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 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 |
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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 |
128 players are granted Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events.
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]
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] |
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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 |
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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:
As with recent years, 6 qualifiers took place to determine seedings for the 2017 UK Open.
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Ref. |
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1 | Friday 3 February |
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Peter Wright
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6 – 4 |
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[8] |
2 | Saturday 4 February |
Simon Whitlock
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6 – 4 |
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[9] | |
3 | Sunday 5 February |
Peter Wright
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6 – 5 |
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[10] | |
4 | Friday 10 February |
Michael van Gerwen
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6 – 3 |
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[11] | |
5 | Saturday 11 February |
Simon Whitlock
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6 – 3 |
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[12] | |
6 | Sunday 12 February |
Peter Wright
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6 – 3 |
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[13] |
Compared to last year, there were two Players Championship events added on the calendar, increasing the number to 22. In addition, the top 64 of the Players Championship will qualify for the Players Championship Finals.
Compared to last year, there are two European Tour events added on the calendar. In addition, the top 32 of the European Tour will qualify for the European Championship.
The Challenge Tour consisted of 5 weekends of 4 events.
The Development Tour consisted of 5 weekends of 4 events.
The Scandinavian Darts Corporation was renamed as the Professional Darts Corporation Nordic & Baltic (PDCNB). There were 10 events held over 5 weekends. [68]
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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1 | Saturday 18 February |
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Kim Viljanen
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6 – 2 |
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[69] |
2 | Sunday 19 February |
Kim Viljanen
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6 – 0 |
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[69] | |
3 | Saturday 18 March |
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Kim Viljanen
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6 – 1 |
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[70] |
4 | Sunday 19 March |
Kim Viljanen
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6 – 3 |
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[70] | |
5 | Saturday 20 May |
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Dennis Nilsson
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6 – 3 |
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[71] |
6 | Sunday 21 May |
Marko Kantele
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6 – 5 |
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[72] | |
7 | Saturday 12 August |
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Kim Viljanen
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6 – 0 |
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[73] |
8 | Sunday 13 August |
Marko Kantele
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6 – 4 |
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[74] | |
9 | Saturday 4 November |
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Kim Viljanen
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6 – 2 |
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[75] |
10 | Sunday 5 November |
Kim Viljanen
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6 – 2 |
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[75] |
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. |
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1 | Friday 3 February | DPA World Series Qualifier 1 |
John Weber
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6 – 5 |
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[76] |
2 | Saturday 4 February | Australian Pro Tour Event 1 |
Cody Harris
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6 – 4 |
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[76] |
3 | Sunday 5 February | Australian Pro Tour Event 2 |
Corey Cadby
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6 – 1 |
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[76] |
4 | Friday 17 February | DPA World Series Qualifier 2 |
Justin Thompson
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6 – 4 |
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5 | Saturday 18 February | Australian Pro Tour Event 3 | Lucas Cameron
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6 – 2 |
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6 | Sunday 19 February | Australian Pro Tour Event 4 |
Rhys Mathewson
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6 – 5 |
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7 | Friday 10 March | DPA World Series Qualifier 3 |
Corey Cadby
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6 – 3 |
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[77] |
8 | Saturday 11 March | Australian Pro Tour Event 5 |
Justin Thompson
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6 – 4 |
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[78] |
9 | Sunday 12 March | Australian Pro Tour Event 6 |
Rhys Mathewson
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6 – 4 |
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[79] |
10 | Friday 24 March | DPA World Series Qualifier 4 |
Cody Harris
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6 – 5 |
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[80] |
11 | Saturday 25 March | Australian Pro Tour Event 7 |
Cody Harris
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6 – 2 |
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[81] |
12 | Sunday 26 March | Australian Pro Tour Event 8 |
Corey Cadby
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6 – 3 |
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[82] |
