1987 Scottish Masters

{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=1987 Scottish Masters

|logo=

|dates={{Start and end dates|1987|09|17|1987|09|20|df=y}}

|venue=Hospitality Inn

|location=Glasgow

|country=Scotland

|organisation=WPBSA

|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=£50,000{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003741/19870605/045/0045|url-access=subscription|title=Superkid wants Joe|newspaper=Daily Record|date=5 June 1987|page=45}}

|winners_share=£16,000{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001730/19870921/383/0041|url-access=subscription|title=Joe breaks Hearn 'grip' |date=21 September 1987|work=Evening Herald (Dublin)|page=41}}

|highest_break={{flagathlete|Dennis Taylor|NIR}} (125){{cite book |editor=Smith, Terry |date=1988 |title=Benson and Hedges Snooker Year (Fifth Edition) |location=Aylesbury |publisher=Pelham Books |isbn=0720718309 |chapter=Langs Supreme Scottish Masters Results|page=67}}

|winner={{flagathlete|Joe Johnson|ENG}}

|runner_up={{flagathlete|Terry Griffiths|WAL}}

|score=9–7

|previous=1986

|next=1989

}}

The 1987 Langs Scottish Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 17 and 20 September 1987 at the Hospitality Inn in Glasgow, Scotland.{{cite web|title=Scottish Masters|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/scotmast.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155901/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/scotmast.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 February 2012|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|accessdate=7 January 2018}}

Joe Johnson won the tournament by defeating Terry Griffiths 9–7 in the final.{{cite book|last=Layton|first=Eric|title=Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker|page=155}}

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

  • Winner: £16,000
  • Runner-up: £10,000
  • Semi-final: £5,000
  • Quarter-final: £3,125
  • Highest break: £1,500
  • Total: £50,000

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|Joe Johnson|ENG}}| 5| {{flagathlete|Stephen Hendry|SCO}}| 2

||{{flagathlete|Cliff Thorburn|CAN}}| 5| {{flagathlete|Dennis Taylor|NIR}}| 2

||{{flagathlete|Terry Griffiths|WAL}}| 5| {{flagathlete|Neal Foulds|ENG}}| 4

||{{flagathlete|Jimmy White|ENG}}| 5| {{flagathlete|Alex Higgins|NIR}}| 3

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Johnson| 6| {{flagicon|CAN}} Cliff Thorburn| 3

||{{flagicon|WAL}} Terry Griffiths| 6| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White| 3

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Johnson| 9| {{flagicon|WAL}} Terry Griffiths| 7

}}

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Scottish Masters}}

{{Snooker season 1987/1988}}

1987

Masters

Scottish Masters

Scottish Masters