]
03–07	03–15	THA	WR	Thailand Masters	Imperial Queens Park Hotel	Bangkok	Stephen Hendry	John Parrott	9–6	[20][21]
03–24	03–29	IRL	NR	Irish Masters	Goff's	Kill	Ken Doherty	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Disqualified [n 2]	[22]
04–02	04–12	ENG	WR	British Open	Plymouth Pavilions	Plymouth	John Higgins	Stephen Hendry	9–8	[23][24]
04–18	05–04	ENG	WR	World Snooker Championship	Crucible Theatre	Sheffield	John Higgins	Ken Doherty	18–12	[25]
05–16	05–23	WAL	NR	Pontins Professional	Pontins	Prestatyn	Mark Williams	Martin Clark	9–6	[26]
01–03	05–24	ENG	NR	Premier League	Diamond Centre	Irthlingborough	Ken Doherty	Jimmy White	10–2	[27]

* Ronnie O'Sullivan was stripped of the title and disqualified from the tournament having won the final 9–3.
He failed a post match drug test. O'Sullivan tested positive for Cannabis.Ken Doherty was awarded the title.

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.[28][29][30]

No.	Ch.	Name	Points
1		Stephen Hendry	43127
2		John Higgins	30867
3		Ken Doherty	28601
4		Mark Williams	27485
5		Peter Ebdon	25282
6		John Parrott	25082
7		Ronnie O'Sullivan	24217
8		Nigel Bond	22182
9		Alain Robidoux	21994
10		Alan McManus	20995
11		Tony Drago	19959
12		James Wattana	18822
13		Steve Davis	18654
14		Anthony Hamilton	17004
15		Darren Morgan	16423
16		Stephen Lee	16079