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| US Open | |
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| Tournament information | |
| Venue | Mohegan Sun Casino Resort |
| Location | Uncasville, Connecticut (2007–2008, 2017–2018) Atlanta, Georgia (2009–2010) |
| Country | United States |
| Established | 2007 |
| Organisation(s) | PDC BDO |
| Format | (PDC Major 2007-2008) (PDC Pro Tour 2009-2010) (BDO Major 2017-2018) |
| Prize fund | £31,000 (2010) |
| Final Year | 2018 |
| Final champion(s) | |
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The US Open was a United States darts tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and British Darts Organisation (BDO), which launched in May 2007. It replaced the World Series of Darts which ran for one year and was cancelled as a result of poor television ratings on ESPN.
The tournament is held at the Mohegan Sun Casino Resort in Connecticut - which was also the venue used for the World Series of Darts, in 2007 and 2008. However the tournament moved to Atlanta, Georgia for the 2009 event. In 2010, it became a Players Championship event for its final year. Is Back on the Mohegan Sun Casino Resort here in Connecticut in the British Darts Organisation.
Phil Taylor won the first two events, but opted not to take part in the 2009 version which Dennis Priestley won but then Taylor came back in 2010 and beat Denis Ovens in the final. Colin Lloyd won the first ever on the BDO US Open events and [[]] wins his second ever on the BDO US Open Champion.
Television coverage
The 2007 tournament was broadcast live in the UK on satellite station Challenge, who were broadcasting a PDC tournament for the first time. Limited coverage of the event was shown on US sport channel Versus. In 2008 coverage passed to Nuts TV in the UK.
Format
The US Open was a PDC Major event in 2007 and 2008 . It became a PDC Pro Tour event in 2009 and 2010 for the last two editions of the event. Is Back on the BDO US Open Major event in 2017 and 2018.
Results
| Year[note 1][1] | Champion (average in final) | Score | Runner-Up (average in final) | Prize Fund | Champion | Runner-up | |
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| 2007 |  Phil Taylor (103.10)
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4-1 |  Raymond van Barneveld(99.06)
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£126,000 | £12,500 | £7,500 | |
| 2008 | Phil Taylor (96.86)
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3-0 | Colin Lloyd (91.48)
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£126,000 | £12,500 | £7,500 | |
| PDC Pro Tour | |||||||
| 2009 | Dennis Priestley
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6-3 | Andy Hamilton
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$50,000 | $12,000 | $6,000 | |
| 2010 | Phil Taylor
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6-3 | Denis Ovens
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£31,200 | £6,000 | £3,000 | |
| BDO Major | |||||||
| 2017 | Colin Lloyd
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3-0 | Dave Smith
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£25,000 | £10,000 | £5,000 | |
| 2018 | [[]]
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3-2 | Mark McGeeney
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£20,000 | £5,000 | £2,500 | |
Notes
- ^ The 2009 and 2010 editions are not listed in the PDC Roll of Honour for winners of PDC majors.The US Open events in 2009 and 2010 were added to the PDC Pro Tour after the tournament had its major status removed.
References
- ^ "PDC Roll of Honour". PDC. Retrieved 28 May 2015.