2005 UK Open


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 10–12 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 Roland Scholten.

2004/2005 UK Open Regional Finals

26 September 2004 Phil Taylor 2–0 Tom Wilson
17 October 2004 Phil Taylor beat Mark Walsh
12 November 2004 Andy Smith 2–1 Gary Anderson
19 January 2005 Steve Hine 2–0 Bob Anderson
6 February 2005 Andy Smith 2–0 Andy Jenkins
6 March 2005 Denis Ovens 2–1 Mark Dudbridge
20 March 2005 Alex Roy 2–1 Ronnie Baxter
10 April 2005 Jimmy Mann 2–0 Mark Walsh

Prize Money

The prize fund was £124,000.

Friday 10 June

Preliminary Round, best of 7 legs

PlayerScorePlayer
James Barton0—4 Steve Alker
John Lowe4—2 Jimmy Pryde
Mike Smith2—4 Mark Tiller
Marcus Knapman3—4 Alan Tabern
Wayne Atwood4—1 Clive Barden
Gary Ellis4—2 Robert Heard
Mel Porter0—4 Andy Boulton


PlayerScorePlayer
Arthur Griffiths4—1 Vernon Sheppard
Ian Crichett4—2 Mark Davis
Ian Lever4—1 Scott Lacroix
Nick Doabe3—4 Mark Holyoake
Geoff Harkup1—4 Eamon Lily
Kevin Rudling0—4 Steve Gittins
Richard Cantwell2—4 Rikki Blay
Ian Wise4—1 Matt Sheehan

1st Round, best of 7 legs

PlayerScorePlayer
Paul Dillon3—4 Kevin Spiolek
Jason Clark3—4 Aaron Turner
Nigel Russell4—2 Steve Ritchie
Ian Critchett3—4 Sergio Bongiovanni
Mick McGowan4—0 Barry McLean
Joeri Raets4—0 Paul Everson
Yves Cottenje4—2 Mark Holyoake
Ian Lever4—0 Steve Griffin
Bob Avenell1—4 Deka Kennedy
Darren Moulsey2—4 Glen Durrant
Alan Boulton4—3 Roger Haines
Al Hedman0—4 Steve Alker
Gary Blades3—4 Gary Flynn
Chris Gough4—3 David Venables
Eamon Lily0—4 Robert Alford
Gary Ellis4—2 Paul Hollis

PlayerScorePlayer
Andrew Stevenson3—4 Glenn Moody
Jamie Robinson4—1 Ken Thomas
Ken Dobson4—3 Mark Tiller
Ben Burton1—4 Wayne Atwood
Sam Rooney4—1 John King
Norman Fletcher4—3 Lee Topper
Ian Wise4—3 Jason Gilbert
Arthur Griffiths1—4 Phil Wathen
Gary Noonan4—0 Leon Bartrup
Darren Johnson4—2 Mark Frost
Stuart Pickles4—3 Andy McGovern
John Lowe4—3 Steve Evans
Jimmy Dunlop3—4 Rikki Blay
Gary Creamer1—4 Shaun Walsh
Chris Hook4—1 Terry Hays
Dave Honey2—4 Alan Tabern

2nd Round, best of 7 legs

PlayerScorePlayer
Richie Burnett4—0 Peter Evison
Jason Roberts2—4 Keith Deller
Norman Fletcher4—2 David Platt
Gary Ellis4—3 Matt Chapman
Kevin Painter0—4 Graeme Stoddart
Deta Hedman4—3 Aaron Turner
Nigel Russell3—4 Rod Harrington
John Lowe4—3 Mark Lawrence
Andrew Davies4—2 Tony Randell
Mick McGowan3—4 James Wheatley
Ian Lever4—3 Chris Gough
Stewart Rattray4—0 Paul Heston
Chris Hook3—4 Gary Noonan
Andy Keen2—4 Darren Johnson
Kevin Spiolek1—4 Joeri Raets

