2017 PDC Pro Tour

The 2017 PDC Pro Tour is a current series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. This year there are 40 PDC Pro Tour events being held – 22 Players Championships, six UK Open Qualifiers and 12 European Tour events.

Prize money

Prize money for each European Tour event has increased from £115,000 to £135,000. The UK Open Qualifiers and Players Championship events stays the same as 2016.^[1][2]

This is how the prize money is divided:

Stage	ET	PC	UKQ	CT/DT
Winner	£25,000	£10,000	£10,000	£2,000
Runner-up	£10,000	£6,000	£5,000	£1,000
Semi-finalists	£6,000	£3,000	£2,500	£500
Quarter-finalists	£4,000	£2,250	£2,000	£300
Last 16	£3,000	£1,500	£1,500	£200
Last 32	£2,000	£1,000	£750	£100
Last 48	£1,000	N/A	N/A	N/A
Last 64	N/A	£500	£250	£50
Total	£135,000	£75,000	£60,000	£10,000

PDC Tour Card

128 players are granted Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events.

Tour cards

Main article: List of players with a 2017 PDC Tour Card

The 2017 Tour Cards were awarded to:

• (64) The top 64 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the 2017 World Championship.
• (32) The 32 2016/17 Tour Card Holders not ranked in the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit following the World Championship.
• (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2016 Challenge Tour (Rob Cross and Ryan Searle).
• (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2016 Development Tour (Dean Reynolds ^[a] and Ross Twell).
• (16) The 16 qualifiers from 2017 Q-School.

Afterwards, the playing field was complemented by the highest qualified players from the Q School Order of Merit until the maximum number of 128 Pro Tour Card players had been reached. In 2017, that means that a total of 12 players qualified this way.^[3]

1. Dean Reynolds turned down his Tour Card, which was subsequently awarded to Aden Kirk.

Q-School

The PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School takes place at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan from January 19–22. The following players won two-year tour cards on each of the days played:

January 19[4]	January 20[5]	January 21[6]	January 22[7]
Prakash Jiwa  Lee Bryant  Stephen Burton  Jim Brown	Richard North  Ritchie Edhouse  Royden Lam  Maik Langendorf	Scott Taylor  Richie Burnett  John Part  Steve Lennon	Martin Schindler  Kirk Shepherd  Toni Alcinas  Paul Nicholson
431 contestants	422 contestants	406 contestants	385 contestants

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 Qualifying School Order of Merit. The following players picked up Tour Cards as a result:

1.  Jamie Bain
2.  Jimmy Hendriks
3.  Ronnie Baxter
4.  Steve Hine
5.  Sven Groen
6.  Paul Rowley
7.  Scott Darbyshire
8.  Mickey Mansell
9.  Chris Quantock
10.  John Norman Jnr
11.  Darren Johnson
12.  Madars Razma

UK Open Qualifiers

As with recent years, 6 qualifiers took place to determine seedings for the 2017 UK Open.

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Friday 3 February	Wigan, Robin Park Tennis Centre	Peter Wright	6 – 4	Adrian Lewis	[8]
2	Saturday 4 February		Simon Whitlock	6 – 4	Gary Anderson	[9]
3	Sunday 5 February		Peter Wright	6 – 5	Michael Smith	[10]
4	Friday 10 February		Michael van Gerwen	6 – 3	Gary Anderson	[11]
5	Saturday 11 February		Simon Whitlock	6 – 3	Ronny Huybrechts	[12]
6	Sunday 12 February		Peter Wright	6 – 3	James Wade	[13]

Players Championships

Compared to the previous year, there were two Players Championship events added to the calendar, increasing the number to 22. In addition, the top 64 of the Players Championship qualified for the Players Championship Finals.

