Pontins Professional 1987

Pontins Professional 1987
Tournament type:	Invitation tournament
Attendees:	8th
Venue:	Pontins, Prestatyn , Wales
Opening:
Endgame:
Winner:	Neal Foulds
Finalist:	Willie Thorne
Highest Break:	139 ( Willie Thorne )
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The 1987 Pontins Professional was a snooker tournament as part of the 1986/87 season . It was held in May after the World Cup at Pontins' holiday resort in Prestatyn on the north coast of Wales.

Terry Griffiths missed the third win in a row, he lost in the semifinals to Neal Foulds . The Englishman then won the tournament by beating Willie Thorne 9-8 . In the 14th edition of the tournament it was the fourth time that the final went the full distance.

Prize money

With £ 5,000 in prize money just split between the two players who made it to the final, the tournament was very lightly endowed. The amount remained below the amount of previous issues.

placement	Prize money
winner	£ 3,000
final	£ 2,000
All in all	£ 5,000

Final round

Willie Thorne was the only participant from the top 8 in the world rankings , two players were placed outside the top 32. The 8 participants played a three-round elimination tournament to determine the winner.

	Quarter Finals (Best of 9)					Semi-finals (Best of 11)					Final (Best of 17)
	1	Willie Thorne	5
	8th	Stephen Hendry	3
						1	Willie Thorne	6th
						4th	John Parrott	3
	4th	John Parrott	5
	7th	Tony Drago	0
											1	Willie Thorne	8th
											3	Neal Foulds	9
	3	Neal Foulds	5
	5	John Virgo	1
						3	Neal Foulds	6th
						2	Terry Griffiths	4th
	2	Terry Griffiths	5
	6th	Cliff Wilson	1

final

Final: Best of 17 Frames Pontins,  Prestatyn , Wales , May 1987
Willie Thorne	9: 9	Neal Foulds
Afternoon : 15: 120 , 76 : 2, 24: 69 , 18: 84 , 115 : 1 (115), 96 : 38 (66), 11: 57 , 121 : 0; Evening : 66 : 48, 0: 99 (59), 66 : 41, 14: 87 , 13: 53 (52), 75 : 17, 0: 88 , 73 : 54 (54 Thorne), 14: 68 (62)
62	Highest break	115
-	Century breaks	1
3	50+ breaks	3

Century breaks

Willie Thorne scored three century breaks in the tournament, one in each round.

Willie Thorne	139, 134, 115
Neal Foulds	126

swell

1. ^ Pontins Open / Pontins Professional / Pontins World Pro-Am Series. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, archived from the original on January 7, 2012 ; accessed on December 9, 2018 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} 1987 Pontins Professional - Finishes. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 9, 2018 . 
3. ↑ 1987 Pontins Professional. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 9, 2018 . 
4. ↑ 1987 Pontin's Professional Results. In: Snooker Database. Retrieved December 9, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Rankings - 1986-1987. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 9, 2018 .