The Scottish Professional Championship is a professional snooker

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 tournament which is open only for Scottish players.

History

The tournament was first held in 1980. In 1981 six Scottish players turned professional, and the event was held as an eight-man knock-out tournament, with Ian Black defeating Matt Gibson 11–7 in the final. The 1982 event was sponsored by Tartan Bitter and Daily Record

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. The event had no sponsor in the next year and was not held in 1984.

In 1985 the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association

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 gave backing to national championships in form of £1,000 per player. However, after 1989 WPBSA withdraw their support and the event was discontinued. After a 22-year hiatus the event returned in 2011.

Winners

Year	Winner	Opponent	Final score	Season
1980	Eddie Sinclair	Chris Ross	11–6	1979/80
1981	Ian Black	Matt Gibson	11–7	1980/81
1982	Eddie Sinclair	Ian Black	11–7	1981/82
1983	Murdo MacLeod	Eddie Sinclair	11–9	1982/83
1985	Murdo MacLeod	Eddie Sinclair	11–2	1984/85 Snooker season 1984/1985 The snooker season 1984/1985 was a series of snooker tournaments played during the years 1984 and 1985. The following table outlines the results for ranking events and the invitational events.-Calendar:...
1986	Stephen Hendry Stephen Hendry Stephen Gordon Hendry, MBE is a Scottish professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at the age of 21. He has won the World Championship a record seven times and was snooker's world number one for eight consecutive years between 1990 and 1998, and again...	Matt Gibson	10–5	1985/86 Snooker season 1985/1986 The snooker season 1985/1986 was a series of snooker tournaments played during the years 1985 and 1986. The following table outlines the results for ranking events and the invitational events.-Calendar:...
1987	Stephen Hendry Stephen Hendry Stephen Gordon Hendry, MBE is a Scottish professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at the age of 21. He has won the World Championship a record seven times and was snooker's world number one for eight consecutive years between 1990 and 1998, and again...	Jim Donnelly Jim Donnelly Jim Donnelly is a Scottish former professional snooker player who now coaches. He was seeded 29th in the world rankings for the 1982/83 season. He played in the 1982 World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre, the first Scottish professional player to do so, where he was eliminated in the...	10–7	1986/87 Snooker season 1986/1987 The snooker season 1986/1987 was a series of snooker tournaments played during the years 1986 and 1987. The following table outlines the results for ranking events and the invitational events.-Calendar:...
1988	Stephen Hendry Stephen Hendry Stephen Gordon Hendry, MBE is a Scottish professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at the age of 21. He has won the World Championship a record seven times and was snooker's world number one for eight consecutive years between 1990 and 1998, and again...	Murdo MacLeod	10–4	1987/88 Snooker season 1987/1988 The snooker season 1986/1987 was a series of snooker tournaments played during the years 1986 and 1987. The following table outlines the results for ranking events and the invitational events.-Calendar:...
1989	John Rea John Rea (snooker player) John Rea is a retired Scottish snooker player.The highlight of Rea's career came in the 1989 Scottish Professional Championships when he beat Murdo MacLeod to become the Scottish champion....	Murdo MacLeod	9–7	1988/89 Snooker season 1988/1989 The snooker season 1988/1989 was a series of snooker tournaments played during the years 1988 and 1989. The following table outlines the results for ranking events and the invitational events.-Calendar:...
2011 2011 Scottish Professional Championship The 2011 Scottish Professional Championship professional non-ranking snooker tournament took place between 11 and 14 April at the Lucky Break Snooker Club in Clydebank, Scotland. The tournament was last held in 1989, where John Rea defeated Murdo MacLeod 9–7 in the final.John Higgins won in the...	John Higgins	Anthony McGill Anthony McGill (snooker player) Anthony McGill is a Scottish professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2010, after finishing fourth in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings.-Amateur years:He was runner-up to Stuart Carrington in the 2006 Junior Pot Black....	6–1	2010/11 Snooker season 2010/2011 The 2010/11 snooker season is a series of snooker tournaments played during 2010 and 2011. The following table outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.- Calendar :-New professional players:...