2005 UK Open

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Budweiser UK Open
Tournament information
Dates 10–12 June 2005
Venue Reebok Stadium
Location Bolton
Country England
Organisation(s) PDC
Format Legs
Prize fund £124,000
Winners share £30,000
Nine dart finish England Phil Taylor
Champion(s)
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
«2004 2006»


The 2005 Budweiser UK Open was the third year of the darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. A massive field of 170 players were whittled down to just one in 48 hours of hectic competition at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton. 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 Roland Scholten.

2004/2005 UK Open Regional Finals

26 September 2004 (Welsh) Phil Taylor 2–0 Tommy 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

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Champion: £30,000
Runner up: £15,000
Semi-finalists: £7,500
Quarter-finalists: £4,000
Last 16: £2,000
Last 32: £1,000
Last 64: £500

Tournament review

In the first round there was a fairytale that the UK Open often conjures, which is why it has earned the nickname, "The FA Cup of Darts". A 67-year-old Italian waiter from Lewisham called Sergio Bongiovanni appeared on TV many years before as a competitor in News Of The World tournament. His opponent was Portsmouth’s Ian Critchett. Critchett led 2–1, then 3–2 and it looked like ‘goodnight’ to the Italian. But some inspired darts saw him claw back and go through to round two with a 4–3 win.

In round 2, Richie Burnett soundly beat ‘Fen Tiger’ Peter Evison 4–0. Burnett said that he had taken a couple of months away from darts and had come back with a real desire to win. Another former world champ, Keith Deller seemed to be having a tough time against Surrey’s Jason Roberts at 2–2. However Deller’s experience showed through and he won 4–2 courtesy of a 100 checkout. Other round two highlights included Rod Harrington scraping through against Witney’s Nigel Russell 4–3, which is Harrington's last win on TV to date, and Andy Boulton ending the dreams of Sergio Bongiovanni with a 4–3 win. Snake fancier Steve Alker slithered through to round 4 with a 4–0 win over Rikki Blay and John Lowe continued to reel back the year’s with a 4–3 win over Mark Lawrence from Yorkshire (even going 6 darts into a possible perfect nine-darter during one of the legs). Lady player Deta Hedman provided the round's biggest upset though, defeating Aaron Turner in a last leg decider to become the first lady to defeat a male player in a televised major.

In round 3 ‘Sparky’ Mark Landers took out the veteran Tom Kirby from County Kildaire 5–2, while Richie Burnett comfortably beat Keith Deller 5–0 in a battle of former World Champions. ‘Big’ Cliff Lazarenko showed some inspired form to take out up-and-coming youngster Adrian Gray 5–1, while Dennis Smith scraped through 5–4 against Kevin Pearson from Surrey. Andy Belton scraped through 5–4 against Andy Callaby and Steve Alker continued his charge with a 5–4 win over Gary Dobson. Lionel Sams had no trouble with Glenn Moody and a 5–0 win and John Part beat Alan Warriner by the same score. John Lowe won again with an impressive 5–0 over Steve Johnson and Gary Welding beat a ‘mullet-less’ Steve Beaton 5–3 winning with a 109 checkout.

Round 4 and the top 32 money ranked players from the regional finals entered the fray. Probably the most eagerly awaited tie of the round was Phil Taylor against Ronnie Baxter. Taylor got off to a blistering start leading 6–1 and averaging 102. However Baxter began to show his class, too late unfortunately, but he managed to claw the scoreline back to a respectable 8–6 to Taylor. Wayne Mardle also flew out of the traps against James Wade but the Hampshire lad clawed the game back to overturn a 4–1 deficit to lead 6–5. Mardle took the next with a 104 checkout and that seemed the impetus he needed to take the next two legs as well for victory. Chris Mason stormed past Paul Williams 8–1 and "Tommo" Mark Thomson took out Richie Burnett 8–4. John Lowe soared on with an 8–5 win over Darren Johnson and surprise of the round saw Kevin Painter fall to Steve Alker by 6 legs to 8.

