1997 BDO World Darts Championship

February 2011 December 2014 May 2026 1997 BDO World Darts Championship 4–12 January 1997 Lakeside Country Club Frimley Green, Surrey England, United Kingdom BDO SetsFinal – best of 11 £158,000 £38,000 170 SCO Les Wallace SCO Les Wallace Staff History of Embassy Darts BBC Sports (online) BBC News 20 July 2002 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/specials/world_darts_championship_2002/1719344.stm 23 February 2011 1996 1998 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.Results of BDO World Championship Men 1997 https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/world-championship-men/1997/results MasterCaller 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 ENG Martin Adams NED Roland Scholten NED Raymond van Barneveld WAL Richie Burnett ENG Steve Beaton ENG Colin Monk ENG Ronnie Baxter ENG Andy Fordham Prize money 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. The Results First Round (best of 5 sets) Second Round (best of 5 sets) Quarter-Finals (best of 7 sets) Semi-Finals (best of 9 sets) Final (best of 11 sets) 200 1 ENG Martin Adams (97.05) 1 USA Roger Carter (94.50) 3   CAN John Part (87.54) 3 SCO Alan Brown (81.06) 1 8 ENG Andy Fordham (87.45) 3 ENG Matt Clark (89.88) 2   WAL Marshall James (82.17) 3 ENG William Burksfield (73.47) 1 5 ENG Steve Beaton (86.47) 3 CAN Carl Mercer (76.25) 0   NIR Geoff Wylie (92.64) 3 ENG Andy Smith (87.93) 2 4 WAL Richie Burnett (91.23) 3 AUS Peter Hinkley (79.23) 1   BEL Leo Laurens (85.71) 3 WAL Ritchie Davies (83.43) 0 2 NED Roland Scholten (88.44) 3 ENG Mike Gregory (87.60) 2   ENG Bobby George (84.00) 3 ENG Mick Brooks (82.95) 1 7 ENG Ronnie Baxter (85.86) 3 ENG Andy Jenkins (88.89) 0   Mervyn King 1 (91.50) 3 AUS Graham Hunt (87.57) 1 6 ENG Colin Monk (88.53) 3 ENG Chris Hornby (72.81) 0   ENG Paul Williams (83.16) 3 BEL Erik Clarys (81.99) 2 3 NED Raymond van Barneveld (85.86) 3 WAL Sean Palfrey (77.88) 0   SCO Les Wallace (99.45) 3 SCO Bob Taylor (92.43) 1   USA Roger Carter (85.62) 3 John Part(86.79) 1 8 ENG Andy Fordham (87.45) 1 WAL Marshall James (89.91) 3 5 Steve Beaton 1 (92.52) 3 NIR Geoff Wylie (81.60) 0 4 WAL Richie Burnett (88.95) 0 BEL Leo Laurens (92.46) 3 2 Roland Scholten 1 (88.62) 3 ENG Bobby George (83.10) 0 7 ENG Ronnie Baxter (93.15) 2 Mervyn King (96.78) 3 6 ENG Colin Monk (85.68) 1 ENG Paul Williams (86.01) 3 3 NED Raymond van Barneveld (95.31) 2 SCO Les Wallace (94.23) 3   USA Roger Carter (86.61) 3 WAL Marshall James (90.36) 4 5 ENG Steve Beaton (91.17) 4 BEL Leo Laurens (88.47) 3 2 NED Roland Scholten (92.46) 2 ENG Mervyn King (91.77) 4   ENG Paul Williams (95.34) 0 SCO Les Wallace (96.78) 4 WAL Marshall James (89.88) 5 5 Steve Beaton (85.17) 4   Mervyn King (96.84) 3 SCO Les Wallace (94.02) 5   WAL Marshall James (92.01) 3 SCO Les Wallace (92.19) 6 References Category:BDO World Darts Championships Category:1990s in Surrey BDO World Darts Championship BDO World Darts Championship BDO World Darts Championship Category:Sport in Surrey Category:Frimley Green