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 25 February	Barnsley, Barnsley Metrodome	Alan Norris	6 – 1	Peter Jacques	[14]
2	Sunday 26 February		Gary Anderson	6 – 1	Peter Wright	[15]
3	Saturday 11 March		Rob Cross	6 – 5	Mervyn King	[16]
4	Sunday 12 March		Simon Whitlock	6 – 3	Darren Johnson	[16]
5	Saturday 1 April	Milton Keynes, Arena MK	Adrian Lewis	6 – 3	Dave Chisnall	[17][18]
6	Sunday 2 April		Michael van Gerwen	6 – 1	Peter Wright	[19]
7	Saturday 8 April	Barnsley, Barnsley Metrodome	Daryl Gurney	6 – 3	Kim Huybrechts	[20]
8	Sunday 9 April		Joe Cullen	6 – 5	Daryl Gurney	[21]
9	Saturday 29 April	Wigan, Robin Park Tennis Centre	Michael van Gerwen	6 – 2	Robert Thornton	[22]
10	Sunday 30 April		Gary Anderson	6 – 3	Peter Wright	[23]
11	Saturday 20 May	Milton Keynes, Arena MK	Peter Wright	6 – 3	Daryl Gurney	[24]
12	Sunday 21 May		Rob Cross	6 – 5	Ian White	[25]
13	Saturday 17 June	Wigan, Robin Park Tennis Centre	Steve Beaton	6 – 3	Gary Anderson	[26]
14	Sunday 18 June		Gary Anderson	6 – 1	Ian White	[27]
15	Saturday 8 July	Barnsley, Barnsley Metrodome	Darren Webster	6 – 1	Daryl Gurney	[28]
16	Sunday 9 July		Joe Cullen	6 – 4	Zoran Lerchbacher	[29]
17	Saturday 5 August		Kyle Anderson	6 – 2	Kevin Painter	[30]
18	Sunday 6 August		Dave Chisnall	6 – 5	Richard North	[31]
19	Friday 29 September	Dublin, Citywest Hotel	Rob Cross	6 – 2	Peter Wright	[32]
20	Saturday 30 September		Mensur Suljović	6 – 4	Stephen Bunting	[33]
21	Tuesday 10 October	Barnsley, Barnsley Metrodome	Rob Cross	6 – 3	Adrian Lewis	[34]
22	Wednesday 11 October		Jonny Clayton	6 – 1	James Wilson	[35]

European Tour

Compared to 2016, there were two European Tour events added on the calendar. In addition, the top 32 of the European Tour Order of Merit ranking qualified for the European Championship.

No.	Date	Event	Location	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	24-26 March	German Darts Championship	Hildesheim, Halle 39	(95.36) Peter Wright	6 – 3	Michael van Gerwen (93.29)	[36]
2	15-17 April	German Darts Masters	Jena, Sparkassen-Arena	(107.33) Michael van Gerwen	6 – 2	Jelle Klaasen (98.29)	[37]
3	21-23 April	German Darts Open	Saarbrücken, Saarlandhalle	(97.49) Peter Wright	6 – 5	Benito van de Pas (110.46)	[38]
4	5-7 May	European Darts Grand Prix	Sindelfingen, Glaspalast	(104.86) Peter Wright	6 – 0	Michael van Gerwen (99.56)	[39]
5	12-14 May	Gibraltar Darts Trophy	Gibraltar, Victoria Stadium	(96.33) Michael Smith	6 – 4	Mensur Suljović (99.00)	[40]
6	9-11 June	European Darts Matchplay	Hamburg, Edel-optics.de Arena	(102.05) Michael van Gerwen	6 – 3	Mensur Suljović (106.26)	[41]
7	23-25 June	Austrian Darts Open	Vienna, Multiversum Schwechat	(105.16) Michael van Gerwen	6 – 5	Michael Smith (101.01)	[42]
8	30 June-2 July	European Darts Open	Leverkusen, Ostermann-Arena	(103.07) Peter Wright	6 – 2	Mervyn King (92.42)	[43][44]
9	1-3 September	Dutch Darts Masters	Maastricht, MECC Maastricht	(99.59) Michael van Gerwen	6 – 1	Steve Beaton (98.54)	[45]
10	8-10 September	German Darts Grand Prix	Mannheim, Maimarkthalle	(111.00) Michael van Gerwen	6 – 3	Rob Cross (93.38)	[46]
11	22-24 September	International Darts Open	Riesa, SACHSENarena	(102.65) Peter Wright	6 – 5	Kim Huybrechts (92.44)	[47]
12	13-15 October	European Darts Trophy	Göttingen, Lokhalle	(96.70) Michael van Gerwen	6 – 4	Rob Cross (93.23)	[48]

PDC Challenge Tour

The Challenge Tour consisted of 5 weekends of 4 events.

