2015 PDC Pro Tour

The 2015 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Professional Dart Players Association Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers, and European Tour events were the events that made up the Pro Tour. This year there were 35 PDC Pro Tour events held – 20 Players Championships, six UK Open Qualifiers, and nine European Tour events.

Prize money

Prize money for each Players Championship increased from £50,000 to £60,000 per event and the European Tour increased from £100,000 to £115,000 per event. UK Open Qualifiers stayed the same as last year.^[1]

Stage	ET	PC	UKQ	CT/DT
Winner	£25,000	£10,000	£10,000	£2,000
Runner-up	£10,000	£5,000	£5,000	£1,000
Semi-finalists	£5,000	£2,500	£2,500	£500
Quarter-finalists	£3,500	£2,000	£1,500	£300
Last 16	£2,000	£1,500	£1,000	£200
Last 32	£1,500	£750	£500	£100
Last 48	£1,000	N/A	N/A	N/A
Last 64	N/A	£250	£250	£50
Total	£115,000	£60,000	£50,000	£10,000

PDC Pro Tour Card

128 players were granted Tour Cards, which enabled them to participate in all Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events.^[2]

Tour Cards

The 2015 Tour Cards were awarded to:

• (64) The top 64 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the 2015 World Championship. (Richie Burnett and Jarkko Komula resigned their memberships; as a result, Cristo Reyes and Colin Osborne were awarded Tour Cards).
• (26) The 26 qualifiers from 2014 Q-School not ranked in the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit following the World Championship.
• (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2014 Challenge Tour (Mark Frost and Alan Tabern).
• (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2014 Youth Tour (Dimitri Van den Bergh and Josh Payne).
• (34) The 34 qualifiers from 2015 Q-School.

The offer of four places for the semi-finalists of the 2015 BDO World Darts Championship were withdrawn from this year.

Q-School

The PDC Pro Tour Q-School took place at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan from January 14–17. The following players won two-year tour cards on each of the days played:

January 14[3]	January 15[4]	January 16[5]	January 17[6]
Nigel Heydon  Alan Norris  Jeffrey de Zwaan  Mike Zuydwijk	Matthew Edgar  Andy Jenkins  Jason Lovett  Devon Petersen	Steve Douglas  Steve West  James Wilson  Jason Wilson	Nathan Derry  Jamie Robinson  Jonny Clayton  Magnus Caris
376	367	369	348

A Q-School Order of Merit was also created by using the following points system:

Stage	Points
Last 8	9
Last 16	5
Last 32	3
Last 64	2
Last 128	1

To complete the field of 128 Tour Card Holders, places were allocated down the final Q-School Order of Merit. The following players picked up Tour Cards as a result:^[6]

1.  Andy Boulton
2.  Ken MacNeil
3.  Jermaine Wattimena
4.  Nathan Aspinall
5.  Prakash Jiwa
6.  Chris Dobey
7.  Steve McNally
8.  Haruki Muramatsu
9.  Lee Palfreyman
10.  Tony Richardson
11.  Stephen Willard
12.  Darren Johnson
13.  Robbie Green
14.  Jim Walker
15.  William O'Connor
16.  Johnny Haines
17.  Curtis Hammond
18.  Paul Milford

UK Open Qualifiers

Six qualifiers took place to determine seedings for the 2015 UK Open.

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Friday 6 February	Wigan, Robin Park Tennis Centre	Adrian Lewis	6 – 1	Michael van Gerwen	[7]
2	Saturday 7 February		Michael van Gerwen	6 – 1	Vincent van der Voort	[8]
3	Sunday 8 February		Michael van Gerwen	6 – 1	James Wade	[9]
4	Friday 20 February		Michael van Gerwen	6 – 5	Jelle Klaasen	[10]
5	Saturday 21 February		Michael Smith	6 – 5	Adrian Lewis	[11]
6	Sunday 22 February		Phil Taylor	6 – 2	Ian White	[12]

Players Championships

There were 20 Players Championship events in 2015.

