The 2018 Seniors Irish Masters was a senior
snooker
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tournament which took place at Goffs in
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County Kildare
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, Ireland, from 6 to 7 January 2018. It was the second event on the newly created
World Seniors Tour
The World Seniors Tour is the professional snooker tour for senior players aged 40 and over, running in parallel to the main World Snooker Tour. Founded in 2017 by Snooker Legends, it has been run since 2018 by World Seniors Snooker, a subsidiar ...
.
The tournament was won by
Steve Davis
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.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money is shown below:
*Winner:
£5,000
*Runner-up: £2,000
*Semi-finals: £800
*Quarter-finals: £400
*Highest break: £500
*Total: £10,700
Main draw
* A re-spotted black ball shootout replaced final frame deciders at 2–2.
Final
Notes
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Patrick Wallace
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replaced Julian Logue who withdrew from the tournament.
References
World Seniors Tour
2018 in snooker
2018 in Irish sport
Snooker competitions in Ireland
Sport in County Kildare
Seniors Irish Masters
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