PDC Pro Tour 2011

The PDC Pro Tour 2011 was the tenth edition of the PDC darts tournament series . It included the UK Open Qualifiers and the Players Championships . A total of 39 tournaments were held, 6 fewer than in the previous year - 31 Players Championships and 8 UK Open Qualifiers.

This article also contains the PDC Youth Tour as the PDC's first secondary tour event.

PDC Tour Card

For the 2011 season, the PDC introduced the Tour Card system. In order to be able to play the tournaments of the PDC Pro Tour you must have a PDC Tour Card. This is valid for two years.

A total of 128 tour cards are awarded:

• (101) - Top 101 of the PDC Order of Merit after the PDC World Championship 2011
• (2) - 2 finalists of the PDC Women's World Championship 2010
• (25) - 25 qualifiers from Q-School 2011

Originally, the semi-finalists of the BDO World Championship 2011 were also offered Tour Cards, but all four declined this offer.

Q-School

The remaining tour cards were given out through the Q-School. It took place from January 13-16, 2011 at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan . The following players were able to earn a Tour Card for two years:

Day 1 - January 13th	Day 2 - January 14th	Day 3 - January 15th	Day 4 - January 16th
UK Q School
James Richardson Shane O'Connor Shaun Griffiths Dave Chisnall	Devon Petersen Michael Rosenauer Brian Woods Magnus Caris	Matt Jackson Dyson Parody Mickey Mansell John Henderson	Mick Todd Peter Hudson Ian Jopling Prakash Jiwa

The remaining Tour Cards were given to the following players via the Q-School Order of Merit:

UK Q-School Order of Merit

1. Andy Brown
2. Adam Smith-Neale
3. Mark Jodrill
4. Jason Crawley
5. Terry Temple
6. Mark Jones
7. Ken Dobson
8. Jimmy Mann
9. Paul Rowley

Prize money

The prize pool of the Players Championships and UK Open Qualifiers has both increased.

They are divided as follows:

round	Players Championships	UK Open Qualifiers
victory	£ 6,000	£ 6,000
final	£ 3,000	£ 3,000
Semifinals	£ 2,000	£ 2,000
Quarter finals	£ 1,000	£ 1,000
Round of 16	£ 600 each	£ 600 each
Last 32	£ 400	£ 400
Last 64	£ 200 each	£ 200 each
Total	£ 34,600	£ 34,600

