South African Masters (darts)

The tournament had 8 players, 4 of which were 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 four players chosen by the PDC were drawn up against the qualifiers 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. Taylor, Wade, Part and Mervyn King took part in the 2009 tournament.

Matches were as follows:

• Quarter-final: best of 7 legs
• Semi-final: Best of 9 legs (formerly in 2007 best of 11 legs)
• Final: Best of 11 legs (formerly in 2007 best of 15 legs, in 2008 best of 9 legs)

Since the 2010 tournament, the event is the direct qualification tournament for the World Darts Championship for South African darts players.

The tournament was broadcast live on SuperSport in South Africa. In the United Kingdom, the tournament was broadcast on Challenge in 2007, Nuts TV in 2008, and Sky Sports in 2009.

{{cite web|title=2007 Emperors Palace South African Masters Results|url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=1104|publisher=Darts Database|accessdate=29 November 2011}}

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Best of 7 legs

| RD2=Semi-finals
Best of 11 legs

| RD3=Final
Best of 15 legs

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| RD1-team2=Mike Ryder

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| RD1-team3=Terry Jenkins

| RD1-score3=4

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| RD1-team4=Paul Meyer

| RD1-score4=0

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| RD1-team5=Raymond van Barneveld

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| RD1-team6=Charles Losper

| RD1-score6=1

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| RD1-team7=James Wade

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| RD1-team8=Lodewyk Marais

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| RD2-team4=James Wade

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{{cite web|title=2008 Emperors Palace South African Masters Results|url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=1897|publisher=Darts Database|accessdate=29 November 2011}}

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Best of 7 legs

| RD2=Semi-finals
Best of 9 legs

| RD3=Final
Best of 9 legs

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| RD1-team1=John Part

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| RD1-team2=Mark Jackson

| RD1-score2=0

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| RD1-team3=James Wade

| RD1-score3=4

| RD1-seed4={{flagicon|RSA}}

| RD1-team4=Les Francis

| RD1-score4=1

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| RD1-team5=Wayne Mardle

| RD1-score5=4

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| RD1-team6=Charles Losper

| RD1-score6=1

| RD1-seed7={{flagicon|ENG}}

| RD1-team7=Phil Taylor

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| RD1-seed8={{flagicon|RSA}}

| RD1-team8=Shawn Hogan

| RD1-score8=1

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| RD2-team1=John Part

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| RD2-team2=James Wade

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| RD2-team3=Wayne Mardle

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| RD3-team2=Phil Taylor

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{{cite web|title=2009 Emperors Palace South African Masters Results|url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=2024|publisher=Darts Database|accessdate=29 November 2011}}

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Best of 7 legs

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Best of 9 legs

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Best of 11 legs

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| RD1-team2=Christo Meiring

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| RD1-team4=Devon Petersen

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| RD1-team5=James Wade

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| RD1-team6=Wynand Havenga

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| RD1-team7=Mervyn King

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| RD1-team8=Les Francis

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• During the fifth leg of the semi-final between James Wade and Mervyn King, King hit the first ever televised nine-dart finish outside of Europe. He hit two consecutive 180s, and then used T20, T19, D12 to complete the perfect leg. King went 4–1 up as a result of that leg, but still lost the match 5–4.

World Darts Championship Qualification Tournament

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