1997 BDO World Darts Championship
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| 1997 BDO World Darts Championship | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 4–12 January 1997 | ||
| Venue | Lakeside Country Club | ||
| Location | Frimley Green, Surrey | ||
| Country | England, United Kingdom | ||
| Organisation(s) | BDO | ||
| Format | Sets Final – best of 11 | ||
| Prize fund | £158,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £38,000 | ||
| High checkout | 170 Scotland Les Wallace | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
| Scotland Les Wallace[1] | |||
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The 1997 BDO World Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 1997 Embassy World Professional Darts Championship) was held from 4–12 January 1997 at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey. Scotland's Les Wallace defeated Wales' Marshall James 6–3 in the final to win the title.[2] He became the second Scotsman to become World Darts Champion after Jocky Wilson won it twice in 1982 and 1989. Wallace also became the first left-handed player to win either version of the World Darts Championship.
It was also the second time in four years that two unseeded players had reached the final, and remains the most recent occasion that this has occurred.
Seeds
[edit | edit source]- England Martin Adams
- Netherlands Roland Scholten
- Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
- Wales Richie Burnett
- England Steve Beaton
- England Colin Monk
- England Ronnie Baxter
- England Andy Fordham
Prize money
[edit | edit source]The prize money was £152,400.
- Champion: £38,000
- Runner-Up: £19,000
- Semi-Finalists (2): £8,700
- Quarter-Finalists (4): £4,400
- Last 16 (8): £3,350
- Last 32 (16): £2,100
There was also a 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £1,600.
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