2008 Las Vegas Desert Classic

The 2008 partypoker.com Las Vegas Desert Classic was the seventh installment of the Las Vegas Desert Classic, a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was held in the evenings (GMT, morning local time/PST) between 2–6 July 2008 at Mandalay Bay, Paradise, United States.

2008 partypoker.com Las Vegas Desert Classic
Tournament information
Dates2–6 July 2008
VenueMandalay Bay Resort
LocationParadise
Country United States
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Final – best of 25
Prize fund£126,400
Winner's share£20,000
High checkout170 James Wade
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor
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Phil Taylor emerged as the champion, in all but one match posting above a 100 average, beating James Wade in the final. This was his fourth Desert Classic title, having bounced back from a first round defeat to Mark Dudbridge in the 2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic.

Last year's champion Raymond van Barneveld was looking to retain his title, but he was knocked out in the second round by Alan Tabern.

Prize money

A total prize fund of £126,400 was available for the tournament, unchanged from the previous year.

  • Champion - £20,000
  • Runner-up - £10,000
  • Semi-finalists - £7,000
  • Quarter-finalists - £5,000
  • Second round losers - £3,000
  • First round losers £2,000
  • Qualifying round losers - £200

Qualified Players

Pre-qualified players
PDC Top 12[1]
  1. Phil Taylor
  2. Raymond van Barneveld
  3. James Wade
  4. John Part
  5. Terry Jenkins
  6. Andy Hamilton
  7. Adrian Lewis
  8. Colin Lloyd
  9. Roland Scholten
  10. Wayne Mardle
  11. Peter Manley
  12. Dennis Priestley
BEN-Pro Qualifiers
  1. Darin Young
  2. Bill Davis
  3. Larry Butler
Canadian Number One
  1. Gerry Convery

Qualifiers
Monday Qualifiers
Tuesday Qualifiers

Draw
First round[2]
July 2–3
best of 11 legs 		Second round
4 July
best of 15 legs 		Quarter-finals
5 July
best of 21 legs 		Semi-finals
6 July
best of 21 legs 		Final
6 July
best of 25 legs
               
1 Phil Taylor 108.84 6
Kevin Painter 103.68 4
1 Phil Taylor 103.67 8
Dennis Priestley 93.19 4
  Dennis Priestley 88.54 6
Co Stompé 86.07 2
1 Phil Taylor 99.00 11
Adrian Gray 88.53 4
8 Colin Lloyd 82.94 5
Sam Rooney 84.38 6
  Sam Rooney 88.95 3
Adrian Gray 85.34 8
  Wayne Mardle 87.98 4
Adrian Gray 84.39 6
1 Phil Taylor 103.26 11
Roland Scholten 92.83 2
4 John Part 87.38 4
Mervyn King 89.29 6
  Mervyn King 97.18 8
Darin Young 91.45 6
  Darin Young 83.22 6
Martin Burchell 80.34 4
  Mervyn King 85.36 2
Roland Scholten 88.81 11
5 Terry Jenkins 81.38 6
Mick McGowan 82.06 4
5 Terry Jenkins 94.11 6
Roland Scholten 94.73 8
  Roland Scholten 87.70 6
Barrie Bates 83.96 4
1 Phil Taylor 105.53 13
3 James Wade 92.26 7
2 Raymond van Barneveld 91.09 6
Matt Clark 87.13 0
2 Raymond van Barneveld 93.78 4
Alan Tabern 90.85 8
  Larry Butler 86.12 4
Alan Tabern 90.62 6
  Alan Tabern 86.91 8
Peter Manley 87.52 11
7 Adrian Lewis 91.73 6
Robert Thornton 89.00 5
7 Adrian Lewis 96.74 6
Peter Manley 98.67 8
  Peter Manley 95.71 6
Steve Maish 92.32 3
Peter Manley 95.36 8
3 James Wade 98.73 11
3 James Wade 92.63 6
Dennis Smith 89.07 1
3 James Wade 88.30 8
Mark Walsh 88.19 5
  Bill Davis 80.83 5
Mark Walsh 87.75 6
3 James Wade 92.88 11
6 Andy Hamilton 92.10 7
6 Andy Hamilton 100.50 6
Shawn Brenneman 73.44 1
6 Andy Hamilton 87.53 8
Jelle Klaasen 86.53 7
  Gerry Convery 86.91 1
Jelle Klaasen 95.24 6
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References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-24. Retrieved 2008-06-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://www.planetdarts.tv/page/DesertClassicDetail/0,,10180~1337197,00.html
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