Stephen Maguire career earnings, snooker success, personal life and Shaun Murphy feud
dailyrecord.co.ukScots ace Stephen Maguire is back in the big time - and aiming for a first ranking title in five years.On Fire might be his own harshest critic, but the 43-year-old has been playing some terrific snooker in Wales to set up a final with four time world champion Mark Selby.
He kept his cool in a fiery semi-final against Ali Carter, whilst his clinical showing against Jack Lisowski in the quarter-finals showed a man who was back at his very best.
Victory against Mark Williams came with a heartwarming moment as the duo cracked a joke, whilst Maguire claimed he needed a pep talk from John Higgins to get himself back on track.A former world number two, Maguire has six ranking titles to his name since turning pro in 1998 - but had slipped to 29th in the rankings with fans fearing his glory days could be behind him.
That has all changed however, and after making it to the final in the final Home Nations event of the season hopes will be high that he can make an impression at the World Championships which are just two months away.At the 2000 Scottish Open he became the youngest player to make an officially recognised 147 break, a record subsequently bettered by Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon a decade later.
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