1998 Irish Masters

December 2021 December 2021 Irish Masters 1998 03 24 1998 03 29 y Goffs Kill Ireland WPBSA Non-Ranking event £200,000Benson & Hedges Irish Masters 1998 https://www.snooker.org/trn/9798/im98_res.shtml Snooker.org 10 February 2023 £75,000 Ken Doherty IRL (129) Ken Doherty IRL Ken Doherty was awarded the title after Ronnie O'Sullivan was subsequently stripped of his title and disqualified from the tournament, for failing a drugs test. 1997 1999 The 1998 Irish Masters was the twenty-fourth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place from 24 to 29 March 1998. The tournament was played at Goffs in Kill, County Kildare, and featured twelve professional players. Ronnie O'Sullivan won the final 9–3 against Ken Doherty, however O'Sullivan failed a post-final drugs test and tested positive for cannabis. He was stripped of the title and disqualified from the tournament with the victory awarded to Doherty.O'Sullivan stripped of Irish title https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/o-sullivan-stripped-of-irish-title-1.170751 The Irish Times Ian O'Riordan 7 July 1998 21 November 2017 Main draw Irish Masters http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=25 https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071613/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=25 dead 24 January 2013 Snooker Scene 21 November 20171998 Irish Masters Results http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResultGrid.aspx?EventKey=471 Snooker Database 21 November 2017 1 December 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031528/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResultGrid.aspx?EventKey=471 dead Round 1Best of 11 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 11 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 17 frames ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 ENG Jimmy White 2 ENG Steve Davis 6 ENG Nigel Bond 5 IRL Fergal O'Brien 6 ENG Peter Ebdon 2 ENG John Parrott 6 MLT Tony Drago 2 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 SCO Stephen Hendry 3 SCO John Higgins 6 ENG Steve Davis 3 IRL Ken Doherty 6 IRL Fergal O'Brien 1 ENG John Parrott 6 WAL Mark Williams 3 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 SCO John Higgins 4 IRL Ken Doherty 6 ENG John Parrott 1 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan (Disqualified) IRL Ken Doherty * Ronnie O'Sullivan was stripped of the title and disqualified from the tournament after winning 9–3. O'Sullivan failed a drugs test after testing positive for cannabis. Ken Doherty was awarded the title. Notes n References Irish Masters Irish Masters Irish Masters Category:Irish Masters