1998 Scottish Masters

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.

Scottish Masters

Tournament information
Dates	29 September – 4 October 1998 (1998-09-29 – 1998-10-04)
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
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Prize Fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[1]

• Winner: £61,000
• Runner-up: £29,700
• Semi-final: £15,350
• Quarter-final: £8,650
• Round 1: £4,850
• Total: £175,400

Main draw

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	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

Preliminary qualifying

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 Event

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

Century breaks

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• 132 – Jimmy White
• 129, 122 – Stephen Hendry
• 113, 107 – John Higgins
• 113 – Mark Williams
• 100 – Paul Hunter