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 14 March	Barnsley, Barnsley Metrodome	Gary Anderson	6 – 5	James Wade	[13]
2	Sunday 15 March		James Wade	6 – 5	Peter Wright	[14]
3	Friday 10 April		Adrian Lewis	6 – 3	Robert Thornton	[15]
4	Saturday 11 April		Michael van Gerwen	6 – 1	Adrian Lewis	[16]
5	Sunday 12 April		Adrian Lewis	6 – 5	Brendan Dolan	[17]
6	Friday 1 May	Coventry, Ricoh Arena	Michael van Gerwen	6 – 5	James Wade	[18]
7	Saturday 2 May		Peter Wright	6 – 5	James Wade	[19]
8	Sunday 3 May		Keegan Brown	6 – 3	Adrian Lewis	[20]
9	Saturday 16 May	Crawley, K2 Leisure Centre	Phil Taylor	6 – 4	Gary Anderson	[21]
10	Sunday 17 May		Joe Murnan	6 – 4	Dave Chisnall	[22]
11	Saturday 23 May	Barnsley, Barnsley Metrodome	Dave Chisnall	6 – 1	Ian White	[23]
12	Sunday 24 May		Peter Wright	6 – 1	Jelle Klaasen	[24]
13	Saturday 4 July	Wigan, Robin Park Tennis Centre	James Wade	6 – 5	Kim Huybrechts	[25]
14	Sunday 5 July		Jelle Klaasen	6 – 2	Ian White	[26]
15	Saturday 26 September	Barnsley, Barnsley Metrodome	Terry Jenkins	6 – 4	Peter Wright	[27]
16	Sunday 27 September		Jelle Klaasen	6 – 4	Raymond van Barneveld	[28]
17	Friday 2 October	Dublin, Citywest Hotel	Ian White	6 – 5	Dave Chisnall	[29]
18	Saturday 3 October		Alan Norris	6 – 1	Kim Huybrechts	[30]
19	Saturday 24 October	Coventry, Ricoh Arena	Peter Wright	6 – 5	Benito van de Pas	[31]
20	Sunday 25 October		Gary Anderson	6 – 2	James Wade	[32]

PDC European Tour

No.	Date	Also known as the	Venue	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Ref.
1	13–15 February	German Darts Championship	Hildesheim, Halle 39	(117.94) Michael van Gerwen	6 – 2	Gary Anderson (103.78)	[33]
2	20–22 March	Gibraltar Darts Trophy	Gibraltar, Victoria Stadium	(107.04) Michael van Gerwen	6 – 3	Terry Jenkins (99.28)	[34]
3	4–6 April	German Darts Masters	Munich, Ballhausforum	(102.30) Michael van Gerwen	6 – 5	John Henderson (89.59)	[35]
4	5–7 June	Dutch Darts Masters	Venray, Evenementenhal	(100.20) Michael van Gerwen	6 – 0	Justin Pipe (87.62)	[36]
5	19–21 June	International Darts Open	Riesa, SACHSENarena	(88.23) Michael Smith	6 – 3	Benito van de Pas (81.41)	[37]
6	10–12 July	European Darts Open	Düsseldorf, Maritim Hotel	(106.18) Robert Thornton	6 – 2	Kim Huybrechts (100.69)	[38]
7	11–13 September	European Darts Trophy	Mülheim, RWE-Sporthalle	(98.50) Michael Smith	6 – 2	Michael van Gerwen (101.12)	[39]
8	18–20 September	European Darts Matchplay	Innsbruck, Olympiahalle	(99.58) Michael van Gerwen	6 – 4	Dave Chisnall (95.89)	[40]
9	16–18 October	European Darts Grand Prix	Sindelfingen, Glaspalast	(99.30) Kim Huybrechts	6 – 5	Peter Wright (99.95)	[41]

PDC Challenge Tour

The PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour was open to all PDPA Associate Members who failed to win a Tour Card at Qualifying School. The players who finished first and second received two-year Tour Cards to move onto the PDC Pro Tour in 2016 and 2017. In addition, the players who finished from third to eighth will receive free entry to the 2016 PDC Q-School.^[42]

