Emperors Palace South African Masters
- Emperors Palace South African Masters
The Emperors Palace South African Masters is a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation which began in 2007 and takes place in in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Format and Qualification
The tournament has 8 players, 4 of which are the top ranked players on the PDC Order of Merit and the semi-finalists, runner up and winner of the PDC South African Open which takes place the day before.The 4 players choosen by the PDC are drawn up against the qualifers from the PDC South African Open in a knock-out tournament.In 2007, Phil Taylor, Raymond van Barneveld, James Wade and Terry Jenkins, ranked numbers one to four in the Order of Merit respectively at the time, participated in the tournament. In the following year, Taylor and Wade, returned to the tournament, being ranked numbers one and three in the world at the time. John Part, ranked number four in the world, also participated, as did Wayne Mardle, who replaced Barneveld (ranked second) due to the Dutchman's two month sabbatical from darts.
Matches are as follows:
Quarter Final: best of 7 legs
Semi Final: Best of 9 legs (formely in 2007 best of 11 legs)
Final: Best of 9 legs (formely in 2007 best of 15 legs)
As yet, no South African has reached the semi-finals of the tournament, but the players were collectively able to win more legs against the top players in 2008 than 2007.
Television
The tournament is broadcast live on SuperSport in South Africa and Nuts TV (previously Challenge in 2007) in the UK.
Results
2008
Quarter-Finals (Best of 7 legs)
John Part 4-0 Mark Jackson
James Wade 4-1 Les Francis
Wayne Mardle 4-1 Charles Losper
Phil Taylor 4-1 Shawn Hogan
Semi-Finals (Best of 9 legs)
John Part 5-1 James Wade
Phil Taylor 5-2 Wayne Mardle
Previous Winners
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