2017 PDC Pro Tour

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The 2017 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events were the events that made up the Pro Tour. There were 40 PDC Pro Tour events held – 22 Players Championships, six UK Open Qualifiers and 12 European Tour events.

Prize money

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

This is how the prize money was divided:

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StageETPCUKQCT/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£1,000N/AN/AN/A
Last 64N/A£500£250£50
Total£135,000£75,000£60,000£10,000
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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:

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. [a]
    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:

More information January 19, January 20 ...
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
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A Q School Order of Merit was also created by using the following points system:

More information Stage, Points ...
StagePoints
Last 89
Last 165
Last 323
Last 642
Last 1281
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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.

More information No., Date ...
No. Date Venue Winner Score Runner-up Ref.
1 Friday 3 February England 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]
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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.

More information No., Date ...
No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-up Ref.
1 Saturday 25 February England 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 England 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 England 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 England 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 England 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 England 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 England 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 Republic of Ireland 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 England Barnsley, Barnsley Metrodome Rob Cross  6 – 3  Adrian Lewis [34]
22 Wednesday 11 October Jonny Clayton  6 – 1  James Wilson [35]
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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.

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

The Challenge Tour consisted of 5 weekends of 4 events.

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No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-up Ref.
1 Saturday 25 March England 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 England 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 England 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 England 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]
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PDC Development Tour

The Development Tour consisted of 5 weekends of 4 events.

More information No., Date ...
No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-up Ref.
1 Saturday 18 February England 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 Germany 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 England 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 England 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]
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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]

More information No., Date ...
No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-up Ref.
1 Saturday 18 February Denmark 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 Sweden 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 Norway 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 Finland 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 Latvia Riga, Bellevue Park Hotel Kim Viljanen  6 – 2  Marko Kantele [76]
10 Sunday 5 November Kim Viljanen  6 – 2  Ulf Ceder [76]
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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.

More information No., Date ...
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
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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.

More information No., Date ...
No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-up Ref.
1 Saturday 25 February Russia 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]
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World Championship International Qualifiers

More information Date, Event ...
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 Xiaochen Zong  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]
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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.

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