Players Championships

No.	date	competition	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	01/29/2011	PDPA Players Championship Germany 1	Halle (Westphalia)	Mervyn King	6  : 1	Vincent van der Voort
2	01/30/2011	PDPA Players Championship Germany 2	Halle (Westphalia)	Ronnie Baxter	6  : 4	Toni Alcinas
3	02/19/2011	PDPA Players Championship Derby 1	Derby	Jamie Caven	6  : 2	Adrian Lewis
4th	02/20/2011	PDPA Players Championship Derby 2	Derby	John Part	6  : 0	Mark Walsh
5	03/26/2011	PDPA Players Championship Crawley 1	Crawley	Paul Nicholson	6  : 4	Adrian Lewis
6th	03/27/2011	PDPA Players Championship Crawley 2	Crawley	Wes Newton	6  : 4	Paul Nicholson
7th	05/14/2011	PDPA Players Championship Austria 1	Vienna	John Part	6  : 0	Denis Ovens
8th	05/15/2011	PDPA Players Championship Austria 2	Vienna	Vincent van der Voort	6  : 5	Phil Taylor
9	05/21/2011	PDPA Players Championship Crawley 3	Crawley	Gary Anderson	6  : 4	Terry Jenkins
10	05/22/2011	PDPA Players Championship Crawley 4	Crawley	Paul Nicholson	6  : 3	Terry Jenkins
11	06/11/2011	PDPA Players Championship Barnsley 1	Barnsley	Paul Nicholson	6  : 4	Steve Brown
12	06/12/2011	PDPA Players Championship Barnsley 2	Barnsley	Andy Smith	6  : 2	Dave Chisnall
13	06/18/2011	PDPA Players Championship Netherlands 1	Zero land	Gary Anderson	6  : 5	Wes Newton
14th	06/19/2011	PDPA Players Championship Netherlands 2	Zero land	Gary Anderson	6  : 3	Andy Smith
15th	08/27/2011	PDPA Players Championship Canada 1	Ontario	John Part	6  : 4	Wes Newton
16	08/28/2011	PDPA Players Championship Canada 2	Ontario	Ronnie Baxter	6  : 2	Kevin Painter
17th	09/03/2011	PDPA Players Championship Derby 3	Derby	Raymond van Barneveld	6  : 2	John Part
18th	04.09.2011	PDPA Players Championship Derby 4	Derby	Gary Anderson	6  : 2	Peter Wright
19th	09/24/2011	PDPA Players Championship Netherlands 3	Zero land	Gary Anderson	6  : 2	Colin Lloyd
20th	09/25/2011	PDPA Players Championship Netherlands 4	Zero land	Richie Burnett	6  : 4	Dave Chisnall
21st	October 01, 2011	PDPA Players Championship Ireland 1	Dublin	Phil Taylor	6  : 3	Michael van Gerwen
22nd	October 02, 2011	PDPA Players Championship Ireland 2	Dublin	Justin Pipe	6  : 5	Phil Taylor
23	10/16/2011	Killarney Pro Tour	Killarney	Justin Pipe	6  : 5	Gary Anderson
24	10/22/2011	PDPA Players Championship Germany 3	Gladbeck	James Wade	6  : 3	Justin Pipe
25th	23/10/2011	PDPA Players Championship Germany 4	Gladbeck	Colin Osborne	6  : 2	James Richardson
26th	October 29, 2011	PDPA Players Championship Spain 1	Alicante	James Wade	6  : 2	Raymond van Barneveld
27	10/30/2011	PDPA Players Championship Spain 2	Alicante	Mervyn King	6  : 3	Wes Newton
28	05/11/2011	PDPA Players Championship Crawley 5	Crawley	Justin Pipe	6  : 4	Vincent van der Voort
29	11/06/2011	PDPA Players Championship Crawley 6	Crawley	Dave Chisnall	6  : 4	Justin Pipe
30th	11/26/2011	PDPA Players Championship Wigan 1	Wigan	Phil Taylor	6  : 1	Ronnie Baxter
31	11/27/2011	PDPA Players Championship Wigan 2	Wigan	Phil Taylor	6  : 4	Justin Pipe

UK Open Qualifiers

→ Main article : UK Open Qualifiers 2011

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	02/26/2011	Barnsley	Steve Brown	6  : 3	Ian White
2	02/27/2011	Barnsley	Michael Smith	6  : 5	Dave Chisnall
3	03/12/2011	Wigan	Adrian Lewis	6  : 4	Robert Thornton
4th	03/15/2011	Wigan	Vincent van der Voort	6  : 4	Raymond van Barneveld
5	04/16/2011	Barnsley	Gary Anderson	6  : 4	Phil Taylor
6th	04/17/2011	Barnsley	Phil Taylor	6  : 1	Joe Cullen
7th	04/30/2011	Wigan	Gary Anderson	6  : 2	Phil Taylor
8th	05/01/2011	Wigan	Phil Taylor	6  : 3	Colin Osborne

Secondary tour events

PDC Youth Tour

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	02/19/2011	Derby	Adam Hunt	4  : 2	Josh Jones
2	02/26/2011	Barnsley	Shaun Griffiths	4  : 2	Michael Smith
3	03/12/2011	Wigan	Ryan Harrington	4  : 2	Steve Haggerty
4th	03/26/2011	Crawley	Paul Barham	4  : 2	Chris Aubrey
5	04/16/2011	Barnsley	Ricky Evans	4  : 1	David Coyne
6th	04/30/2011	Wigan	Michael van Gerwen	4  : 0	Ash Khayat
7th	05/14/2011	Vienna	Joe Cullen	4  : 2	Paul Barham
8th	05/21/2011	Crawley	Michael van Gerwen	4  : 1	Co Stompé Jr.
9	06/11/2011	Barnsley	Reece Robinson	4  : 0	Shaun Griffiths
10	06/18/2011	Zero land	Joe Cullen	4  : 2	Gino Vos
11	09/03/2011	Derby	Michael van Gerwen	4  : 1	Michael Smith
12	09/24/2011	Zero land	Paul Barham	4  : 3	Willem Mandigers
13	October 01, 2011	Dublin	Joe Cullen	4  : 3	Michael Smith
14th	October 15, 2011	Killarney	Michael van Gerwen	4  : 2	Joe Cullen
15th	10/22/2011	Gladbeck	Paul Barham	4  : 1	Dirk van Duijvenbode

Web links

• Report on dartn.de

Individual evidence