1987 Carling Challenge
# 1987 Carling Challenge

The 1987 Carling Challenge was a non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place between 14 and 16 September 1987. The tournament featured four professional players and was filmed in RTÉ Studios, Dublin, for broadcast on RTÉ.

Dennis Taylor won the tournament for the second consecutive season defeating Joe Johnson 8–5.

## Main draw

Results are shown below.

| Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Final Best of 15 frames | Final Best of 15 frames | Final Best of 15 frames |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dennis Taylor (NIR) | Dennis Taylor (NIR) | 5 | | | |
| Stephen Hendry (SCO) | Stephen Hendry (SCO) | 3 | | | |
| Stephen Hendry (SCO) | Stephen Hendry (SCO) | 3 | Dennis Taylor (NIR) | Dennis Taylor (NIR) | 8 |
| | | | Joe Johnson (ENG) | Joe Johnson (ENG) | 5 |
| Joe Johnson (ENG) | Joe Johnson (ENG) | 5 | Joe Johnson (ENG) | Joe Johnson (ENG) | 5 |
| Neal Foulds (ENG) | Neal Foulds (ENG) | 4 | | | |