Into the last 32 and a cracking match between Chris Mason and Colin Lloyd. Played to a very high standard Mason led 9–4 after taking 6 legs on the trot. Lloyd clawed two back taking it to 9–6 with a 90 checkout on the bull. Mason took the next and then Lloyd made it 10–7 with a 120 checkout. ‘Mase The Ace’ just needed one more leg though and he took it to win 11–7 in a match where he threw 7 x 180s and averaged 99. Adrian Lewis had little trouble with Colin Monk winning 11–0 and Peter Manley beat Alan Reynolds 11–3. Erik Clarys went through to the last 16 beating Wayne Atwood 11–6 and Roland Scholten took out ‘Pie Man’ Andy Smith by the same score. Snake fancier Steve Alker finally had to slither home after coming up against ‘The Power’. Taylor winning 11–1 was the result to end Alker’s tremendous weekend. Mark Walsh beat Andy Hamilton by an impressive 11 legs to 4 and Lionel Sams squeezed through against Barrie Bates 11–10. John Part took out Mark Landers 11–3, while ‘Diamond’ Dave Askew put an end to Darren Webster’s tournament with an 11–8 win. It was a real case of the veteran against the young pretender as former World Champion Bob Anderson took on James Wade. Anderson took the early advantage leading 6–4 and he held the two leg advantage still at 8–6. Wade then won two legs in succession to tie the match and then another two to lead 10–8. Though Anderson took the next it was too late as Wade won 11–9 and booked his place in the final 16. John Lowe played a belter against Andy Belton to win 11–4 and Alex Roy took out ‘Big’ Cliff Lazarenko 11–5.

First match of the last 16 couldn't have been any more dramatic as Roland Scholten took on the ‘Legend’ John Lowe. Lowe had the first break to lead 3–2 courtesy of a 101 checkout but Scholten came back to then lead 4–3 (Scholten averaging 104). Lowe squared it at 5–5 and then following missed doubles by the Dutchman, Lowe led 8–6. At 9–7 and following a 141 checkout many thought John Lowe was on his way to the quarters. But Roland Scholten brought it back to 10–10 and then took the last leg to go into the quarters. Chris Mason was 4–2 down to Adrian Lewis early-on but in another high class encounter Mason came back to win 11–8. Mason also came within a whisker of a 9 darter shaving the wire of the final D18. Alex Roy beat Dave Askew 11–3 and Mark Walsh beat Mark Thomson 11–8. Things were close between Lionel Sams and Colin Osborne for half of the match but it was Osborne that motored at the business end to win 11–6. Erik Clarys took out ‘The boosh’ Mark Holden 11–6 and Peter Manley put an end to James Wade’s tournament with an 11–4 win.

Tie of the round though was Phil Taylor against John Part. Incredibly, Part took the first 4 legs averaging 102 before Taylor chalked up his first. Part then soared to 7–1 with Taylor averaging 99. But Taylor did what he does best and took out a 146 to make it 7–3. Part then showed his mettle with a 157 checkout against the darts to make it 8–3 but Taylor broke straight back. Part took it to 9–5, then 10–6 needing just one more leg for victory. Taylor dug in even though his average had dropped to 94 and pipped the remaining legs off one by one as Part’s nerve seemed to break. Finishing in spectacular style on 108 for the win, Taylor went through.

Into the quarters and first up was Alex Roy against Peter Manley. Manley turned a 5–3 lead into a 7–4 lead courtesy of a 164 checkout. That seemed to kick the last of the fight out of Roy and it was Manley who was in the semi’s. Roland Scholten stormed to an 8–1 lead against Colin Osborne and victory soon followed 11–4. Mark Walsh had too many bullets for ‘The Sheriff’ Erik Clarys turning a 5–1 lead into an ultimate 11–3 win. Next was Taylor against Mason. Taylor led 6–0 with a 108 average to Mason’s 92 showing the difference in the two players in this particular match. Mason had to wait until the tenth to take a leg and by then of course the match was long gone, 11–2 to Taylor.