PlayerScorePlayer
Tony Smith4—2 Simon Whatley
Phil Watern4—3 Alan Tabern
Vic Hubbard4—0 Ian Wise
Dave Jowett4—2 Gary Flynn
Gary Dellow4—3 Robert Allford
Ray Cornibert4—3 Glen Durrant
Sam Rooney1—4 Glenn Moody
Peter Wright4—3 John Watson
Dave Smith4—3 Stuart Pickles
Sergio Bongiovanni3—4 Andy Boulton
Robbie Widdows3—4 Wayne Atwood
Gareth Pass2—4 Ian White
Jamie Robinson4—3 Deka Kennedy
Shaun Walsh1—4 Ken Dobson
Rikki Blay0—4 Steve Alker

Saturday 11 June

3rd Round, best of 9 legs

PlayerScorePlayer
Tom Kirby2—5 Mark Landers
Cliff Lazarenko5—1 Adrian Gray
Alan Warriner0—5 John Part
Wes Newton4—5 Andy Hamilton
Dennis Smith5—4 Kevin Pearson
Eddie Lovely4—5 Steve Coote
Barrie Bates5—1 Jamie Harvey
Gary Welding5—3 Steve Beaton
Andy Hayfield5—3 Steve Maish
Steve Alker5—4 Ken Dobson
Wayne Atwood5—2 Ray Cornibert
Yves Cottenje5—2 Sean Palfrey
Mark Robinson5—4 James Wheatley
Graeme Stoddart3—5 Paul Williams
Joeri Raets5—2 Gary Noonan
Stewart Rattray5—2 Gary Dellow

PlayerScorePlayer
Andy Nye4—5 Kevin Dowling
Andrew Davies5—2 Gary Ellis
Bob Crawley5—2 Rod Harrington
Deta Hedman5—3 Norman Fletcher
Keith Deller0—5 Richie Burnett
Glenn Moody0—5 Lionel Sams
Dennis Priestley5—1 Phil Wathen
Vic Hubbard5—2 Ian Lever
Dave Jowett4—5 Darren Webster
Andy Belton5—4 Andy Callaby
Colin Osborne5—1 Andy Boulton
Dave Smith5—4 Peter Wright
Jamie Robinson2—5 Ian Whillis
Peter Allen5—3 Darren Williams
Steve Johnson0—5 John Lowe
Tony Smith4—5 Darren Johnson

4th Round, best of 15 legs

PlayerScorePlayer
Michael Barnard7—8 Roland Scholten
Colin Lloyd8—2 Andy Hayfield
Ronnie Baxter6—8 Phil Taylor
Wayne Mardle6—8 James Wade
Mark Dudbridge5—8 Mark Walsh
Andy Jenkins6—8 Bob Anderson
Peter Manley8—3 Steve Coote
Steve Alker8—6 Kevin Painter
Bob Crawley6—8 Steve Hine
Darren Webster8—7 Matt Clark
Denis Ovens6—8 Alex Roy
Jimmy Mann6—8 Mark Landers
Mick Manning8—6 Kevin Dowling
Tom Wilson6—8 Gary Welding
Wayne Atwood8—1 Deta Hedman
Colin Osborne8—5 Yves Cottenge

PlayerScorePlayer
Andy Smith8—5 Wayne Jones
Andrew Davies0—8 Mark Holden
Dave Smith5—8 Cliff Lazarenko
Chris Mason8—1 Paul Williams
Alan Caves5—8 Colin Monk
Stewart Rattray6—8 Erik Clarys
John Part8—5 Dennis Priestley
Darren Johnson5—8 John Lowe
Andy Belton8—4 Peter Allen
Ian Whilis5—8 Alan Reynolds
Lionel Sams8—5 Dennis Smith
Richie Burnett0—8 Mark Thomson
Terry Jenkins5—8 Dave Askew
Barrie Bates8—3 Joeri Raets
Adrian Lewis8—2 Vic Hubbard
Mark Robinson4—8 Andy Hamilton

Last 32 to final

Random draws were made after each round, draw bracket has been compiled retrospectively.