| Tournament Name: | Scottish Masters |
| Venue: | Motherwell Civic Centre |
| Location: | Motherwell |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Organisation: | WPBSA |
| Format: | Non-ranking event |
| Total Prize Fund: | £180,000 |
| Winners Share: | £60,000 |
| Highest Break: | Alan McManus (140) |
| Winner: | Nigel Bond |
| Runner Up: | Alan McManus |
| Score: | 9–8 |
| Previous: | 1996 |
| Next: | 1998 |
The 1997 Regal Scottish Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 30 September and 5 October 1997 at the Motherwell Civic Centre in Motherwell, Scotland.
Nigel Bond recovered from 6–8 down to defeat local favorite Alan McManus 9–8.
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Motherwell Civic Centre, Motherwell, Scotland, 5 October 1997. | |||
| Alan McManus | 8–9 | Nigel Bond | |
| 64–26 (63), 102–17 (66), 4–99 (51), 74–5 (62), 53–84, 0–77 (55), 28–78 (66), 29–58, 0–128 (128), 93–24 (61) 69–44, 112–12 (63), 74–2 (74), 90–12 (85), 61(56)–67(67), 14–72, 30–67 | |||
| 85 | Highest break | 126 | |
| 0 | Century breaks | 1 | |
| 8 | 50+ breaks | 5 | |
Qualifying for the tournament took place amongst 6 players at the Spencer's Snooker Centre in Stirling from 9 to 11 September 1997.[2] In the first round, 1985 World Champion Dennis Taylor beat Anthony Hamilton 5–4, while former Irish Masters champion Darren Morgan whitewashed Billy Snaddon.[3] In the semi-finals, former Masters champion Alan McManus defeated Morgan 5–1,[4] while world number 11 Tony Drago won 5–3 over Taylor.[5] In the final McManus defeated Drago 5–2, making five half-century breaks in the match, to earn a place at the main draw.[6] All matches were played to the best-of-nine frames and players in bold indicate match winners.