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.

Scottish Masters

Tournament information
Dates	30 September–5 October 1997
Venue	Motherwell Civic Centre
City	Motherwell
Country	Scotland
Organisation(s)	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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Nigel Bond recovered from 6–8 down to defeat local favorite Alan McManus 9–8.

Main draw

[1]

	Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames					Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 17 frames
		Alan McManus	6
		Peter Ebdon	3				Alan McManus	6
		John Higgins	6				John Higgins	5
		Ronnie O'Sullivan	2									Alan McManus	8
		John Parrott	6									Nigel Bond	9
		Stephen Hendry	5				John Parrott	3
		Nigel Bond	6				Nigel Bond	6
		Ken Doherty	5

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), 61–67 (56, 67), 14–72, 30–67
85	Highest break	126
0	Century breaks	1
8	50+ breaks	5

Qualifying

	Round 1 Best of 9 frames					Round 2 Best of 9 frames					Round 3 Best of 9 frames
							Tony Drago	5
		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

[2]

• 140, 119 Alan McManus
• 128 Nigel Bond
• 120, 105 Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 119 John Parrott
• 114 John Higgins
• 111 Anthony Hamilton

References

1. "Regal Scottish Masters 1997". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
2. "1997 Scottish Masters". CueTracker: Snooker Results & Statistics database. Retrieved 4 May 2013.