PDC Pro Tour 2008

The PDC Pro Tour 2008 was the seventh edition of the PDC darts tournament series . It included the UK Open Qualifiers and the Players Championships . A total of 36 tournaments were held, 8 more than in the previous year - 31 Players Championships and 5 UK Open Qualifiers.

This article also includes the GDC Pro Tour, a non-UK affiliate tour of the PDC.

Prize money

The prize money for both the UK Open Qualifiers and the Players Championships was the same as last year.

They are divided as follows:

round	Players Championships	UK Open Qualifiers
victory	£ 5,000	£ 6,000
final	£ 2,500	£ 3,500
Semifinals	£ 1,250	£ 1,600
Quarter finals	£ 600 each	£ 800 each
Round of 16	£ 300	£ 400
Last 32	£ 150 each	£ 200 each
Last 64	£ 75	£ 100 each
Total	£ 19,600	£ 25,000

Players Championships

→ Main article : Players Championships 2008

No.	date	competition	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	01/19/2008	PDPA Players Championship Gibraltar 1	Gibraltar	John Part	3  : 1	Chris Mason
2	January 20, 2008	PDPA Players Championship Gibraltar 2	Gibraltar	James Wade	3  : 1	Denis Ovens
3	03/01/2008	PDPA Players Championship South	Brentwood	Phil Taylor	3  : 0	James Wade
4th	03/15/2008	PDPA Players Championship North West	Wigan	Alan Tabern	3  : 0	Chris Mason
5	03/22/2008	PDPA Players Championship Germany 1	Bad Soden am Taunus	Phil Taylor	3  : 1	Raymond van Barneveld
6th	03/23/2008	PDPA Players Championship Germany 2	Bad Soden am Taunus	Phil Taylor	3  : 1	Wayne Jones
7th	03/29/2008	PDPA Players Championship Midlands	Telford	Phil Taylor	3  : 0	Colin Lloyd
8th	04/12/2008	Antwerp Darts Trophy	Temse	Phil Taylor	3  : 0	Andy Smith
9	04/19/2008	PDPA Players Championship Glasgow	Glasgow	Mervyn King	3  : 0	Mark Dudbridge
10	04/26/2008	Open Holland Masters	Schiedam	Raymond van Barneveld	3  : 0	Colin Osborne
11	06/14/2008	PDPA Players Championship Bristol 1	Bristol	Phil Taylor	3  : 0	Alan Tabern
12	06/15/2008	PDPA Players Championship Bristol 2	Bristol	Dennis Priestley	3  : 2	Kevin Painter
13	06/29/2008	PDPA Players Championship Las Vegas	Las Vegas	Phil Taylor	3  : 1	Ronnie Baxter
14th	07/19/2008	Bobby Bourn Memorial Trophy	Blackpool	Phil Taylor	3  : 0	Ronnie Baxter
15th	08/10/2008	Australian Open Players Championship	Shoalhaven City	Robert Thornton	3  : 1	Paul Nicholson
16	08/17/2008	PDPA Players Championship Canada	Kitchener	Dennis Priestley	3  : 1	Lionel Sams
17th	08/24/2008	Atlanta Players Championship	Atlanta	Alan Tabern	3  : 1	Andy Hamilton
18th	08/30/2008	PDPA Players Championship Eindhoven 1	Veldhoven	Phil Taylor	3  : 1	James Wade
19th	08/31/2008	PDPA Players Championship Eindhoven 2	Veldhoven	Phil Taylor	3  : 0	Terry Jenkins
20th	09/06/2008	Ireland Open Autumn Classic	Dromore	Felix McBrearty	3  : 1	Chris Mason
21st	09/14/2008	Windy City Open	Northbrook	Colin Lloyd	3  : 2	Wayne Mardle
22nd	09/20/2008	PDPA Players Championship Wales 1	Newport	Ronnie Baxter	3  : 0	Jamie Caven
23	09/21/2008	PDPA Players Championship Wales 2	Newport	Alan Tabern	3  : 2	Colin Osborne
24	04/10/2008	PDPA Players Championship Ireland 1	Dublin	Phil Taylor	3  : 2	James Wade
25th	05/10/2008	PDPA Players Championship Ireland 2	Dublin	Dennis Priestley	3  : 1	Raymond van Barneveld
26th	October 18, 2008	PDPA Players Championship Scotland 1	Irvine	Alex Roy	3  : 2	Denis Ovens
27	October 19, 2008	PDPA Players Championship Scotland 2	Irvine	James Wade	3  : 1	Mark Walsh
28	10/25/2008	PDPA Players Championship Kirchheim	Dinslaken	Colin Osborne	3  : 2	Carlos Rodríguez
29	11/02/2008	Killarney Pro Tour	Killarney	Terry Jenkins	3  : 0	Andy Jenkins
30th	11/08/2008	PDPA Players Championship Netherlands 1	Suffer	Mervyn King	3  : 2	Raymond van Barneveld
31	11/09/2008	PDPA Players Championship Netherlands 2	Suffer	James Wade	3  : 2	Mark Walsh

UK Open Qualifiers

→ Main article : UK Open Qualifiers 2007/08

No.	date	competition	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	01/13/2008	North East Regional Final	Gateshead	Colin Osborne	8  : 6	Denis Ovens
2	02/10/2008	South West Regional Final	Taunton	Colin Lloyd	8  : 6	Andy Hamilton
3	03/02/2008	Southern Regional Final	Brentwood	Colin Lloyd	8  : 6	Phil Taylor
4th	03/16/2008	North West Regional Final	Wigan	Phil Taylor	8  : 7	Adrian Lewis
5	03/30/2008	Midlands Regional Final	Telford	Phil Taylor	8  : 0	Brendan Dolan

Non-UK Affiliate Tours

German Darts Corporation Pro Tour

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	02/23/2008	Cologne	Dietmar Burger	3  : 1	Scale length Suljović
2	02/24/2008	Cologne	Andree Welge	3  : 2	Alexander Koehler
3	05/10/2008	Niedernhausen	Michael Rosenauer	3  : 0	Frank Mast
4th	05/11/2008	Niedernhausen	Hannes Schnier	3  : 0	Alexander Koehler
5	06/21/2008	Cologne	Michael Rosenauer	3  : 1	Scale length Suljović
6th	06/22/2008	Cologne	Scale length Suljović	3  : 1	Kevin Münch
7th	10/03/2008	Cologne	Scale length Suljović	3  : 2	Marko pulse
8th	04/10/2008	Cologne	Andree Welge	3  : 0	Hannes Schnier

Web links

• Report on dartn.de

Individual evidence