Scottish Masters

Scottish Masters

Tournament status
Ranking tournament:	-
Minor ranking tournament:	-
Invitation tournament:	1981-1987 1989-2002
Tournament dates of the last edition
Venue:	Thistle Hotel , Glasgow
Prize money (total):	?
Prize money (winner):	£ 65,000
Frames in the final:	Best of 17
Records
Most wins:	Steve Davis (3 ×) Ronnie O'Sullivan (3 ×) Stephen Hendry  (3 ×)
Highest Break:	147 ( Maximum Break ) Marco Fu 2000
Venue (s) on the map
Glasgow Motherwell

The Scottish Masters was a tournament for snooker professionals from 1981 to 2002 . As an invitation tournament, it never had the status of a ranked tournament .

history

In 1981 the Scottish Masters was held for the first time. Mostly in September it was the first tournament of the season. The first title holder was the then 19-year-old Jimmy White , who won his first major title as a professional snooker in 1981.

Until 1987 the tournament was sponsored by the company "Langs Supreme" and held in Glasgow . The prize pool for the tournament winner was £ 8,000 in 1981 and doubled to £ 16,000 by 1987.

In 1988 the tournament did not take place, after which it returned to the tour calendar under the new sponsor name Regal Scottish Masters (instead of Lang's Scottish Masters) . The number of participants was also increased from eight to initially ten, from 1992 to twelve players. Between 1990 and 2000 it was the Civic Center in Motherwell venue of the tournament. In 1989, with "Regal" as sponsor, 32,500 pounds were distributed to the winner. In the following years the prize money continued to rise, reaching £ 50,000 for the first time in 1994. Between 1996 and 2002 it was between £ 60,000 and £ 65,000.

For 2001 and 2002 the tournament returned to Glasgow. Due to the ban on advertising tobacco products, Regal was no longer allowed to sponsor the tournament from 2002; as no other financially strong sponsor could be found, the tournament was discontinued.

With three titles each, Steve Davis , Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan are the record winners of this event. In 2000, Marco Fu from Hong Kong achieved the only maximum break in tournament history; in the fourth frame of the first round game against Ken Doherty , he scored the 39th official maximum in professional snooker.

winner

year	venue	winner	Result	finalist	Main sponsor	season
Scottish Masters
1981	Glasgow - Kelvin Hall	Jimmy White	9: 4	Cliff Thorburn	Lang's Supreme	1981/82
1982	Glasgow - Holiday Inn	Steve Davis	9: 4	Alex Higgins		1982/83
1983	Glasgow - Skean Dhu Hotel	Steve Davis	9: 6	Tony Knowles		1983/84
1984	Glasgow - Hospitality Inn	Steve Davis	9: 4	Jimmy White		1984/85
1985		Cliff Thorburn	9: 7	Willie Thorne		1985/86
1986		Cliff Thorburn	9: 8	Alex Higgins		1986/87
1987		Joe Johnson	9: 7	Terry Griffiths		1987/88
1989	Glasgow - Scottish Exhibition Center	Stephen Hendry	10: 1	Terry Griffiths	shelf	1989/90
1990	Motherwell Civic Center	Stephen Hendry	10: 6	Terry Griffiths		1990/91
1991		Mike Hallett	10: 6	Steve Davis		1991/92
1992		Neal Foulds	10: 8	Gary Wilkinson		1992/93
1993		Ken Doherty	10: 9	Alan McManus		1993/94
1994		Ken Doherty	9: 7	Stephen Hendry		1994/95
1995		Stephen Hendry	9: 5	Peter Ebdon		1995/96
1996		Peter Ebdon	9: 6	Alan McManus		1996/97
1997		Nigel Bond	9: 8	Alan McManus		1997/98
1998		Ronnie O'Sullivan	9: 7	John Higgins		1998/99
1999		Matthew Stevens	9: 7	John Higgins		1999/00
2000		Ronnie O'Sullivan	9: 6	Stephen Hendry		2000/01
2001	Glasgow Thistle Hotel	John Higgins	9: 6	Ronnie O'Sullivan		2001/02
2002		Ronnie O'Sullivan	9: 4	John Higgins		2002/03

Web links

• Scottish Masters at Chris Turner's Snooker Archive ( Memento from April 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive )