American Darts be scored for the remainder of the inning (with the exception of the center cork, which is always in play, regardless of the set "number"); the other nineteen numbers on the board are worth zero points for the remainder of the shooter's inning. So if a player throws his or her first dart at 20, in order to score the maximum possible points, but he or she misses and it lands in the 1 area, that player has established 1 as their number for their second and third darts. Thus, even if the last two darts were to land in
Phil Taylor (darts player) final of his last event in the series, which he lost to Wright. Capping off his lengthy professional career is his appearance at the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship. Despite entering the tournament ranked 6th in the PDC Order of Merit, he beat Chris Dobey, Justin Pipe, Keegan Brown, Gary Anderson and Jamie Lewis to reach the final on 1 January 2018, where he lost to first-time participant Rob Cross. On 27 January 2017, in an interview conducted before the start of the 2017 Masters, Taylor officially confirmed his intention to retire from darts after the 2018 World Darts Championship.