Irish Masters 1987

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Irish Masters 1987
Benson & Hedges Irish Masters 1987
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Tournament type: Invitation tournament
Attendees: 12
Venue: Goffs , Kill , Ireland
Opening: March 24, 1987
Endgame: March 29, 1987

Defending champion: EnglandEngland Jimmy White
Winner: EnglandEngland Steve Davis
Finalist: EnglandEngland Willie Thorne
Highest Break: 117 ( Dennis Taylor ) Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland
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The 1987 Benson & Hedges Irish Masters was an invitation-only snooker tournament for the 1986/87 season . It was held from March 24 to 29, 1987 in the Goffs of Kill in County Kildare , Ireland . The winner was Steve Davis , who made himself one of the two record winners of the tournament with a 9-1 win over Willie Thorne alongside Terry Griffiths . The Northern Irishman Dennis Taylor played the highest break of the tournament with a 117 break.

Prize money

After there had been an increase in the previous year, the prize money increased with this issue by more than 10,000 pounds to just £ 90,000 on what exactly a quarter accounted for the winner. Once again, the tournament was sponsored by the cigarette brand Benson & Hedges .

Prize money
winner £ 22,500
finalist £ 13,005
Semi-finalist £ 9,000
Quarter finalist £ 5,400
First round £ 3,105
Highest break £ 2,475
All in all £ 90,000

Tournament course

As in previous years, there were a total of twelve participants, among whom, as in previous events, was the Irishman Eugene Hughes . The games of the first round, required by the number of participants, and the games in the quarterfinals were played in the best of 9 frames mode and the semi-final games in the best of 11 frames mode , while the maximum limit was set to 17 frames in the final.

  First round
best of 9 frames 		Quarterfinals
Best of 9 Frames 		Semi-final
best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 17 frames
                             
EnglandEngland Tony Meo 5     EnglandEngland Steve Davis 5  
EnglandEngland Tony Knowles 2     EnglandEngland Tony Meo 2  
  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 6th  
  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 2  
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 5     EnglandEngland Joe Johnson 0
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 1     WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 5  
  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 9
  EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 1
EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 5     EnglandEngland Jimmy White 4th  
CanadaCanada Kirk Stevens 1     EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 5  
  EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 6th
  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 2  
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 5     CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 1
IrelandIreland Eugene Hughes 4th     Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 5  

final

The Englishman Steve Davis had already won the Irish Masters in 1983 and 1984 and after two years of abstinence from the final he had made it to the final again with a victory over the three-time and thus record winner of the tournament Terry Griffiths . He met his compatriot Willie Thorne , who was in the final last year and had lost 9: 5 to Jimmy White .

After a close result in the first frame of the game won by Davis, Thorne equalized immediately. But Davis subsequently won all eight necessary frames in a row and won the match 9-1. In addition, he drew level with record winner Terry Griffiths .

Finale: Best of 17 Frames
Goffs ,  Kill , Ireland , March 29, 1987
EnglandEngland Steve Davis 9 : 1 EnglandEngland Willie Thorne
67:65 ; 21: 65 ; 54:36 ; 76 : 28; 35 : 9; 94 : 0 (58); 68:27 ; 65:36 ;
72 : 5 (70); 91 : 21
70 Highest break -
- Century breaks -
2 50+ breaks -

Century Breaks

During the tournament, three century breaks were played by three players .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Ron Florax: 1987 Irish Masters. CueTracker.net, accessed April 7, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Ron Florax: 1987 Irish Masters - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed April 7, 2019 .