Final Challenge Tour ranking

Rank	Player	Earnings
1	Jan Dekker	£7,350
2	Richie Corner	£7,350
3	Shaun Griffiths	£5,600
4	Chris Quantock	£4,650
5	Kirk Shepherd	£4,350
6	Joe Murnan	£4,250
7	Peter Hudson	£3,800
8	Dean Reynolds	£3,800

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 21 March	Wigan, Robin Park Tennis Centre	Kirk Shepherd	5 – 3	Jack Tweddell	[43]
2			Colin Fowler	5 – 2	Steve Maish	[43]
3	Sunday 22 March		Shaun Griffiths	5 – 1	Scott Dale	[44]
4			Richie Corner	5 – 1	Ryan Searle	[44]
5	Saturday 30 May		Jan Dekker	5 – 0	Kurt Parry	[45]
6			Matt Clark	5 – 2	Richie Corner	[45]
7	Sunday 31 May		Shaun Griffiths	5 – 2	Ian Lever	[46]
8			Joe Murnan	5 – 3	Scott Dale	[46]
9	Saturday 11 July		Jan Dekker	5 – 1	Dean Reynolds	[47]
10			Joe Murnan	5 – 1	Tony Randell	[47]
11	Sunday 12 July		Richie Corner	5 – 4	Mike Norton	[48]
12			Dean Reynolds	5 – 3	Chris Quantock	[48]
13	Saturday 19 September	Coventry, Ricoh Arena	Chris Quantock	5 – 0	Paul Rowley	[49]
14			Peter Hudson	5 – 4	Ryan Palmer	[49]
15	Sunday 20 September		Jan Dekker	5 – 2	Jon Jukes	[50]
16			Martin Lukeman	5 – 2	Kirk Shepherd	[50]

PDC Development Tour

The PDC Unicorn Development Tour (formerly the PDC Youth Tour) was open to players aged 16–23. The players who finished first and second on the Order of Merit received two-year Tour Cards to move onto the PDC Pro Tour in 2016 and 2017. In addition, the players who finished from third to eighth will receive free entry to the 2016 PDC Q-School. Prize money was doubled from the 2014 season, with £200,000 on offer for the 17 youth events, including £40,000 for the 2015 PDC World Youth Championship.

Final Development Tour ranking

Rank	Player	Earnings
1	Bradley Kirk	£8,400
2	Mike De Decker	£6,900
3	Nathan Aspinall	£5,950
4	Benito van de Pas	£5,800
5	Berry van Peer	£5,550
6	Dimitri Van den Bergh	£5,150
7	Shaun Griffiths	£4,900
8	Josh Payne	£4,600

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 25 April	Coventry, Ricoh Arena	Rowby-John Rodriguez	4 – 1	Jamie Lewis	[51]
2			Berry van Peer	4 – 0	Scott Dale	[51]
3	Sunday 26 April		Aden Kirk	4 – 1	Benito van de Pas	[52]
4			Berry van Peer	4 – 0	Harry Ward	[52]
5	Saturday 27 June		Mike De Decker	4 – 3	Benito van de Pas	[53]
6			Benito van de Pas	4 – 2	Bradley Kirk	[53]
7	Sunday 28 June		Nathan Aspinall	4 – 2	Benito van de Pas	[54]
8			Dimitri Van den Bergh	4 – 2	Rhys Griffin	[54]
9	Saturday 12 September		Jamie Lewis	4 – 2	Bradley Kirk	[55]
10			Dimitri Van den Bergh	4 – 2	Josh Payne	[55]
11	Sunday 13 September		Mike De Decker	4 – 2	Nathan Aspinall	[56]
12			Aaron Dyer	4 – 1	Shaun Griffiths	[57]
13	Saturday 17 October	Wigan, Robin Park Tennis Centre	Bradley Kirk	4 – 2	Nathan Aspinall	[58]
14			Sven Groen	4 – 2	Nick Kenny	[58]
15	Sunday 18 October		Dean Reynolds	4 – 2	Mike De Decker	[59]
16			Bradley Kirk	4 – 3	Josh Payne	[59]

Scandinavian Darts Corporation Pro Tour

The Scandinavian Pro Tour had eight events in 2015, with a total of €40,000 on offer. The top player, Kim Viljanen, and the runner-up, Per Laursen, on the 2015 SDC Order of Merit^[60] qualified to play in the 2016 World Championship preliminary round.

