PDC Pro Tour

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The PDC Pro Tour is a series of PDC darts tournaments that are not broadcast on TV. Since 2019 it has included 30 Players Championship events and 13 European Tour events .

The Pro Tour Events are taken into account when calculating the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit .

Events

No. year Period Number of tournaments Consisting of
1 2002 July 20th - December 1st 4th UK Open Qualifiers 2002/03
2 2003 January 12th - November 30th 7th UK Open Qualifiers 2002/03
UK Open Qualifiers 2003/04
3 2004 January 11th - November 13th 13 Players Championships 2004
UK Open Qualifiers 2003/04
UK Open Qualifiers 2004/05
4th 2005 January 19 - November 13 16 Players Championships 2005
UK Open Qualifiers 2004/05
UK Open Qualifiers 2005/06
5 2006 January 8th - November 12th 17th Players Championships 2006
UK Open Qualifiers 2005/06
UK Open Qualifiers 2006/07
6th 2007 January 6th - November 11th 28 Players Championships 2007
UK Open Qualifiers 2006/07
UK Open Qualifiers 2007/08
7th 2008 January 13th - November 9th 36 Players Championships 2008
UK Open Qualifiers 2007/08
8th 2009 January 10th - November 8th 39 Players Championships 2009
UK Open Qualifiers 2009
9 2010 February 6th - November 28th 45 Players Championships 2010
UK Open Qualifiers 2010
10 2011 January 29th - November 27th 39 Players Championships 2011
UK Open Qualifiers 2011
11 2012 January 28th - November 25th 33 European Darts Tour 2012
Players Championships 2012
UK Open Qualifiers 2012
12 2013 February 23 - November 24 32 European Darts Tour 2013
Players Championships 2013
UK Open Qualifiers 2013
13 2014 January 31 - November 23 35 European Darts Tour 2014
Players Championships 2014
UK Open Qualifiers 2014
14th 2015 February 6th - October 25th 35 European Darts Tour 2015
Players Championships 2015
UK Open Qualifiers 2015
15th 2016 February 5th - October 22nd 36 European Darts Tour 2016
Players Championships 2016
UK Open Qualifiers 2016
16 2017 February 3 - October 15 40 European Darts Tour 2017
Players Championships 2017
UK Open Qualifiers 2017
17th 2018 February 2 - October 21 41 European Darts Tour 2018
Players Championships 2018
UK Open Qualifiers 2018
18th 2019 February 9th - October 15th 43 European Darts Tour 2019
Players Championships 2019
19th 2020 February 8th - November 5th 27 European Darts Tour 2020
Players Championships 2020

Prize money

round Players Championships European Tour Events
victory £ 10,000 £ 25,000
final £ 6,000 £ 10,000
Semifinals £ 3,000 £ 6,000
Quarter finals £ 2,250 £ 4,000
Round of 16 £ 1,500 each £ 3,000
3rd round (load 32) £ 1,000 £ 2,000
2nd lap (load 64) £ 500 £ 1,000
Total £ 75,000 £ 135,000

PDC Pro Tour Card

In order to play the PDC Pro Tour, one must have a tour card that is valid for two years. This entitles you to participate in all tournaments of the Pro Tour.

A total of 128 Tour Cards per season are given to the following players:

  • Top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit after the PDC World Championship
  • 28 of 34 qualifiers of the PDC Qualifying School who are not already in the top 64 of the Order of Merit.
  • (4) - The two best players of the PDC Challenge Tour in each of the last two years
  • (4) - The two best players on the PDC Development Tour in the last two years
  • (2) - The winner of the Scandinavian Order of Merit for the past two years
  • (16) - The 16 qualifiers of the PDC Qualifying School
  • (10) - The top 10 of the Q-School Order of Merit

!! All information is current from 2019  !!

composition

The PDC Pro Tour consists of the following tournament series:

The UK Open Qualifiers were also part of the Pro Tour until 2018 .