The 1998 World Grand Prix was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation

Professional Darts Corporation

The Professional Darts Corporation is a professional darts organization, established in the United Kingdom during 1992, when a group of leading professional players split from the British Darts Organisation to form what was initially called the World Darts Council...

 (PDC) and held at the Casino Rooms in Rochester, Kent. It was the first year of the tournament and replaced the World Pairs tournament, which ran from 1995 to 1997.

The tournament featured an unusual format in that players must start each leg by hitting a double - in addition to the traditional double to finish. It also featured a format of the best of three legs per set (rather than five) for the only time in the tournament history.

Phil Taylor took the inaugural title, beating world number one, Rod Harrington

Rod Harrington

Rod Harrington is a former English darts player. He used the nickname The Prince of Style for his matches, often wearing a suit and waistcoast for his games...

 in the final.

Prize money

• Winner: £9,000
• Runner-Up: £5,000
• Semi-Finalists: £3,000 each
• Quarter-Finalists: £2,000 each
• Last 16 Losers: £1,250 each

Results

See also

• World Grand Prix
  PDC World Grand Prix Darts
  The World Grand Prix is a PDC darts tournament held in Dublin each October. Its original venue was the Casino Rooms in Rochester, Kent in 1998 and 1999 and then for one year only in 2000 at the Crosbie Cedars Hotel in Rosslare, County Wexford. In 2001 the tournament moved further north to its...
  
  - history of the tournament including previous winners.