2006 UK Open
The 2006 Budweiser UK Open was the fourth year of the UK Open darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was held at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton, between 9–11 June 2006.
Phil Taylor was the defending champion but got knocked out at the quarter-final stage by Raymond van Barneveld. Van Barneveld went on to win the title, winning 13–7 against Barrie Bates in the final.
Format
Qualifying events were held at Greene King pubs across the UK – winners from each pub event progressed to one of four Regional Finals, to be staged in their relevant area. Players who reach the final eight in the Regional Finals will qualify for the televised stages of the UK Open in Bolton.In addition there were eight UK Open Regional Finals for the "professional" players. All events were open to all darts players on payment of an entry fee – which means that players from both the PDC and BDO were eligible to enter. Players who enter through the Greene King Qualifying Round were not eligible to play in the regional qualifying events and vice versa.
The results of the eight qualifiers were then collated into an Order of Merit table. The top 96 players plus ties in this Order of Merit join the 32 Greene King qualifiers at the televised stages in Bolton.
1st round
Players who were ranked between 65 and 96 in the UK Open Order of Merit join the 32 Greene King qualifiers in the first round of the UK Open.
2nd round
Players ranked 33 to 64 join the first round winners.
3rd round
Players ranked in the top 32 join the second round winners.
2005/2006 UK Open Regional Finals
25 September 2005 Mark Walsh 2–1 Phil Taylor23 October 2005 Colin Lloyd 2–1 Andy Smith
6 November 2005 Adrian Lewis 2–0 Colin Lloyd
8 January 2006 Kevin Painter 2–0 Colin Lloyd
12 February 2006 Mark Dudbridge 2–0 Dennis Priestly
5 March 2006 Chris Mason 2–1 Barrie Bates
19 March 2006 Alan Tabern 2–1 Steve Maish
9 April 2006 Raymond van Barneveld 2–0 Ronnie Baxter
UK Open Qualifiers
Top 32 in UK Open Order of Merit (receiving byes into third round)
Numbers 33–64 of UK Open of Merit (receiving byes into second round)
Remaining numbers of UK Open of Merit (starting in first and preliminary round)
Greene King Qualifiers
Friday 9 June
Preliminary Round, best of 11 legs
| Player | Score | Player |
 Eddie Lovely | 3–6 | Norman Fletcher |
| Mark Thomson | 6–4 | Kevin Spiolek |
 Steve Evans | 3–6 |  Jan van der Rassel |
| Simon Craven | 6–2 |  Guy Christyn |
| Dave Jowett | 6–4 | Darren Webster |
1st Round, best of 11 legs
| Player | Score | Player |
| Steve Coote | 6–3 | Kevin Dalwood |
| Paul Williams | 3–6 | Gary Noonan |
| Alan Caves | 5–6 | Sean Palfrey |
| Cliff Lazarenko | 3–6 | Shayne Burgess |
| Bob Crawley | 6–2 | Alan Green |
 Jamie Harvey | 6–2 | Wayne Squirrell |
| Tom Wilson | 5–6 | Kevin Dowling |
| Steve Johnson | 6–3 | Pip Brown |
| Perry Regan | 6–5 | James Dorenbos |
| Danny Pinhorne | 4–6 | Rocco Maes |
| Ian Haines | 6–2 | Andy Hayfield |
| Darren Williams | 6–5 |  Wayne Brown |
| Chris Hill | 3–6 | Geoff Harkup |
| John Harris | 1–6 | Jess Archer |
| Chris Allen | 6–3 | Paul Everson |
| Norman Fletcher | 6–3 | Peter Lock |
| Player | Score | Player |
| Yves Cottenge | 6–2 | Lee Rose |
| Darren Johnson | 6–4 | Rikki Blay |
| Glen Baxter | 1–6 | Graeme Stoddart |
| Gary Barnett | 6–1 | Peter Dillingham |
| David Fairbrass | 6–1 | Tony Smith |
| Tom Murphy | 1–6 | Wayne Atwood |
| Peter Hall | 1–6 | Lee Topper |
| Mark Thomson | 2–6 | Nigel Langton |
| David Platt | 6–4 | Mick Chambers |
| Jan van der Rassel | 6–2 | Coen Wiekamp |
