PDC Pro Tour 2012

The PDC Pro Tour 2012 was the eleventh edition of the PDC darts tournament series . It included the UK Open Qualifiers , the Players Championships and, for the first time, the European Darts Tour . A total of 33 tournaments were held, 6 fewer than in the previous year - 20 Players Championships, 5 European Tour events and 8 UK Open Qualifiers.

This article also contains the PDC Youth Tour, which is rated as a Secondary Tour Event by the PDC, as well as the SDC Pro Tour and the North American Pro Tour, two non-UK Affiliate Tours of the PDC.

PDC Tour Card

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 ¹ :

• (64) - Top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit after the PDC World Championship 2012
• (20) - 20 qualifiers from Q-School 2012
• (4) - 1 semi-finalist of the BDO World Championship 2012
• (2) - 0 finalists of the PDC Women's World Championship 2010
• (2) - 1 finalist of the PDC World Youth Championship 2011
• (2) - Top 2 of the PDC Youth Tour Order of Merit, which are not yet qualified differently
• (34) - 40 qualifiers from Q-School 2012

¹The number of players who had the opportunity to qualify in this way is shown in brackets. The number behind it indicates how many players actually used the path.

Q-School

The remaining tour cards were given out through the Q-School. It took place January 19-22, 2012 at the Metrodome in Barnsley . The following players were able to earn a Tour Card for two years:

Day 1 - January 19th	Day 2 - January 20th	Day 3 - January 21	Day 4 - January 22nd
UK Q School
Richie Howson Andrew Cornwall Darren Whittingham Tony West	Steve West Stuart Kellett Michael Barnard Kurt van de Rijck	Dean Winstanley Jeff Smith Adrian Gray Andrew Gilding	Dave Smith Johnny Haines Jamie Lewis Bernd Roith

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

Top 24 Q-School Order of Merit

1. John Bowles
2. Gino Vos
3. Andy Jenkins
4. Matt Clark
5. Joe Murnan
6. Gary Butcher
7. Stephen Hardy
8. Keegan Brown
9. Mareno Michels
10. Ross Smith
11. Matthew Edgar
12. Nick Fulwell

13. Daniel Starkey
14. Connie Finnan
15. Gaz cousins
16. Gareth Pass
17. Tony Littleton
18. John Scott
19. Paddy Meaney
20. Steve Grubb
21. Jim Walker
22. Liam Kelly
23. Les Wallace
24. Keith Stephen

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	European Darts Tour
victory	£ 6,000	£ 6,000	£ 15,000
final	£ 3,000	£ 3,000	£ 7,500
Semifinals	£ 2,000	£ 2,000	£ 5,000
Quarter finals	£ 1,000	£ 1,000	£ 3,000
Round of 16	£ 600 each	£ 600 each	£ 1,500 each
Last 32	£ 400	£ 400	£ 1,000
Last 64	£ 200 each	£ 200 each	£ 200 each
Total	£ 34,600	£ 34,600	£ 78,900

Players Championships

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	01/28/2012	Alicante	Justin Pipe	6  : 0	Paul Nicholson
2	01/29/2012	Alicante	Michael Smith	6  : 3	Justin Pipe
3	03/10/2012	Reading	Phil Taylor	6  : 1	Wes Newton
4th	03/11/2012	Reading	Dave Chisnall	6  : 5	Phil Taylor
5	05/26/2012	Crawley	Dave Chisnall	6  : 2	Ian White
6th	05/27/2012	Crawley	Dave Chisnall	6  : 4	Justin Pipe
7th	06/16/2012	Birmingham	Ronnie Baxter	6  : 3	Adrian Lewis
8th	06/17/2012	Birmingham	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 1	Simon Whitlock
9	06/30/2012	Crawley	Dave Chisnall	6  : 4	Ronnie Baxter
10	07/01/2012	Crawley	Colin Lloyd	6  : 5	Andy Hamilton
11	09/15/2012	Barnsley	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 1	Ian White
12	09/16/2012	Barnsley	Simon Whitlock	6  : 4	Andy Hamilton
13	06.10.2012	Dublin	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 5	Robert Thornton
14th	07.10.2012	Dublin	Robert Thornton	6  : 5	Gary Anderson
15th	10/20/2012	Killarney	Peter Wright	6  : 1	Robert Thornton
16	10/21/2012	Killarney	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 3	Nick Fulwell
17th	03/11/2012	Crawley	Simon Whitlock	6  : 2	Dennis Priestley
18th	04/11/2012	Crawley	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 5	Ian White
19th	11/24/2012	Barnsley	Dave Chisnall	6  : 3	Phil Taylor
20th	11/25/2012	Barnsley	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 5	Phil Taylor

