# 1997 Scottish Masters

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

| Round 1 Best of 9 Frames | Round 1 Best of 9 Frames | Round 1 Best of 9 Frames | Quarter-finals Best of 11 Frames | Quarter-finals Best of 11 Frames | Quarter-finals Best of 11 Frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 Frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 Frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 Frames | Final Best of 17 Frames | Final Best of 17 Frames | Final Best of 17 Frames |
| | | | Alan McManus | Alan McManus | 6 | | | | | | |
| Alan McManus | Alan McManus | 5 | Peter Ebdon | Peter Ebdon | 3 | | | | | | |
| Mark Williams | Mark Williams | 4 | | | | Alan McManus | Alan McManus | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | | John Higgins | John Higgins | 5 | | | |
| | | | John Higgins | John Higgins | 6 | | | | | | |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 5 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 2 | | | | | | |
| Alain Robidoux | Alain Robidoux | 1 | | | | | | | Alan McManus | Alan McManus | 8 |
| | | | | | | | | | Nigel Bond | Nigel Bond | 9 |
| | | | John Parrott | John Parrott | 6 | | | | | | |
| John Parrott | John Parrott | 5 | Stephen Hendry | Stephen Hendry | 5 | | | | | | |
| Jimmy White | Jimmy White | 2 | | | | John Parrott | John Parrott | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | Nigel Bond | Nigel Bond | 6 | | | |
| | | | Nigel Bond | Nigel Bond | 6 | | | | | | |
| Nigel Bond | Nigel Bond | 5 | Ken Doherty | Ken Doherty | 5 | | | | | | |
| Steve Davis | Steve Davis | 4 | | | | | | | | | |

## Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Motherwell Civic Centre, Motherwell, Scotland, 5 October 1997. :
| Alan McManus Scotland | 8–9 | Nigel Bond England |
| 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 |||
| 85 | Highest break | 126 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 8 | 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. In the first round, 1985 World Champion Dennis Taylor beat Anthony Hamilton 5–4, while former Irish Masters champion Darren Morgan whitewashed Billy Snaddon. In the semi-finals, former Masters champion Alan McManus defeated Morgan 5–1, while world number 11 Tony Drago won 5–3 over Taylor. In the final McManus defeated Drago 5–2, making five half-century breaks in the match, to earn a place at the main draw. All matches were played to the best-of-nine frames and players in bold indicate match winners.
| Round 1 Best of 9 frames | Round 1 Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Final Best of 9 frames | Final Best of 9 frames |
| | | Tony Drago | 5 | | |
| Dennis Taylor | 5 | Dennis Taylor | 3 | | |
| Anthony Hamilton | 4 | | | Tony Drago | 2 |
| | | | | Alan McManus | 5 |
| | | Alan McManus | 5 | | |
| Darren Morgan | 5 | Darren Morgan | 1 | | |
| Billy Snaddon | 0 | | | | |

## Century breaks

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