| Stuart Pickles | 6–2 | Gary Miller |
| Darren Webster | 6–0 | Ian McLean |
| Nicky Turner | 6–1 | Tom Allies |
| Shaun McDonald | 6–0 | John Nesbitt |
| Johnny Haines | 6–3 | Dave Johnson |
| Dave Honey | 6–1 | Simon Craven |
2nd Round, best of 15 legs
| Player | Score | Player |
| Kevin Dowling | 8–3 | Shayne Burgess |
| Jess Archer | 4–8 | Jason Roberts |
| Bob Crawley | 3–8 | Ian Whillis |
 John MaGowan | 8–6 | Rocco Maes |
| Geoff Harkup | 8–5 | Steve Johnson |
| Michael Barnard | 8–1 | Nigel Langton |
 Mick McGowan | 8–6 | Yves Cottenjé |
| Lee Topper | 8–4 | Stuart Pickles |
| Simon Whatley | 8–1 | Dave Honey |
| Mark Robinson | 8–3 | David Fairbrass |
| Gary Barnett | 6–8 | Gary Welding |
| Darren Latham | 8–7 | Peter Allen |
| Robbie Widdows | 8–4 | Andy Hayfield |
| Graeme Stoddart | 8–2 | Nicky Turner |
| Darren Webster | 6–8 | Darren Johnson |
| Mark Frost | 1–8 | Alan Reynolds |
| Player | Score | Player |
| Dennis Smith | 5–8 | Adrian Gray |
| Robbie Green | 8–7 | Jamie Harvey |
| Keith Deller | 8–6 | Steve Beaton |
| Roland Scholten | 8–3 | Vic Hubbard |
| Colin Osborne | 8–5 | Jason Clark |
| Henry O'Neill | 5–8 | Wesley Newton |
| Matt Chapman | 4–8 | Jimmy Mann |
| David Platt | 6–8 | Andy Callaby |
| Sean Palfrey | 7–8 | Kevin Pearson |
| Wayne Atwood | 8–6 | Johnny Haines |
| Steve Coote | 8–3 | Shaun McDonald |
| Chris Allen | 8–6 | Perry Regan |
| Jan van der Rassel | 3–8 | Lee Palfreyman |
| Gary Noonan | 8–4 | Darren Williams |
| Dave Askew | 8–0 | Norman Fletcher |
| Steve Hine | Eric Clary |
Saturday 10 June
3rd Round, best of 15 legs
| Player | Score | Player |
| Matt Clark | 8–6 | Steve Coote |
| Jason Roberts | 7–8 | Alan Tabern |
| Darren Johnson | 5–8 | Graeme Stoddart |
| Adrian Lewis | 8–1 | Kevin Dowling |
| Geoff Harkup | 1–8 | Terry Jenkins |
| Jimmy Mann | 8–2 | Colin Monk |
| Owen Caffrey | 3–8 | Denis Ovens |
| Gary Welding | 3–8 |  John Part |
| Chris Allen | 5–8 | Dennis Priestley |
| Gary Noonan | 4–8 | Phil Taylor |
| Barrie Bates | 8–6 | Wayne Atwood |
| Kevin Pearson | 1–8 | Alex Roy |
| Robbie Green | 8–4 | Chris Mason |
| Roland Scholten | 8–5 | Peter Manley |
| Simon Whatley | 0–8 | Raymond van Barneveld |
| Mark Robinson | 3–8 | Adrian Gray |
| Player | Score | Player |
| Robbie Widdows | 2–8 | Keith Deller |
| Mick McGowan | 7–8 | Mark Walsh |
| Steve Maish | 8–6 | Colin Osborne |
| Andy Jenkins | 8–7 | Alan Reynolds |
| Wayne Jones | 8–3 | Steve Hine |
| John MaGowan | 8–5 | Kevin Painter |
| Andy Hamilton | 8–4 | Lee Topper |
| Richie Burnett | 5–8 | Bob Anderson |
| Wesley Newton | 8–7 | Darren Latham |
| Dave Askew | 8–3 | Mark Dudbridge |
| Ian Whillis | 4–8 | Wayne Mardle |
| Michael Barnard | 8–4 | Lee Palfreyman |
| Tom Kirby | 7–8 | Andy Callaby |
| Andy Smith | 8–6 | James Wade |
| Colin Lloyd | 8–2 | Alan Warriner – Little |
| Lionel Sams | 3–8 | Ronnie Baxter |
4th Round, best of 21 legs
| Player | Score | Player |
| Adrian Lewis | 11–10 | Wayne Mardle |
| Dave Askew | 3–11 | Phil Taylor |
| Steve Maish | 3–11 | Colin Lloyd |
| Jimmy Mann | 4–11 | Raymond van Barneveld |
| Bob Anderson | 11–4 | Dennis Priestley |
| Graeme Stoddart | 5–11 | Alex Roy |
| Keith Deller | 7–11 | Terry Jenkins |
| Andy Smith | 7–11 | Alan Tabern |
| Player | Score | Player |
| Wesley Newton | 5–11 | Denis Ovens |
| Michael Barnard | 7–11 | Ronnie Baxter |
| Wayne Jones | 8–11 | Barrie Bates |
| Andy Hamilton | 6–11 | John Part |
| Mark Walsh | 6–11 | Robbie Green |
| Matt Clark | 4–11 | John MaGowan |
| Roland Scholten | 11–5 | Andy Jenkins |
| Andy Callaby | 11–6 | Adrian Gray |