European Tour Events

→ Main article : European Darts Tour 2012

No.	date	Event	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	27.-29. April	Austrian Darts Open	Wiener Neustadt	Justin Pipe	6  : 3	James Wade
2	22.-24. June	German Darts Championship	Berlin	Phil Taylor	6  : 2	Dave Chisnall
3	6-8 July	European Darts Open	Dusseldorf	Raymond van Barneveld	6  : 4	Dave Chisnall
4th	7th-9th September	German Darts Masters	Sindelfingen	Adrian Lewis	6  : 3	Ian White
5	26.-28. October	Dutch Darts Masters	Zero land	Simon Whitlock	6  : 1	Paul Nicholson

UK Open Qualifiers

→ Main article : UK Open Qualifiers 2012

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	02/11/2012	Crawley	Wes Newton	6  : 3	Kim Huybrechts
2	02/12/2012	Crawley	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 1	Dave Chisnall
3	March 24, 2012	Barnsley	Phil Taylor	6  : 2	Brendan Dolan
4th	03/25/2012	Barnsley	Phil Taylor	6  : 3	Dennis Smith
5	04/14/2012	Barnsley	Raymond van Barneveld	6  : 3	Andy Smith
6th	04/15/2012	Barnsley	Raymond van Barneveld	6  : 2	Ian White
7th	05/05/2012	Birmingham	Terry Jenkins	6  : 3	Andy Hamilton
8th	05/06/2012	Birmingham	Wes Newton	6  : 2	Justin Pipe

Secondary tour events

PDC Youth Tour

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	04/21/2012	Derby	Arron Monk	4  : 0	James Hubbard
2	04/21/2012	Derby	Michael Smith	4  : 2	Daniel King-Morris
3	04/22/2012	Derby	Arron Monk	4  : 0	Michael Smith
4th	05/19/2012	Reading	James Hubbard	4  : 1	Ben Songhurst
5	05/19/2012	Reading	Michael Smith	4  : 1	Jamie Landon
6th	05/20/2012	Reading	Arron Monk	4  : 2	Liam Showell
7th	06/02/2012	Cologne	Adam Smith-Neale	4  : 2	Josh Payne
8th	06/02/2012	Cologne	Chris Aubrey	4  : 3	Jamie Lewis
9	06/03/2012	Cologne	Jamie Lewis	4  : 3	Arron Monk
10	07/14/2012	Barnsley	Sam Hamilton	4  : 3	Reece Robinson
11	07/14/2012	Barnsley	Arron Monk	4  : 2	Sam Head
12	07/15/2012	Barnsley	James Hubbard	4  : 0	Sam Hill
13	08/04/2012	Derby	Jamie Lewis	4  : 0	Michael Smith
14th	08/04/2012	Derby	Jamie Landon	4  : 3	John de Kruijf
15th	08/05/2012	Derby	Michael Smith	4  : 0	Lee Whitworth
16	09/29/2012	Wigan	Michael Smith	4  : 1	Ricky Evans
17th	09/29/2012	Wigan	Keegan Brown	4  : 1	George Killington
18th	09/30/2012	Wigan	Michael Smith	4  : 2	Josh Payne
19th	03/11/2012	Crawley	Arron Monk	4  : 1	Chris Aubrey
20th	04/11/2012	Crawley	Arron Monk	4  : 0	Matthew Dennant

Non-UK Affiliate Tours

Scandinavian Darts Corporation Pro Tour

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	06/02/2012	Copenhagen	Jarkko Komula	6  : 5	Jani Haavisto
2	06/03/2012	Copenhagen	Jani Haavisto	6  : 5	Robert Wagner
3	08/11/2012	Vääksy	Robert Wagner	6  : 4	Ulf Ceder
4th	08/12/2012	Vääksy	Jarkko Komula	6  : 1	Ulf Ceder
5	09/01/2012	Stockholm	Jani Haavisto	6  : 4	Jarkko Komula
6th	02.09.2012	Stockholm	Magnus Caris	6  : 5	Vladimir Anderson
7th	09/29/2012	Copenhagen	Veijo Viinikka	6  : 4	Magnus Caris
8th	09/30/2012	Copenhagen	Dennis Lindskjold	6  : 3	Niels-Jørgen Hansen

North American Pro Tour

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	07/22/2012	Chicago	John Part	6  : 1	In it Young
2	08/26/2012	London	Andre Carman	6  : 3	In it Young
3	09/09/2012	Atlantic City	Larry Butler	6  : 1	In it Young

Web links

• Report on dartn.de

Individual evidence