WDC UK Masters

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UK Masters

Sport	Darts
Founded	1992 (1992)
Ceased	1994
Country	England
Venue(s)	Norwich (1992-93) Bury St. Edmunds (1994)
Last champion(s)	Phil Taylor (1994)
Tournament format	Legs Equal darts

The WDC UK Masters, also known as the Lada UK Masters, was a professional darts tournament held from 1992 to 1994. It is notable for being the first tournament staged by the World Darts Council, which later became the Professional Darts Corporation, without any involvement from the sport's governing body, the British Darts Organisation, and was thus another important step towards the eventual split in darts.^[1]

The tournament was sponsored by car manufacturer Lada and broadcast on Anglia Television. It used the "equal darts" format, whereby once a winning double was hit, the other player would have the opportunity to tie the leg by finishing in the same number of darts.^[1] Two of the three events were won by Mike Gregory, who later caused controversy by leaving the WDC and re-joining the BDO. The final event was won by Phil Taylor.