1981 Scottish Masters
{{Infobox individual snooker tournament
|tournament_name=1981 Scottish Masters
|logo=
|dates={{Start and end dates|1981|09|22|1981|09|25|df=y}}
|venue=Kelvin Hall
|location=Glasgow
|country=Scotland
|organisation=WPBSA
|format=Non-Ranking event
|Total prize fund=£20,000
|winners_share=£8,000
|highest_break={{flagathlete|Cliff Thorburn|CAN}} (111)
|winner={{flagathlete|Jimmy White|ENG}}
|runner_up={{flagathlete|Cliff Thorburn|CAN}}
|score=9–4
|previous=
|next=1982}}
The 1981 Langs Supreme Scottish Masters was the inaugural edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place from 22 to 25 September 1981.
The tournament was played at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow, Scotland, and featured nine professional players.{{cite web|title=Scottish Masters|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/scotmast.html|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155901/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/scotmast.html|accessdate=8 January 2018|archive-date=2012-02-16}}
Summary
One preliminary match was played between Vic Harris, the winner of the 1981 English Amateur Championship who had recently turned professional, and Ian Black, the winner of the 1981 Scottish Professional Championship.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=j8FAAAAAIBAJ&pg=5599%2C4266681 |title=Now Davis cues up at Kelvin Hall |first=Albert |last=Naismith |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=31 |date=22 September 1981}}
Jimmy White beat Ray Reardon 5–4 in the first quarter-final while Steve Davis beat Doug Mountjoy 5–0, including a break of 108.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kMFAAAAAIBAJ&pg=4570%2C4497854 |title=Vanquished Reardon badly misses his cue |first=Albert |last=Naismith |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=20 |date=23 September 1981}} On the second day Vic Harris won his preliminary match 4–0 and then lost 3–5 to Alex Higgins. Cliff Thorburn beat Kirk Stevens 5–1 in the other quarter-final, including a break of 111 by Thorburn.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kMFAAAAAIBAJ&pg=6527%2C4779821 |title=Harris extends Higgins |first=Albert |last=Naismith |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=23 |date=24 September 1981}}
In the semi-finals Jimmy White beat Steve Davis 6–5 while Cliff Thorburn beat Alex Higgins 6–2.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kMFAAAAAIBAJ&pg=6527%2C4779821 |title=Davis falls to red-hot White |first=Albert |last=Naismith |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=23 |date=25 September 1981}}
Jimmy White won the first title of his professional career, beating Cliff Thorburn 9–4 in the final. Thorburn led 3–0 and 4–1 but then White won eight frames in succession to win the title and the £8,000 first prize.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ksFAAAAAIBAJ&pg=6456%2C5183442 |title=Brilliant White's £8000 triumph |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=16 |date=26 September 1981}}
Tournament draw
{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=3
|bold_winner = high
|team-width = 200
|short_brackets=yes
|RD1 = Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
|RD2 =Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
|RD3 = Final
Best of 17 Frames
||{{flagathlete|Cliff Thorburn|CAN}}| 5| {{flagathlete|Kirk Stevens|CAN}}| 1
||{{flagathlete|Alex Higgins|NIR}}| 5| {{flagathlete|Vic Harris|ENG}}| 3
||{{flagathlete|Jimmy White|ENG}}| 5| {{flagathlete|Ray Reardon|WAL}}| 4
||{{flagathlete|Doug Mountjoy|WAL}}| 0| {{flagathlete|Steve Davis|ENG}}| 5
||{{flagicon|CAN}} Cliff Thorburn| 6| {{flagicon|NIR}} Alex Higgins| 2
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White| 6| {{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis| 5
||{{flagicon|CAN}} Cliff Thorburn| 4| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White| 9
}}
One preliminary match was played, with the winner advancing to face Alex Higgins in the quarter-finals; this match was played under a best-of-seven frames format.
- {{flagathlete|Vic Harris|ENG}} 4–0 {{flagathlete|Ian Black|SCO}}
=Final=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;" |
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: unknown. Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland, 25 September 1981. |
| width="230" align="right" | Jimmy White {{ENG}} | width="100" align="center" | 9–4 | width="230" | Cliff Thorburn |
| colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" | 44–70, 17–59, 39–63, 73–42, 0–88 (82), 83–26, 62–43, 66–40 (64), 58–24, 95–38, 54–39, 74–53, 75–60 (Thorburn 60) |
| align="right" | 64
| align="center" | Highest break | 82 |
| align="right" | 0
| align="center" | Century breaks | 0 |
| align="right" | 1
| align="center" | 50+ breaks | 2 |
Century breaks
- 111 {{endash}} Cliff Thorburn
- 108 {{endash}} Steve Davis
References
{{reflist}}
{{Scottish Masters}}
{{Snooker season 1981/1982}}