Golden Masters
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| Minor ranking tournament: | ||
| Invitation tournament: | 1978-1979 | |
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| Venue: | Newtownards , County Down , Northern Ireland | |
| Prize money (total): | £ 1,250 | |
| Prize money (winner): | 750 pounds | |
| Frames in the final: | Best of 7 | |
| Records | ||
| Most wins: |
 Doug Mountjoy Ray Reardon (1 × each)
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| Highest Break: | 123 Ray Reardon 1978
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The McEwan's Lager Golden Masters was a 1978 and 1979, a total of two times, be transmitted Snooker -Einladungsturnier. The tournament was played in both cases with four selected leading players in both the 1977/78 and 1978/79 seasons sponsored by McEwan’s in the Northern Irish town of Newtownards in County Down . Welsh Doug Mountjoy and Ray Reardon were each winner once , with Reardon playing the highest break in tournament history with a 123 break in the first edition.
history
The first edition of the tournament took place in June 1978 in Newtownards under the sponsorship of the Scottish brewery McEwan’s , to which the Welshmen Ray Reardon and Doug Mountjoy , the Englishman Graham Miles and Dennis Taylor from Northern Ireland were invited. A total of £ 2,000 in prize money was awarded, of which £ 750 went to the winner. The tournament was won by Doug Mountjoy in an all-Welsh final, who defeated Reardon 4-2. The next year the tournament was played again in June in Newtownards with the same four players, but the total prize money dropped to now £ 1,250. Reardon reached the final again and won 4-2 against Graham Miles. Afterwards, however, no further tournaments took place.
winner
| year | venue | winner | Result | finalist | sponsor | season |
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| Golden Masters - status of an invitation tournament | ||||||
| 1978 | Newtownards |
Doug Mountjoy
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4: 2 |
Ray Reardon
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McEwan's | 1977/78 |
| 1979 |
Ray Reardon
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4: 2 |
 Graham Miles
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1978/79 | ||
Web links
- Overview on CueTracker
- Overview on the website of the Snooker Database (incorrectly brought forward by one year)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Chris Turner: Other Non-Ranking and Invition Events - First held before 1980 *. (No longer available online.) Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2011, archived from the original on February 16, 2012 ; accessed on March 11, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Ron Florax: 1978 Golden Masters - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed on March 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Ron Florax: 1978 Golden Masters. CueTracker.net, accessed on March 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Ron Florax: 1979 Golden Masters - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed on March 11, 2020 .
- ^ Ron Florax: 1979 Golden Masters. CueTracker.net, accessed on March 11, 2020 .
