1997 Scottish Masters

{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=Scottish Masters

|logo=

|dates={{Start and end dates|1997|09|30|1997|10|5|df=y}}

|venue=Motherwell Civic Centre

|location=Motherwell

|country=Scotland

|organisation=WPBSA

|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=£180,000

|winners_share=£60,000

|highest_break={{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus (140)

|winner={{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Bond

|runner_up={{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus

|score=9–8

|previous=1996

|next=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.

Main draw

{{cite web|title=Regal Scottish Masters 1997|url=http://www.snooker.org/trn/9798/sm97_res.shtml|publisher=Snooker.org|accessdate=4 May 2013}}

{{16TeamBracket-Compact-NoSeeds-Byes

|RD1=Round 1
Best of 9 Frames

|RD2=Quarter-finals
Best of 11 Frames

|RD3=Semi-finals
Best of 11 Frames

|RD4=Final
Best of 17 Frames

| RD1-seed03=

| RD1-team03={{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus

| RD1-score03=5

| RD1-seed04=

| RD1-team04={{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams

| RD1-score04=4

| RD1-seed07=

| RD1-team07={{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan

| RD1-score07=5

| RD1-seed08=

| RD1-team08={{flagicon|CAN}} Alain Robidoux

| RD1-score08=1

| RD1-seed11=

| RD1-team11={{flagicon|ENG}} John Parrott

| RD1-score11=5

| RD1-seed12=

| RD1-team12={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White

| RD1-score12=2

| RD1-seed15=

| RD1-team15={{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Bond

| RD1-score15=5

| RD1-seed16=

| RD1-team16={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis

| RD1-score16=4

| RD2-seed01=

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus

| RD2-score01=6

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon

| RD2-score02=3

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins

| RD2-score03=6

| RD2-seed04=

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan

| RD2-score04=2

| RD2-seed05=

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} John Parrott

| RD2-score05=6

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry

| RD2-score06=5

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Bond

| RD2-score07=6

| RD2-seed08=

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty

| RD2-score08=5

| RD3-seed01=

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus

| RD3-score01=6

| RD3-seed02=

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins

| RD3-score02=5

| RD3-seed03=

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} John Parrott

| RD3-score03=3

| RD3-seed04=

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Bond

| RD3-score04=6

| RD4-seed01=

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus

| RD4-score01=8

| RD4-seed02=

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Bond

| RD4-score02=9

}}

Final

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"

colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: Best of 17 frames.
Motherwell Civic Centre, Motherwell, Scotland, 5 October 1997.

width="230" align="right" | Alan McManus
{{SCO}}

| width="100" align="center" | 8–9

| width="230" | Nigel Bond
{{ENG}}

colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" | 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

align="right" | 85

| align="center" | Highest break

| 126

align="right" | 0

| align="center" | Century breaks

| 1

align="right" | 8

| align="center" | 50+ breaks

| 5

Qualifying Event

Qualifying for the tournament took place amongst 6 players at the Spencer's Snooker Centre in Stirling from 9 to 11 September 1997.{{cite news|title=Masters' ticket rush|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002401/19970815/182/0026|url-access=subscription|work=Lennox Herald|date=15 August 1997|page=26}}

In the first round, 1985 World Champion Dennis Taylor beat Anthony Hamilton 5–4, while former Irish Masters champion Darren Morgan whitewashed Billy Snaddon.{{cite news|title=Snooker|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19970910/654/0028|url-access=subscription|work=Aberdeen Press and Journal|date=10 September 1997|page=28}}

In the semi-finals, former Masters champion Alan McManus defeated Morgan 5–1,{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001730/19940203/516/0062|url-access=subscription|title=Super McManus|date=11 September 1997|work=Evening Herald (Dublin)|page=77}} while world number 11 Tony Drago won 5–3 over Taylor.{{Cite news|title=Drago through|work=The Times|date=11 September 1997|page=20|url=https://archive.org/details/NewsUK1997UKEnglish/Sep%2011%201997%2C%20The%20Times%2C%20%2365992%2C%20UK%20%28en%29/page/n41/mode/2up}}

In the final McManus defeated Drago 5–2, making five half-century breaks in the match, to earn a place at the main draw.{{cite news|title=Ronnie aims to be top of the pots|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19970912/791/0040|url-access=subscription|work=Aberdeen Press and Journal|date=12 September 1997|page=40}} All matches were played to the best-of-nine frames and players in bold indicate match winners.

{{6TeamBracket

| RD1=Round 1
Best of 9 frames

| RD2=Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames

| RD3=Final
Best of 9 frames

| seeds=no

| RD1-seed1=

| RD1-team1={{flagicon|NIR}} Dennis Taylor

| RD1-score1=5

| RD1-seed2=

| RD1-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Anthony Hamilton

| RD1-score2=4

| RD1-seed3=

| RD1-team3={{flagicon|WAL}} Darren Morgan

| RD1-score3=5

| RD1-seed4=

| RD1-team4={{flagicon|SCO}} Billy Snaddon

| RD1-score4=0

| RD2-seed1=

| RD2-team1={{flagicon|Malta}} Tony Drago

| RD2-score1=5

| RD2-seed2=

| RD2-team2={{flagicon|NIR}} Dennis Taylor

| RD2-score2=3

| RD2-seed3=

| RD2-team3={{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus

| RD2-score3=5

| RD2-seed4=

| RD2-team4={{flagicon|WAL}} Darren Morgan

| RD2-score4=1

| RD3-seed1=

| RD3-team1={{flagicon|Malta}} Tony Drago

| RD3-score1=2

| RD3-seed2=

| RD3-team2={{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus

| RD3-score2=5

}}

Century breaks

{{cite web|title=1997 Scottish Masters|url=http://www.cuetracker.net/pages/tournaments.php?ID=361|publisher=CueTracker: Snooker Results & Statistics database|accessdate=4 May 2013|archive-date=5 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205173032/http://www.cuetracker.net/pages/tournaments.php?ID=361|url-status=dead}}

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

References