Darts tournament
The 2005 Budweiser UK Open was the third year of the darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation . 170 players took part in the competition, which was held at the Reebok Stadium , Bolton , between 10 and 12 June 2005.
Phil Taylor eventually took the trophy with a 13–7 final victory over Mark Walsh .
The tournament also featured Phil Taylor's third televised nine-dart finish in his semi-final victory over defending champion Roland Scholten .
2004/2005 UK Open Regional Finals [ edit ]
26 September 2004 (Welsh) Phil Taylor 2–0 Tom Wilson [1]
17 October 2004 (Irish) Phil Taylor beat Mark Walsh [2]
12 November 2004 (Scottish) Andy Smith 2–1 Gary Anderson [3]
19 January 2005 (North East) Steve Hine 2–0 Bob Anderson [4]
6 February 2005 (South West) Andy Smith 2–0 Andy Jenkins [5]
6 March 2005 (Southern) Denis Ovens 2–1 Mark Dudbridge [6]
20 March 2005 (North West) Alex Roy 2–1 Ronnie Baxter [7]
10 April 2005 (Midlands) Jimmy Mann 2–0 Mark Walsh [8]
Prize money [ edit ]
The prize fund was £124,000.[9]
Stage (no. of players)
Prize money(Total: £124,000)
Winner
(1)
£30,000
Runner-Up
(1)
£15,000
Semi-finalists
(2)
£7,500
Quarter-finalists
(4)
£4,000
Last 16 (fifth round)
(8)
£2,000
Last 32 (fourth round)
(16)
£1,000
Last 64 (third round)
(32)
£500
Nine-dart finish
(1)
501 bottles of Budweiser
Friday 10 June [ edit ]
Preliminary round, best of 7 legs [ edit ]
[10]
1st Round, best of 7 legs [ edit ]
[10]
2nd Round, best of 7 legs [ edit ]
[10]
Saturday 11 June [ edit ]
3rd Round, best of 9 legs [ edit ]
[10]
4th Round, best of 15 legs [ edit ]
[10]
Last 32 to final [ edit ]
[11] [12]
Random draws were made after each round, draw bracket has been compiled retrospectively.
References [ edit ]