The US Open was a

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darts tournament, organised by the

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(PDC), which launched in May 2007. It replaced the

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which ran for one year and was cancelled as a result of poor television ratings on ESPN. In 2007 and 2008 the tournament was held at the Mohegan Sun Casino Resort in

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– which was also the venue used for the

. The tournament moved to

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for the 2009 event. In 2009 and 2010 the event became Players Championship events as part of the

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. Phil Taylor won the first two events, but opted not to take part in the 2009 version which

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won. Taylor came back in 2010 and beat

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in the final.

Television coverage

The 2007 tournament was broadcast live in the UK on satellite station

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, who were broadcasting a PDC tournament for the first time. Limited coverage of the event was shown on US sport channel

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. In 2008 coverage passed to

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in the UK.

Format

The US Open was a PDC Major event in 2007 and 2008 . It became a

event in 2009 and 2010 for the last two editions of the event.

Results

Notes

References

External links

US Open page on the PDC websiteResults at dartsdatabase.co.uk
{{DEFAULTSORT:Us Open (Darts) 2007 establishments in the United States 2010 establishments in the United States Professional Darts Corporation tournaments