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 (Winner £4000; Runner-up £2000; 3–4 £1000; 5–8 £500; 9–16 £250; 17–32 £100; 33–64 £50). 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 (Welsh) Mark Walsh 2–1 Phil Taylor 23 October 2005 (Irish) Colin Lloyd 2–1 Andy Smith 6 November 2005 (Scottish) Adrian Lewis 2–0 Colin Lloyd 8 January 2006 (North East) Kevin Painter 2–0 Colin Lloyd 12 February 2006 (South West) Mark Dudbridge 2–0 Dennis Priestly 5 March 2006 (Southern) Chris Mason 2–1 Barrie Bates 19 March 2006 (North West) Alan Tabern 2–1 Steve Maish 9 April 2006 (Midlands) Raymond van Barneveld 2–0 Ronnie Baxter

Top 32 in UK Open Order of Merit (receiving byes into third round)
• 1. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Colin Lloyd

• 2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Adrian Lewis

• 3. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kevin Painter

• 4. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Dudbridge

• 5. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Mason

• 6. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dennis Priestley

• 7. Raymond van Barneveld

• 8. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Walsh

• 9. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alan Tabern

• 10. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Barrie Bates

• 11. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ronnie Baxter

• 12. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Maish

• 13. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Phil Taylor

• 14. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Smith

• 15. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Jenkins

• 16. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alex Roy

• 17. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Colin Monk

• 18. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Wade

• 19. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Terry Jenkins

• 20. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Manley

• 21. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Denis Ovens

• 22. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Hamilton

• 23. Tom Kirby

• 24. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alan Warriner

• 25. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lionel Sams

• 26. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Richie Burnett

• 27. 🇨🇦 John Part

• 28. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matt Clark

• 29. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wayne Mardle

• 30. Owen Caffrey

• 31. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wayne Jones

• 32. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bob Anderson

Numbers 33–64 of UK Open of Merit (receiving byes into second round)
• 1. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Allen

• 2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Darren Latham

• 3. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wes Newton

• 4. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Beaton

• 5. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian Whillis

• 6. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Mann

• 7. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Askew

• 8. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Robbie Widdows

• 9. Mick McGowan

• 10. John MaGowan

• 11. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Robbie Green

• 12. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Colin Osborne

• 13. Roland Scholten

• 14. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Keith Deller

• 15. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jason Roberts

• 16. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kevin Pearson

• 17. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Robinson

• 18. 🇧🇪 Erik Clarys

• 19. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Hine

• 20. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Alan Reynolds

• 21. Jason Clark

• 22. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Barnard

• 23. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Simon Whatley

• 24. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gary Welding

• 25. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Palfreyman

• 26. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Callaby

• 27. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dennis Smith

• 28. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matt Chapman

• 29. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Adrian Gray

• 30. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Vic Hubbard

• 31. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Frost

• 32. Henry O'Neill

Remaining numbers of UK Open of Merit (starting in first and preliminary round)
• 1. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alan Green

• 2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bob Crawley

• 3. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Coote

• 4. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cliff Lazarenko

• 5. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tony Smith

• 6. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Darren Williams

• 7. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wayne Atwood

• 8. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Johnson

• 9. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rikki Blay

• 10. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Graeme Stoddart

• 11. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Everson

• 12. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Shayne Burgess

• 13. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Darren Johnson

• 14. 🇦🇺 David Platt

• 15. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kevin Dowling

• 16. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Wilson

• 17. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Sean Palfrey

• 18. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Honey

• 19. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Williams

• 20. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Johnson

• 21. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gary Noonan

• 22. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Hayfield

• 23. Jamie Harvey

• 24. 🇧🇪 Yves Cottenge

• 25. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alan Caves

• 26. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Norman Fletcher

• 27. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Simon Craven

• 28. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Jowett

• 29. 🇧🇪 Rocco Maes

• 30. Jan van der Rassel

• 31. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Allen

• 32. 🇧🇪 Guy Christyn

• 33. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eddie Lovely

• 34. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kevin Spiolek

• 35. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Thomson

• 36. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Darren Webster

• 37. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Steve Evans

• 38. Shaun McDonald

• 39. 🇯🇲 Al Hedman

Greene King Qualifiers
• Stuart Pickles

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nicky Turner

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Geoff Harkup

• 🇦🇺 Wayne Brown

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Pip Brown

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian McLean

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Fairbrass

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny Pinhorne

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Hill

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Johnny Haines

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jess Archer

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Rose

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Peter Locke

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kevin Dalwood

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 John Harris

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Hall

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Dillingham

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mick Chambers

•  Perry Regan

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wayne Squirrell

•  Coen Wiekamp

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gary Miller

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Topper

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gary Barnett

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Murphy

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Allies

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nigel Langton

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Nesbitt

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Glenn Baxter

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 James Dorenbos

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian Haines

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Quantock

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Whitcombe

Last 16 to Final
Random draws were made after each round up to the quarter final stage. Draw bracket has been compiled retrospectively.