Into the semi-finals and Phil Taylor has often said that top quality opponents (such as Roland Scholten) always bring the best out of you and there is always the chance of a nine-darter. For the second year in succession at the UK Open and for an incredible third time on live TV (of the few other players that have hit nine-darters on TV none have done so more than once – Lowe, Lim and Greatbatch). The match was of course overshadowed by the remarkable feat and Scholten put in a reasonable performance but nowhere near enough to worry Taylor who whipped in a 156 to win 11–6. Mark Walsh against Peter Manley was a poor match and it seemed the slow throw of ‘Walshie’ was grinding the fast-throwing ‘One Dart’ down. At 8–6 Walsh was winning with only an 84 average showing the poor standard of this semi-final. 11–7 ultimately to Walsh.

In the final Walsh broke Taylor immediately to win the first leg but shortly after and with a 124 Taylor led 4–2. Taylor made it 5–2 with a 107 finish averaging 97. Walsh brought the match back to 4–6 courtesy of another break in the ninth leg and then 5–6 following another break. Taylor then took 4 legs on the spin and upped his average from a pedestrian 97 to over 100. Another brief fight back from Walsh as he broke Taylor again with a 111 checkout but two more to Taylor effectively put an end to the match. 13–7 to Taylor finishing on 96 and another title to ‘The Power’. A gruelling day and Taylor said, "I’m absolutely shattered, this is the hardest tournament I have ever won."

Friday 10 June

Preliminary Round, best of 7 legs

[10] Before the top ranked players were involved in the competition, a few players had to play in a preliminary round before round one proper, including three times World Champion John Lowe. He took on Wantage’s Jimmy Pryde in his opener and had little trouble winning 4-2. PDC veteran Kevin Spiolek returned to top flight darts with a 4-3 win over Ireland’s Paul Dillon (seen at last year’s World Grand Prix). Steve Alker produced a sensational performance in the first preliminary round with a rare 100% checkout rate (137, 120, 121 and 96) to win all four legs.

1st Round, best of 7 legs

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2nd Round, best of 7 legs

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Saturday 11 June

3rd Round, best of 9 legs

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4th Round, best of 15 legs

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Last 32 to final


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5th Round (best of 21 legs)
11 June		 6th Round (best of 21 legs)
12 June		 Quarter-Finals (best of 21 legs)
12 June		 Semi-Finals (best of 21 legs)
12 June		 Final (best of 25 legs)
12 June
                             
England Phil Taylor 11
Wales Steve Alker 1
England Phil Taylor 11
Canada John Part 10
England Mark Lambers 3
Canada John Part 11
England Phil Taylor 11
England Chris Mason 3
England Chris Mason 11
England Colin Lloyd 7
England Chris Mason 11
England Adrian Lewis 8
England Adrian Lewis 11
England Colin Monk 0
England Phil Taylor (100.62) 11
Netherlands Roland Scholten (91.59) 6
Netherlands Roland Scholten 11
England Andy Smith 0
Netherlands Roland Scholten 11
England John Lowe 10
England Andy Belton 4
England John Lowe 11
Netherlands Roland Scholten 11
England Colin Osborne 4
England Colin Osborne 11
England Mick Manning 10
England Colin Osborne 11
England Lionel Sams 6
England Lionel Sams 11
Wales Barrie Bates 10
England Phil Taylor (97.80) 13
England Mark Walsh (89.52) 7
England Mark Walsh 11
England Andy Hamilton 4
England Mark Walsh 10
England Mark Thomson 11
England Mark Thomson 11
England Gary Welding 6
England Mark Walsh 11
Belgium Erik Clarys 2
Belgium Erik Clarys 11
Wales Wayne Atwood 6
Belgium Erik Clarys 11
England Mark Holden 6
England Mark Holden 11
England Steve Hine 9
England Mark Walsh (79.92) 11
England Peter Manley (85.02) 7
England Peter Manley 11
Wales Alan Reynolds 3
England Peter Manley 11
England James Wade 4
England James Wade 11
England Bob Anderson 9
England Peter Manley 11
England Alex Roy 5
England Alex Roy 11
England Cliff Lazarenko 5
England Alex Roy 11
England Dave Askew 3
England Dave Askew 11
England Darren Webster 8

Random draws were made after each round, draw bracket has been compiled retrospectively.
Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)

References

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