Regal Scottish Masters 1997

Motherwell Civic Centre, Motherwell, Scotland (Sep 30 - Oct 5, 1997)
Invitational tournament
�180,000 purse, �60,000 first prize

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Report

Englishman Nigel Bond came back from 6-8 and 0-61 down to steal the 1997 Regal Masters title from local favourite Alan McManus.

This is Bond's fifth major title. It earned him �60,000. McManus received �29,000 plus �5,000 for the highest break, a 140 in the semi-finals.

Pictures

(© Eric Whitehead)

• Bond wins Regal Scottish
• Bond has his eye on title
• Hendry losing

(Players are English unless stated)

Final

Nigel Bond 9-8 Alan McManus (Scotland) 

26-64, 17-102, 99-4, 5-74, 84-53, 77-0, 78-28, 58-29, 128-0 (128),
24-93, 44-69, 12-112, 2-74, 12-90, 67-61, 72-14, 67-30

Alan McManus (Scotland) 6-5 John Higgins (Scotland)

140-0 (140), 22-96, 50-90, 65-55, 5-127 (100+),
0-88, 80-0, 56-42, 35-82, 56-52, 70-56

Nigel Bond 6-3 John Parrott

67-62, 46-67, 27-104, 76-54, 76-39, 36-69, 72-0, 84-8, 73-8

Alan McManus (Scotland) 6-3 Peter Ebdon

John Higgins (Scotland) 6-2 Ronnie O'Sullivan
John Parrott            6-5 Stephen Hendry (Scotland)
Nigel Bond              6-5 Ken Doherty (Ireland)

Alan McManus (Scotland) 5-4 Mark J Williams (Wales)

Ronnie O'Sullivan       5-1 Alain Robidoux (Canada)

John Parrott            5-2 Jimmy White

Nigel Bond              5-4 Steve Davis 

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