World No.1 Phil Taylor has made a fine start on the opening day of the Championship League Darts.

Taylor, the 13-time World Champion, began his campaign with four wins and a draw from his first five matches and looked on course for a semi-final spot.

He started with a 5-5 draw against James Wade, then beat Alan Tabern (6-4), Colin Lloyd (6-2), Terry Jenkins (6-1) and Andy Hamilton (6-1) at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, Essex.

All the matches are screened solely on the internet with viewers given the choice of two matches at the same time (you can watch all games at bet365's live streaming service).

Each group includes eight players and they meet once over the best of ten legs in the league phase before the top four players in the league table compete in the semi-finals and final.

Players receive two points for a win in the league phase, with games ending when a player reaches six legs, or one point each for a five-all draw.

Each player wins £50 per leg won in the league phase and £100 per leg won in the play-offs, with the Group One champion progressing immediately to the Winners Group on Thursday October 23.

The runner-up, losing semi-finalists and players finishing fifth and sixth in the league table move into Group Two, with the bottom two players eliminated from the competition.

To view the Championship League Darts, users must be registered with the specific website but there is no commitment to placing bets. The stream will be available internationally, except in the United States of America, where for legal reasons it cannot be shown.