Tournament information | |
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Dates | 9–12 February 1988 |
Venue | Antrim Forum |
City | Antrim |
Country | Northern Ireland |
Format | Non- ranking event |
Total prize fund | £14,000 [1] |
Winner's share | £5,000 [2] |
Highest break | Dennis Taylor ( NIR) (131) [3] |
Final | |
Champion | Jack McLaughlin |
Runner-up | Dennis Taylor |
Score | 9–4 |
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The 1988 Irish Professional Championship was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place between 9 and 12 February 1988 at the Antrim Forum in Antrim, Northern Ireland. [4] [5]
Jack McLaughlin won the title beating Dennis Taylor 9–4 in the final. [6]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: [3]
First round Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||||||||||
Jack McLaughlin | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Pascal Burke | 3 | Jack McLaughlin | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Paul Watchorn | 5 | Paul Watchorn | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
Eugene Hughes | 2 | Jack McLaughlin | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Joe O'Boye | 5 | Joe O'Boye | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Dessie Sheehan | 0 | Joe O'Boye | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Alex Higgins | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Jack McLaughlin | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
Dennis Taylor | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Dennis Taylor | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tony Kearney | 5 | Tony Kearney | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Patsy Fagan | 3 | Dennis Taylor | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Paddy Browne | 5 | Paddy Browne | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
Jackie Rea | 0 | Paddy Browne | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Tommy Murphy | 5 | Tommy Murphy | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
Billy Kelly | 1 |