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 25 March	Milton Keynes, Arena MK	Aaron Dyer	5 – 1	Mark Frost	[49]
2			Paul Milford	5 – 0	Martin Lukeman	[49]
3	Sunday 26 March		Lee Evans	5 – 4	Kevin Dowling	[50]
4			Aaron Dyer	5 – 2	Mark Wilson	[50]
5	Saturday 15 April	Barnsley, Barnsley Metrodome	Ryan Harrington	5 – 2	Mark Frost	[51]
6			Wayne Jones	5 – 1	Jason Wilson	[51]
7	Sunday 16 April		Mark Dudbridge	5 – 2	Alan Tabern	[52]
8			Wayne Jones	5 – 2	Jay Foreman	[52]
9	Saturday 13 May	Milton Keynes, Arena MK	Nathan Aspinall	5 – 1	Radek Szagański	[53]
10			Robert Rickwood	5 – 3	Jason Wilson	[53]
11	Sunday 14 May		Peter Jacques	5 – 4	Wayne Jones	[54]
12			Luke Humphries	5 – 4	Andy Smith	[54]
13	Saturday 10 June		Warrick Scheffer	5 – 3	Mark Dudbridge	[55]
14			Kevin McDine	5 – 4	Luke Humphries	[55]
15	Sunday 11 June		Mark Dudbridge	5 – 4	Kevin Edwards	[56]
16			Matthew Edgar	5 – 2	Barrie Bates	[56]
17	Saturday 9 September	Wigan, Robin Park Tennis Centre	Peter Jacques	5 – 2	Wayne Jones	[57]
18			Nick Fullwell	5 – 4	Kevin Edwards	[57]
19	Sunday 10 September		Wayne Jones	5 – 3	Stuart Kellett	[58]
20			Alan Tabern	5 – 3	Adam Smith-Neale	[58]

PDC Development Tour

The Development Tour consisted of 5 weekends of 4 events.

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 18 February	Wigan, Robin Park Tennis Centre	Luke Humphries	5 – 1	Dawson Murschell	[59]
2			Dimitri Van den Bergh	5 – 2	Kenny Neyens	[59]
3	Sunday 19 February		Ryan Meikle	5 – 1	Harry Ward	[60]
4			Luke Humphries	5 – 2	Kenny Neyens	[60]
5	Saturday 18 March		Kenny Neyens	5 – 4	Adam Hunt	[61]
6			Dimitri Van den Bergh	5 – 2	Adam Hunt	[61]
7	Sunday 19 March		Adam Hunt	5 – 3	Stephen Rosney	[62]
8			Steve Lennon	5 – 3	Ted Evetts	[62]
9	Saturday 27 May	Hildesheim, Halle 39	Luke Humphries	5 – 1	Dimitri Van den Bergh	[63]
10			Mike van Duivenbode	5 – 0	Adam Hunt	[63]
11	Sunday 28 May		Jeffrey de Zwaan	5 – 2	Adam Smith-Neale	[64]
12			Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	5 – 1	Harry Ward	[64]
13	Saturday 16 September	Barnsley, Barnsley Metrodome	Dimitri Van den Bergh	5 – 4	Rhys Griffin	[65]
14			Mike van Duivenbode	5 – 3	Dimitri Van den Bergh	[65]
15	Sunday 17 September		Martin Schindler	5 – 2	Justin van Tergouw	[66]
16			Luke Humphries	5 – 1	Ryan Meikle	[66]
17	Saturday 4 November	Wigan, Robin Park Tennis Centre	Mike De Decker	5 – 3	Kurt Parry	[67]
18			Ted Evetts	5 – 2	Rowby-John Rodriguez	[67]
19	Sunday 5 November		Rowby-John Rodriguez	5 – 4	Luke Humphries	[68]
20			Luke Humphries	5 – 3	Jake Jones	[68]