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 21 March	Copenhagen, Park Inn	Kim Viljanen	6 – 4	Steen Lysen	[61]
2	Sunday 22 March		Kim Viljanen	6 – 3	Dennis Nilsson	[62]
3	Saturday 23 May	Stockholm, Scandic Alvik	Per Laursen	6 – 5	Magnus Caris	[63]
4	Sunday 24 May		Per Laursen	6 – 1	Oskar Lukasiak	[64]
5	Saturday 1 August	Moscow, Omega Plaza Business Center	Magnus Caris	6 – 3	Per Laursen	[65]
6	Sunday 2 August		Kim Viljanen	6 – 3	Roman Obukhov	[66]
7	Saturday 26 September	Vääksy, Hotel Tallukka	Ulf Ceder	6 – 4	Hannu Suominen	[67]
8			Marko Kantele	6 – 5	Magnus Caris	[68]

EuroAsian Darts Corporation (EADC) Pro Tour

The 6 EADC Pro Tour events and the 2016 World Championship Qualifier will be played at Omega Plaza Business Center, Moscow. Players from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine are eligible to play.

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 21 February	Moscow, Omega Plaza Business Center	Aleksei Kadochnikov	6 – 4	Maxim Belov	[69]
2	Sunday 22 February		Roman Obukhov	6 – 5	Maxim Belov	[69]
3	Saturday 28 March		Roman Obukhov	6 – 3	Aleksandr Oreshkin	[70]
4	Sunday 29 March		Roman Obukhov	6 – 0	Aleksandr Oreshkin	[70]
5	Saturday 25 April		Alexey Pilipenko	6 – 5	Anton Kolesov	[71]
6	Sunday 26 April		Boris Koltsov	6 – 2	Anton Kolesov	[71]

Australian Grand Prix Pro Tour

The Australian Grand Prix rankings are calculated from 25 events across Australia. The top player in the rankings, Laurence Ryder, automatically qualified for the 2016 World Championship.

No.	Date	Also known as	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Friday 13 February	Ettamogah Harrows Australian Grand Prix 1	John Weber	6 – 4	Jeremy Fagg	[72]
2	Saturday 14 February	Ettamogah Harrows Australian Grand Prix 2	Laurence Ryder	6 – 5	John Weber	[72]
3	Sunday 15 February	Ettamogah Harrows Australian Grand Prix 3	Barry Gardner	6 – 5	Dave Marland	[72]
4	Friday 6 March	Dosh Balcatta AGP 1	Robbie King	6 – 1	Wayne Clegg	[73]
5	Saturday 7 March	Dosh Balcatta AGP 2	Beau Anderson	6 – 2	Shane Tichowitsch	[74]
6	Sunday 8 March	Dosh Balcatta AGP 3	Jeremy Fagg	6 – 5	Laurence Ryder	[75]
7	Saturday 28 March	DPA Australian Matchplay 1	Rob Modra	6 – 1	Laurence Ryder	[76]
8	Sunday 29 March	DPA Australian Matchplay 2	David Platt	6 – 2	Laurence Ryder	[76]
9	Saturday 11 April	South Australian Open 1	Peter Machin	6 – 4	Rob Modra	[77]
10	Sunday 12 April	South Australian Open 2	David Platt	6 – 0	Raymond O'Donnell	[77]
11	Saturday 16 May	Warilla Bowls Club Open 1	David Platt	6 – 0	Laurence Ryder	[78]
12	Sunday 17 May	Warilla Bowls Club Open 2	John Weber	6 – 5	Rob Modra	[79]
13	Friday 29 May	Queensland Open 1	Chris Morrison	6 – 3	Stuart Leach	[80]
14	Saturday 30 May	Queensland Open 2	Laurence Ryder	6 – 3	David Platt	[81]
15	Sunday 31 May	Queensland Open 3	David Platt	6 – ?	John Weber	[82]
16	Saturday 20 June	Victoria Open 1	David Platt	6 – 5	Bill Aitken	[83]
17	Sunday 21 June	Victoria Open 2	Rob Modra	6 – 4	John Weber	[84]
18	Saturday 8 August	Perth Masters Qualifier 1	Adam Rowe	5 – 0	Graham Parker	[85]
19	Sunday 9 August	Perth Masters Qualifier 2	Kim Lewis	5 – 1	Conan Ugle	[85]
20	Monday 17 August	Sydney Masters Qualifier 1	Cody Harris	6 – 2	Warren Parry	[86]
21	Tuesday 18 August	Sydney Masters Qualifier 2	Tic Bridge	6 – 2	John Weber	[87]
22	Wednesday 19 August	Sydney Masters Qualifier 3	Warren Parry	6 – 4	John Weber	[88]
23	Thursday 5 November	Harrows Australian GP 1	Bill Aitken	6 – 3	Tyson Hoeful	[89]
24	Friday 6 November	Harrows Australian GP 2	Cody Harris	6 – 4	Adam Rowe	[90]
25	Saturday 7 November	Harrows Australian GP 3	John Weber	6 – 3	Cody Harris	[91]
26	Sunday 8 November	Harrows Oceanic Classic	Tony David	6 – 1	Peter Hunt

