BDO Upping Prize Money For Winmau World Masters
BDO Media Release/Robert Holmes:
The 2009 WINMAU WORLD MASTERS, in association with John Smith’s and East Riding of Yorkshire Council, will have record-breaking prize money of £64,500 when it is played at The Spa Bridlington on September 4th, 5th and 6th.
This means that the Winmau World Masters, already the richest
two-day darts tournament on terrestrial BBC TV has just got even richer!
“Winmau is absolutely delighted to be maintaining its commitment to increasing prize money year on year”, says Ian Flack, Sales & Marketing Director of Winmau.
“We are adding an extra £3,500 to the overall prize money for this year’s World Masters, which means that in the Men’s Masters there is an even greater reward for the players reaching the Last 16 stage matches, because they are guaranteed £750 each (this is £250 per player up on 2008 figures).
“The Quarter-Finalists will receive £1,500 each (another increase of £250 per player) and in the Women’s World Masters, we have added £500 to the runner-up prize which will now be £2,000.
“These increases to the 2009 prize money reflect not only our continued commitment to the players, but also our appreciation of the ongoing support from our valued sponsors and, of course, the British Darts Organisation.”
BBC TV will broadcast the 2009 Winmau World Masters exclusively over the weekend of Saturday, September 5th and Sunday, September 6th.
2009 Prize Money will be as follows:
MEN’S MASTERS:
CHAMPION: £25,000
Runner-up: £10,000
Semi-Finalists: £ 3,000 x 2
Q/Finalists: £ 1,500 x 4
Last 16: £ 750 x 8
Total: £53,000
WOMEN’S MASTERS:
CHAMPION: £5,000
Runner-up: £2,000
Semi-Finalists: £ 750 x 2
Q/Finalists: £ 500 x 4
Total: £10,500
Plus Highest Checkout (Men & Women): £1,000
TOTAL PRIZE MONEY: £64,500
BDO AWARD for televised 9-Dart 501: £2,000
The Winmau World Masters is a true World Championship with players from seventy countries being invited, including singles darts champions from over 200 top national and international events worldwide.
Approximately 400 players will converge on Bridlington for this year’s Winmau World Masters, which will mark the 36th anniversary of the oldest established major in world darts (1974-2009 inclusive).
Staged and promoted by the British Darts Organisation, the Winmau World Masters, in association with John Smith’s and East Riding of Yorkshire Council, has been played in Bridlington since 2002 and will be returning to The Spa for the second successive year following its £20 million re-development.
BBC TV will broadcast exclusive coverage over the weekend of September 5th & 6th and full details and updates can be found on the BDO website: www.bdodarts.com
Spectator tickets are available from The Spa Box office on 01262-678258 or ticket order forms can be downloaded from the BDO website.
TICKET PRICES: Friday, September 4th: £10pp; Saturday and Sunday, September 5th & 6th: £25pp. An all-inclusive 3 day ticket can be booked for £50pp, and there is an ‘Early Bird’ offer of £40pp if tickets are booked on or before July 31st, 2009.
ALL MATCHES WILL BE PLAYED ON THE WINMAU BLADE 111 DARTBOARD
Winmau Dartboards are endorsed by The British Darts Organisation and used in all BDO tournaments: www.winmau.com
3 Comments so far
still it isn’t like the PDC. doesn’t reach the quality as well as the prize money like it is for the PDC.
Yes, no comparison possible. This seems like a small tournament compared to PDC standards.
In my opinion you can’t compare PDC/BDO, think we must see BDO as a learning platform to reach PDC standards. For less experienced/talented players it would be impossible to make a little bit of prize money at the PDC and no one would even concider being professional darts player. So I think BDO tournaments improve the wideness and chances of talented players turning into pro’s. The same as in soccer the clubs who are teaching and instructing youngsters don’t get financially better (sometimes clubs even being treated badly by players who only benefitted from them) of their investment. So a little bit of respect would be in place.