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===Early events=== The event started out in 1975 as the '''[[Benson & Hedges]] Challenge Match''' between [[Alex Higgins]] and [[John Spencer (snooker player)|John Spencer]]. The match initially carried a Β£250 prize for the winner and Β£150 for the runner-up, but both players agreed to a "winner-takes-all" format. Spencer scored two centuries (a 121 and a 109) and despite Higgins leading 7β5, Spencer won four frames in a row to win.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/19750526/328/0017|title=Spencer "breaks" Higgins|date=26 May 1975|work=Belfast Telegraph|page=17}}</ref> In 1976 and 1977 it was expanded to a four-man invitational event, called the '''Benson & Hedges Ireland Tournament'''.
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