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1986 Scottish Masters
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1986 Scottish Masters 1986 09 18 1986 09 21 y Hospitality Inn Glasgow Scotland WPBSA Non-ranking event £40,000 £13,000 Alex Higgins NIR (131) Cliff Thorburn CAN Alex Higgins NIR 9–8 1985 1987
The 1986 Langs Supreme Scottish Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 18 and 21 September 1986 at the Hospitality Inn in Glasgow, Scotland.Clyde Alexander Hendry is the boy they want to see Evening Standard 18 August 1986 34Scottish Masters http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/scotmast.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155901/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/scotmast.html dead 16 February 2012 Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 8 January 2018
Cliff Thorburn retained the title by defeating Alex Higgins 9–8 in the final.Layton Eric Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker 153 At the same match, Higgins won £1,000 for the highest break of the championship with 131, which was made in the final.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JbZAAAAAIBAJ&pg=6344%2C5562795 Blue night for Thorburn as Higgins cools The Glasgow Herald 9 22 September 1986https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=I7ZAAAAAIBAJ&pg=5952%2C5156029 Hendry is crushed by White The Glasgow Herald 34 19 September 1986
The event was played at the same time as the Matchroom Professional Championship which involved six players from the Matchroom Sport stable, including Steve Davis.Everton Clive Hearn's Scots miss The Guardian London 15 July 1986 27
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:Terry Smith 1987 Benson and Hedges Snooker Year Aylesbury Pelham Books 0720717973 Langs Supreme Scottish Masters Results 53 Fourth
Winner: £13,000
Runner-up: £8,000
Semi-final: £4,000
Quarter-final: £2,500
Highest break: £1,000
Total: £40,000
Tournament draw
main 3 high 200 yes Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 17 Frames Cliff Thorburn CAN 5 John Parrott ENG 1 Jimmy White ENG 5 Stephen Hendry SCO 1 Alex Higgins NIR 5 Joe Johnson ENG 2 Kirk Stevens CAN 5 Tony Knowles ENG 3 CAN Cliff Thorburn 6 ENG Jimmy White 2 NIR Alex Higgins 6 CAN Kirk Stevens 2 CAN Cliff Thorburn 9 NIR Alex Higgins 8
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