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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 |
|---|
| 30 September – 5 October 1997 (1997-09-30 – 1997-10-05) |
| Motherwell Civic Centre |
| Motherwell |
| Scotland |
| WPBSA |
| Non-ranking event |
| £180,000 |
| £60,000 |
| Alan McManus (140) |
| Nigel Bond |
| Alan McManus |
| 9–8 |
| ← 1996 1998 → |
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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.
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 for the tournament took place amongst 6 players at the Spencer's Snooker Centre in Stirling from 9 to 11 September 1997. In the first round, 1985 World Champion Dennis Taylor beat Anthony Hamilton 5–4, while former Irish Masters champion Darren Morgan whitewashed Billy Snaddon. In the semi-finals, former Masters champion Alan McManus defeated Morgan 5–1, while world number 11 Tony Drago won 5–3 over Taylor. In the final McManus defeated Drago 5–2, making five half-century breaks in the match, to earn a place at the main draw. All matches were played to the best-of-nine frames and players in bold indicate match winners.
- 140, 119 – Alan McManus
- 128 – Nigel Bond
- 120, 105 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 119 – John Parrott
- 114 – John Higgins
- 111 – Anthony Hamilton
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