Professional Darts Corporation Nordic & Baltic

The Scandinavian Darts Corporation was renamed as the Professional Darts Corporation Nordic & Baltic (PDCNB). There were 10 events held over 5 weekends.^[69]

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 18 February	Copenhagen, Hotel Park Inn by Radisson	Kim Viljanen	6 – 2	Magnus Caris	[70]
2	Sunday 19 February		Kim Viljanen	6 – 0	Marko Kantele	[70]
3	Saturday 18 March	Gothenburg, Apple Hotel	Kim Viljanen	6 – 1	Daniel Larsson	[71]
4	Sunday 19 March		Kim Viljanen	6 – 3	Ricky Nauman	[71]
5	Saturday 20 May	Oslo, Comfort Hotel Runway Gardermoen	Dennis Nilsson	6 – 3	Per Laursen	[72]
6	Sunday 21 May		Marko Kantele	6 – 5	Per Laursen	[73]
7	Saturday 12 August	Helsinki, Original Sokos Hotel Vantaa	Kim Viljanen	6 – 0	Magnus Caris	[74]
8	Sunday 13 August		Marko Kantele	6 – 4	Cor Dekker	[75]
9	Saturday 4 November	Riga, Bellevue Park Hotel	Kim Viljanen	6 – 2	Marko Kantele	[76]
10	Sunday 5 November		Kim Viljanen	6 – 2	Ulf Ceder	[76]

Dartplayers Australia Grand Prix Pro Tour

The Dartplayers Australia Grand Prix rankings are calculated from events across Australia. Gordon Mathers was the top player in the rankings, and therefore has automatically qualified for the 2018 World Championship.

No.	Date	Also known as	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Friday 3 February	DPA World Series Qualifier 1	John Weber	6 – 5	Lucas Cameron	[77]
2	Saturday 4 February	Australian Pro Tour Event 1	Cody Harris	6 – 4	Corey Cadby	[77]
3	Sunday 5 February	Australian Pro Tour Event 2	Corey Cadby	6 – 1	John Weber	[77]
4	Friday 17 February	DPA World Series Qualifier 2	Justin Thompson	6 – 4	Corey Cadby
5	Saturday 18 February	Australian Pro Tour Event 3	Lucas Cameron	6 – 2	Corey Cadby
6	Sunday 19 February	Australian Pro Tour Event 4	Rhys Mathewson	6 – 5	Lucas Cameron
7	Friday 10 March	DPA World Series Qualifier 3	Corey Cadby	6 – 3	Rhys Mathewson	[78]
8	Saturday 11 March	Australian Pro Tour Event 5	Justin Thompson	6 – 4	John Weber	[79]
9	Sunday 12 March	Australian Pro Tour Event 6	Rhys Mathewson	6 – 4	Corey Cadby	[80]
10	Friday 24 March	DPA World Series Qualifier 4	Cody Harris	6 – 5	Lucas Cameron	[81]
11	Saturday 25 March	Australian Pro Tour Event 7	Cody Harris	6 – 2	Rhys Mathewson	[82]
12	Sunday 26 March	Australian Pro Tour Event 8	Corey Cadby	6 – 3	Gordon Mathers	[83]
13	Friday 7 April	DPA World Series Qualifier 5	Koha Kokiri	6 – 2	Tic Bridge	[84]
14	Saturday 8 April	Australian Pro Tour Event 9	Gordon Mathers	6 – 1	Corey Cadby	[85]
15	Sunday 9 April	Australian Pro Tour Event 10	Gordon Mathers	6 – 3	Koha Kokiri	[86]
16	Friday 28 April	DPA World Series Qualifier 6	Cody Harris	6 – ?	Dave Marland	[87]
17	Saturday 29 April	Australian Pro Tour Event 11	Cody Harris	6 – 2	Gordon Mathers	[88]
18	Sunday 30 April	Australian Pro Tour Event 12	Justin Thompson	6 – 5	Rhys Mathewson	[89]
19	Friday 12 May	DPA World Series Qualifier 7	Corey Cadby	6 – ?	Rhys Mathewson	[90]
20	Saturday 13 May	Australian Pro Tour Event 13	Tic Bridge	6 – 4	Gordon Mathers	[91]
21	Sunday 14 May	Australian Pro Tour Event 14	Gordon Mathers	6 – 4	Corey Cadby	[92]
22	Friday 16 June	DPA World Series Qualifier 8	David Platt	6 – 3	Corey Cadby	[93]
23	Saturday 17 June	Australian Pro Tour Event 15	Corey Cadby	6 – 0	Barry Gardner	[94]
24	Sunday 18 June	Australian Pro Tour Event 16	Koha Kokiri	6 – 2	Rhys Mathewson	[95]
25	Sunday 26 November	Harrows Oceanic Classic	Tony David	6 – 4	Brad Thorp

