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 ]