The 1977–78 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between September 1977 and June 1978. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and the invitational events. __TOC__
Calendar DateDates use the mm-dd date format. Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Reference NR Canadian Open Toronto Alex Higgins John Spencer 17–14 09-?? 09-?? NR Golden Bowl Melbourne Paddy Morgan 25–21 09–25 09–26 NR Club Double Diamond Caerphilly Ray Reardon 12–8 Snooker Scene, September 1977, page 19 11–26 12–03 NR UK Championship Tower Circus Blackpool Patsy Fagan Doug Mountjoy 12–9 Snooker Scene, November 1977, page 3 12-?? 12-?? NR Pot Black BBC Studios Birmingham Doug Mountjoy Graham Miles 2–1 12–21 NR Dry Blackthorn Cup Wembley Conference Centre London Patsy Fagan Alex Higgins 4–2 Snooker Scene, December 1977, page 20 02-02 02–04 NR Irish Professional Championship Ulster Hall Belfast Alex Higgins Dennis Taylor 21–7 Snooker Scene, March 1978, page 7 02–06 02–10 NR The Masters New London Theatre London Alex Higgins Cliff Thorburn 7–5 Snooker Scene, February 1978, page 25 03–08 03–10 NR Irish Masters Goff's Kill John Spencer Doug Mountjoy 5–3 04–13 04–16 NR Irish Professional Championship Ulster Hall Belfast Alex Higgins Patsy Fagan 21–13 Snooker Scene, June 1978, page 23 04–17 04–29 WR Crucible Theatre Sheffield Ray Reardon Perrie Mans 04–29 05–06 NR Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn Ray Reardon John Spencer 7–2 Snooker Scene, March 1978, page 12 06–10 NR Golden Masters Queen's Hall Newtownards Ray Reardon 4–2
WR = World ranking event NR = Non-ranking event
Official rankings
The top 16 of the world rankings.
No. Ch. Name 1 Ray Reardon 2 John Spencer 3 Eddie Charlton 4 Dennis Taylor 5 Alex Higgins 6 Cliff Thorburn 7 John Pulman 8 Graham Miles 9 Fred Davis 10 Perrie Mans 11 Rex Williams 12 David Taylor 13 Gary Owen 14 Doug Mountjoy 15 Jim Meadowcroft 16 John Dunning
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