The tournament was held for the third time at the Butlin's Resort in Minehead, England, between 4–6 March 2016, and has the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw will be staged after each round until the final.

In a repeat of last year's final, Michael van Gerwen beat Peter Wright to retain his title.

[1] During the tournament, he also hit a nine-dart finish against the then-unknown Rob Cross in the fourth round.

There were six qualifying events staged in February 2016 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table.

In addition, the next 64 players (without ties in this year's edition) in the Order of Merit list qualified for the tournament, but started in the earlier rounds played on the Friday.