UK Open Regional Finals/Qualifiers
The UK Open is a major tournament which takes place at Bolton's Reebok Stadium each year in June. Prior to the televised event, there are eight UK Open Qualifiers (originally named Regional Finals), where the prize money won is collated into a UK Open Order of Merit table which determines 96 qualifiers for the UK Open finals in Bolton.
The tournaments are organised in a similar fashion to the Players Championships in that 32 boards are in operation for a non-televised "floor tournament", completed inside one day. During the 2007-08 UK Open, sponsors Blue Square streamed live coverage of these Regional Finals on the internet.
From 2011 onwards, the UK Open Qualifiers were held on four double-header weekends instead of being held on eight Sundays.
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