The 1998 Regal Scottish Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 29 September and 4 October 1998 at the Motherwell Civic Centre in Motherwell, Scotland.
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 29 September – 4 October 1998 |
Venue | Motherwell Civic Centre |
City | Motherwell |
Country | Scotland |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Non-ranking event |
Total prize fund | £175,400 |
Winner's share | £61,000 |
Highest break | Jimmy White (132) |
Final | |
Champion | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
Runner-up | John Higgins |
Score | 9–7 |
← 1997 1999 → |
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]
Round 1 Best of 9 Frames | Quarter-finals Best of 11 Frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 Frames | Final Best of 17 Frames | ||||||||||||||||
Nigel Bond | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Jimmy White | 5 | Jimmy White | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Ken Doherty | 4 | Nigel Bond | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Mark Williams | 5 | Mark Williams | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
Steve Davis | 4 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
John Higgins | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stephen Hendry | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Peter Ebdon | 5 | Peter Ebdon | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
Paul Hunter | 1 | Stephen Hendry | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
John Higgins | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
John Higgins | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
John Parrott | 5 | John Parrott | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Alan McManus | 4 |
The preliminary qualifying rounds for the tournament were for four highest-ranked Scottish players who were not invited to the main event and took place on 9 September 1998 at the Spencer's Snooker Centre in Stirling.[4] Jamie Burnett won the four-man playoff and earned the final spot for the main qualifying event.[5] All matches were played to the best-of-nine frames and players in bold indicate match winners.[3]
Round 1 Best of 9 frames | Round 2 Best of 9 frames | ||||||||
Chris Small | 0 | ||||||||
Billy Snaddon | 5 | ||||||||
Billy Snaddon | 2 | ||||||||
Jamie Burnett | 5 | ||||||||
Graeme Dott | 4 | ||||||||
Jamie Burnett | 5 |
Qualifying for the tournament took place at the Spencer's Snooker Centre in Stirling from 10 to 12 September 1998.[4][5] Paul Hunter defeated Matthew Stevens, Stephen Lee and Jamie Burnett to secure a place at the main draw.[6] All matches were played to the best-of-nine frames and players in bold indicate match winners.[3]
Round 1 Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Final Best of 9 frames | ||||||||||||
Paul Hunter | 5 | |||||||||||||
Paul Hunter | 5 | Stephen Lee | 4 | |||||||||||
Matthew Stevens | 3 | Paul Hunter | 5 | |||||||||||
Jamie Burnett | 1 | |||||||||||||
Tony Drago | 2 | |||||||||||||
Jamie Burnett | 5 | Jamie Burnett | 5 | |||||||||||
Anthony Hamilton | 4 |