A hatodik versennyel, és a korábbi amatőr selejtezőkkel kialakult az idei UK Open mezőnye. Az Order of Meriten a három tornát is nyerő Peter Wright toronymagasan végzett az élen, Őt Simon Whitlock követi, majd Michael van Gerwen, Gary Anderson, Michael Smith, James Wade, Ian White és Adrian Lewis az első nyolc sorrendje. Ez lesz majd a kiemelés is a március 3-5. között, Minehead-ben rendezendő versenyen is.
A tornán, amelyet a darts FA Kupájának is szokás nevezni (éppen az amatőrök indulása miatt is), összesen 350 ezer fontot osztanak szét, a győztes 70 ezret vihet majd haza, a döntősnek pedig 35 ezer jár. A tavalyi döntőben Michael van Gerwen verte az eszek szerint már kupaspecialistának számító Peter Wright-ot. Mivel Phil Taylor idén egyetlen selejtezőben sem vett rész, ő nem lesz ott a három hét múlva esedékes tornán, amelynek a múltjáról rövidesen olvashattok nálunk.
Itt pedig jöjjön a 128 induló neve:
Helyezés | Név | Péndíj |
1 | Peter Wright | £35,000 |
2 | Simon Whitlock | £21,250 |
3 | Michael van Gerwen | £13,000 |
4 | Gary Anderson | £11,750 |
5 | Michael Smith | £11,250 |
6 | James Wade | £9,000 |
7 | Ian White | £8,500 |
= | Adrian Lewis | £8,500 |
9 | Raymond van Barneveld | £8,250 |
10 | Mervyn King | £7,750 |
= | Steve Beaton | £7,750 |
12 | Dave Chisnall | £7,500 |
13 | Jelle Klaasen | £6,750 |
14 | Benito van de Pas | £6,500 |
15 | Rob Cross | £6,250 |
16 | Gerwyn Price | £5,750 |
17 | Darren Webster | £5,500 |
= | Kim Huybrechts | £5,500 |
19 | Ronny Huybrechts | £5,250 |
20 | Alan Norris | £5,000 |
21 | Brendan Dolan | £4,750 |
= | John Henderson | £4,750 |
= | Kyle Anderson | £4,750 |
24 | Kevin Painter | £4,500 |
25 | Cristo Reyes | £4,250 |
26 | Christian Kist | £3,750 |
= | Chris Quantock | £3,750 |
28 | Chris Dobey | £3,500 |
= | Ricky Evans | £3,500 |
30 | Joe Cullen | £3,250 |
= | Mick Todd | £3,250 |
32 | Ryan Searle | £3,000 |
= | Stephen Bunting | £3,000 |
= | Richard North | £3,000 |
= | Mark Webster | £3,000 |
= | William O’Connor | £3,000 |
37 | Robert Thornton | £2,750 |
38 | Daryl Gurney | £2,500 |
= | Ryan Palmer | £2,500 |
= | Peter Hudson | £2,500 |
41 | Vincent van der Voort | £2,250 |
= | Mick McGowan | £2,250 |
= | Scott Taylor | £2,250 |
= | Stuart Kellett | £2,250 |
= | Andy Jenkins | £2,250 |
= | Andrew Gilding | £2,250 |
47 | David Pallett | £2,000 |
= | Zoran Lerchbacher | £2,000 |
= | Dirk van Duijvenbode | £2,000 |
= | Jamie Lewis | £2,000 |
51 | Jeffrey de Graaf | £1,750 |
= | Barrie Bates | £1,750 |
= | Steve Lennon | £1,750 |
= | Jan Dekker | £1,750 |
= | John Michael | £1,750 |
= | Mark Barilli | £1,750 |
57 | Terry Jenkins | £1,500 |
= | Ted Evetts | £1,500 |
= | Devon Petersen | £1,500 |
= | Matthew Dennant | £1,500 |
= | Kirk Shepherd | £1,500 |
62 | Justin Pipe | £1,250 |
= | Ross Twell | £1,250 |
= | Martin Lukeman | £1,250 |
= | Leung Kai Fan | £1,250 |
= | Jermaine Wattimena | £1,250 |
67 | Vincent Kamphuis | £1,000 |
= | Yordi Meeuwisse | £1,000 |
= | Tony Newell | £1,000 |
= | Darren Johnson | £1,000 |
= | Rob Hewson | £1,000 |
= | Matt Padgett | £1,000 |
= | Ting Chi Royden Lam | £1,000 |
= | Keegan Brown | £1,000 |
= | Jeffrey de Zwaan | £1,000 |
= | Ron Meulenkamp | £1,000 |
= | Ryan Murray | £1,000 |
= | Alan Tabern | £1,000 |
= | Paul Rowley | £1,000 |
= | Ritchie Edhouse | £1,000 |
81 | Jamie Caven | £750 |
= | James Wilson | £750 |
= | Jonny Clayton | £750 |
= | James Richardson | £750 |
= | Ryan Meikle | £750 |
= | Brian Woods | £750 |
= | Antonio Alcinas | £750 |
= | Joe Davis | £750 |
= | Paul Harvey | £750 |
= | Ronnie Baxter | £750 |
= | Wayne Jones | £750 |
= | Jonathan Worsley | £750 |
= | Jamie Bain | £750 |
= | Lee Bryant | £750 |
= | Mark Frost | £750 |
= | Paul Milford | £750 |
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