EuroAsian Darts Corporation (EADC) Pro Tour

The 6 EADC Pro Tour events and the 2018 World Championship Qualifier were 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 25 February	Moscow, Omega Plaza Business Center	Boris Koltsov	6 – 2	Evgenii Izotov	[96]
2	Sunday 26 February		Aleksandr Oreshkin	6 – 3	Boris Koltsov	[97]
3	Saturday 25 March		Aleksander Shevel	6 – 3	Maxim Belov	[98]
4	Sunday 26 March		Roman Obukhov	6 – 3	Aleksandr Oreshkin	[99]
5	Saturday 29 April		Evgenii Izotov	6 – 5	Aleksandr Oreshkin	[100]
6	Sunday 30 April		Boris Koltsov	6 – 0	Aleksandr Oreshkin	[100]

World Championship International Qualifiers

Date	Event	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Ref.
Sunday 9 July	DPNZ Qualifier	Cody Harris	7 – 2	Warren Parry	[101]
Thursday 13 July	North American Championship	Willard Bruguier	6 – 5	Dave Richardson	[102]
Sunday 10 September	PDJ Japanese Qualifier	Seigo Asada	5 – 2	Yuya Higuchi	[103]
Saturday 23 September[104]	Central/South American Qualifier	Diogo Portela	6 – 1	Alexandre Sattin	[105]
Saturday 30 September	Eastern Europe Qualifier	Alan Ljubić	6 – 2	Krzysztof Kciuk	[106]
Saturday 7 October	Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay	William O'Connor	6 – 4	Jason Cullen	[107]
Sunday 8 October	South & West Asia Qualifier	Paul Lim	2 – 1	Keshminder Jaswant	[108]
Saturday 21 October	Southern Europe Qualifier	Toni Alcinas	6 – 5	Jesús Noguera	[109]
Sunday 22 October	Russian Qualifier	Aleksandr Oreshkin	3 – 1	Boris Koltsov	[109]
Saturday 28 October	North & East Asia Qualifier	Kai Fan Leung	2 – 0	Minseok Choi
Sunday 29 October	Harrows Oceanic Masters	Bernie Smith	6 – 5	Tahuna Irwin	[110]
Sunday 5 November	China Qualifier	Zong Xiao Chen	2 – 1	Yin Deng	[111]
Saturday 18 November	German Qualifier	Kevin Münch	10 – 3	Dragutin Horvat
Sunday 19 November	Central Europe Qualifier	Kenny Neyens	6 – 4	Davyd Venken
Sunday 26 November	World Youth Championship	Dimitri Van den Bergh	6 – 3	Josh Payne	[112]

World Championship PDPA Qualifier

The winner qualified directly for the first round of the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship. The runner-up qualified for the preliminary round, as did the winner of the third-place playoff.

Date	Venue	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Ref.
Monday 27 November	Milton Keynes, Arena MK	Ted Evetts	5 – 1	Brendan Dolan	Jamie Lewis	5 – 3	Chris Quantock	[113]