Sponsors Stan James have priced up all the 1st round matches in the Stan James World Matchplay Darts Championship which begins in Blackpool on Sunday week the 20th July
Head of PR Charlie McCann told us:
"The loss of Tiger Woods from the Open Championship at nearby Birkdale has meant that the sporting superstar appearing on the Lancashire coast at the end of July will be Phil "The Power" Taylor who bids for his ninth Stan James World Matchplay Championship. He begins his quest for another title by the seaside with a clash with another former World Champion in Steve Beaton who is 12/1 to take the scalp of The Power on the Monday evening of the 21st July".
Stan James World Matchplay outright: EW 1/2 1,2: Phil Taylor 4/6, James Wade 11/2, Raymond Van Barneveld 13/2, John Part 25/1, Terry Jenkins 25/1, Adrian Lewis 25/1, Andy Hamilton 28/1, Colin Lloyd 33/1, Kevin Painter 33/1, Wayne Mardle 40/1, Colin Osborne 40/1 and 50/1 Bar.
1st round matches: betting from Stan James:
C Lloyd 4/7 v M Walsh 5/4
M Dudbridge 10/11 v W Mardle 4/5
C Osborne Evens v M King 8/11
D Priestley 4/9 v A Gray 13/8
K Painter 8/15 v T Eccles 11/8
R Scholten 2/5 v M Clark 7/4
T Jenkins 2/5 v A Roy 7/4
J Part 4/9 v C Mason 13/8
A Lewis 1/2 v K Mcdine 6/4
P Taylor 1/50 v S Beaton 12/1
R van Barneveld 1/12 v M Frost 11/2
R Baxter 4/7 v A Smith 5/4
A Tabern 5/6 v V Van Der Voort 5/6
A Hamilton 4/7 v M Van Gerwen 5/4
P Manley 4/9 v D Ovens 13/8
J Wade 1/10 v W Jones 5/1