World Championship PDPA Qualifier

Date	Venue	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Ref.
Monday 30 November	Coventry, Ricoh Arena	Ricky Evans	5 – 4	Andy Boulton	[92]

World Darts Championship international qualifiers

Date	Event	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Ref.
Thursday 26 March	DARTSLIVE SUPERDARTS	Paul Lim	4 – 2	Boris Krčmar	[93]
Sunday 12 July	DPNZ Qualifier	Rob Szabo	9 – 3	Craig Caldwell	[94]
Saturday 22 August	South Asia Qualifier	Thanawat Gaweenuntawong	Beat	Tengku Shah	[95]
Sunday 23 August	North American Qualifier	Darin Young	3 – 2	Larry Butler	[96]
26–27 September	South African Masters	Warrick Scheffer	9 – 2	Clifford Stradling	[97]
Saturday 10 October	Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay	Mick McGowan	6 – 5	Tom Biggane	[98]
Friday 23 October	Philippine Qualifier	Alex Tagarao	3 – 2	Lourence Ilagan	[99]
Saturday 24 October	Southern Europe Qualifier	John Michael	6 – 4	Toni Alcinas	[99]
24–25 October	Russian Qualifier	Aleksandr Oreshkin	3 – 1	Anton Kolesov	[99]
Saturday 7 November	Greater China Qualifier	Sun Qiang	2 – 1	Yuyi Shao	[100]
Sunday 8 November	Oceanic Masters	Koha Kokiri	8 – 4	Warren Parry	[101]
Sunday 8 November	PDJ Japanese Qualifier	Keita Ono	6 – 0	Yuki Yamada	[100]
Saturday 14 November	German Qualifier	René Eidams	10 – 8	Maik Langendorf	[100]
Saturday 14 November	Eastern Europe Qualifier	Michael Rasztovits	10 – 7	Boris Krčmar	[100]
Sunday 15 November	Central Europe Qualifier	Sven Groen	6 – 3	Mario Robbe	[100]

Scandinavian Pro Tour[60]				Australian Grand Prix[102]
Rank	Player	Money		Rank	Player	Points
1	Kim Viljanen	€4,400		1	Laurence Ryder	204
2	Per Laursen	€3,875		2	John Weber	180
3	Magnus Caris	€3,175		3	David Platt	176
4	Marko Kantele	€2,250		4	Robbie King	116
5	Oskar Lukasiak	€1,675		5	Jeremy Fagg	104
6	Ulf Ceder	€1,200			Bill Aitken	104
7	Hannu Suominen	€1,075		7	Rob Modra	96
	Dennis Nilsson	€1,075		8	Wayne Clegg	88
9	Daniel Larsson	€925		9	Barry Gardner	60
10	Per Skau	€750			Shane Tichowitsch	60

First round qualifiers

Preliminary round qualifiers