1979 Golden Masters

{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=Golden Masters

|logo=

|dates=9 June 1979

|venue=Queen's Hall

|location=Newtownards

|country=Northern Ireland

|organisation=WPBSA

|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=£2,000

|winners_share=£750{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004162/19790609/027/0002|url-access=subscription|title=Golden boy Ray snookers Doug|date=9 June 1979|work=Ireland's Saturday Night|page=2}}

|highest_break=

|winner={{flagicon|WAL}} Ray Reardon

|runner_up={{flagicon|ENG}} Graham Miles

|score=4–2

|previous=1978

|next=}}

The 1979 McEwans Golden Masters was an invitational snooker tournament which took place on 9 June 1979 at the Queen's Hall in Newtownards, Northern Ireland.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/19790509/433/0028|url-access=subscription|title=Reardon and Taylor in Ards tourney|date=9 May 1979|work=Belfast Telegraph|page=28}} Similar to the previous year, the tournament featured four professional players - Ray Reardon, Dennis Taylor, Doug Mountjoy and Graham Miles.{{cite web|title=1979 Golden Masters Results|url=http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=705|publisher=Snooker Database|accessdate=8 February 2018|archive-date=8 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208124049/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=705|url-status=dead}}

Reardon won the title beating Miles 4–2 in the final.{{cite web|title=Other Non-Ranking and Invitation Events|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc1.html#McEw|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160510/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc1.html#McEw|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 February 2012|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|accessdate=8 February 2018}}

Main draw

{{4TeamBracket

| RD1 = Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames

| RD2 = Final
Best of 7 frames

| RD1-seed1 =

| RD1-team1 = {{flagicon|WAL}} Ray Reardon

| RD1-score1 = 3

| RD1-seed2 =

| RD1-team2 = {{flagicon|WAL}} Doug Mountjoy

| RD1-score2 = 1

| RD1-seed3 =

| RD1-team3 = {{flagicon|ENG}} Graham Miles

| RD1-score3 = 3

| RD1-seed4 =

| RD1-team4 = {{flagicon|NIR}} Dennis Taylor

| RD1-score4 = 2

| RD2-seed1 =

| RD2-team1 = {{flagicon|WAL}} Ray Reardon

| RD2-score1 = 4

| RD2-seed2 =

| RD2-team2 = {{flagicon|ENG}} Graham Miles

| RD2-score2 = 2

}}

References

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{{Snooker season 1978/1979}}

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