13 | Friday 7 April | DPA World Series Qualifier 5 |
Koha Kokiri
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6 – 2 |
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[83] |
14 | Saturday 8 April | Australian Pro Tour Event 9 |
Gordon Mathers
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6 – 1 |
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[84] |
15 | Sunday 9 April | Australian Pro Tour Event 10 |
Gordon Mathers
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6 – 3 |
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[85] |
16 | Friday 28 April | DPA World Series Qualifier 6 |
Cody Harris
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6 – ? |
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[86] |
17 | Saturday 29 April | Australian Pro Tour Event 11 |
Cody Harris
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6 – 2 |
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[87] |
18 | Sunday 30 April | Australian Pro Tour Event 12 |
Justin Thompson
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6 – 5 |
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[88] |
19 | Friday 12 May | DPA World Series Qualifier 7 |
Corey Cadby
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6 – ? |
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[89] |
20 | Saturday 13 May | Australian Pro Tour Event 13 |
Tic Bridge
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6 – 4 |
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[90] |
21 | Sunday 14 May | Australian Pro Tour Event 14 |
Gordon Mathers
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6 – 4 |
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[91] |
22 | Friday 16 June | DPA World Series Qualifier 8 |
David Platt
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6 – 3 |
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[92] |
23 | Saturday 17 June | Australian Pro Tour Event 15 |
Corey Cadby
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6 – 0 |
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[93] |
24 | Sunday 18 June | Australian Pro Tour Event 16 |
Koha Kokiri
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6 – 2 |
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[94] |
25 | Sunday 26 November | Harrows Oceanic Classic |
Tony David
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6 – 4 |
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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. |
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1 | Saturday 25 February |
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Boris Koltsov
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6 – 2 |
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[95] |
2 | Sunday 26 February |
Aleksandr Oreshkin
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6 – 3 |
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[96] | |
3 | Saturday 25 March | Aleksander Shevel
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6 – 3 |
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[97] | |
4 | Sunday 26 March | Roman Obukhov
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6 – 3 |
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[98] | |
5 | Saturday 29 April | Evgenii Izotov
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6 – 5 |
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[99] | |
6 | Sunday 30 April |
Boris Koltsov
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6 – 0 |
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[99] |
Date | Event | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Ref. |
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Sunday 9 July | DPNZ Qualifier |
Cody Harris
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7 – 2 |
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[100] |
Thursday 13 July | North American Championship |
Willard Bruguier
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6 – 5 |
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[101] |
Sunday 10 September | PDJ Japanese Qualifier |
Seigo Asada
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5 – 2 |
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[102] |
Saturday 23 September [103] | Central/South American Qualifier |
Diogo Portela
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6 – 1 |
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[104] |
Saturday 30 September | Eastern Europe Qualifier |
Alan Ljubić
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6 – 2 |
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[105] |
Saturday 7 October | Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay |
William O'Connor
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6 – 4 |
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[106] |
Sunday 8 October | South & West Asia Qualifier |
Paul Lim
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2 – 1 |
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[107] |
Saturday 21 October | Southern Europe Qualifier |
Toni Alcinas
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6 – 5 |
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[108] |
Sunday 22 October | Russian Qualifier |
Aleksandr Oreshkin
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3 – 1 |
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[108] |
Saturday 28 October | North & East Asia Qualifier |
Kai Fan Leung
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2 – 0 |
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Sunday 29 October | Harrows Oceanic Masters |
Bernie Smith
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6 – 5 |
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[109] |
Sunday 5 November | China Qualifier |
Zong Xiao Chen
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2 – 1 |
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[110] |
Saturday 18 November | German Qualifier |
Kevin Münch
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10 – 3 |
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Sunday 19 November | Central Europe Qualifier |
Kenny Neyens
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6 – 4 |
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Sunday 26 November | World Youth Championship |
Dimitri Van den Bergh
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6 – 3 |
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[111] |
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. |
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Monday 27 November |
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Ted Evetts
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5 – 1 |
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Jamie Lewis
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5 – 3 |
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[112] |